Tag: Botswana
A year of progress on global LGBTQ rights, but so much remains to do
COMMENTARY: U.S. support of worldwide LGBTQ rights during the first year of the Biden administration led to "significant progress" but "there is far t [...]
Botswana’s president meets LGBT activists, supports their work
In a landmark meeting with representatives of the LGBT rights group LEGABIBO, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi vowed to protect LGBT persons' huma [...]
Botswana Court of Appeals unanimously upholds decriminalization of gay sex
In a unanimous decision, the Botswana Court of Appeals upheld the 2019 ruling that decriminalized gay sex in the southern African country, which had b [...]
Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations
Covid-19 has hurt LGBTIQ+ communities in east and southern Africa while also revealing weaknesses in the region's LGBTIQ+ advocacy organisations, acco [...]
Botswana court delays ruling on overturned anti-gay law
Botswanan judges said yesterday that they plan to spend extra time researching and discussing the Botswanan government's appeal to restore the nation' [...]
AIDS conference organisers silent as violence sweeps host South Africa
Organisers of the 2021 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) have remained silent about prospects for [...]
Botswana president: We’ll host 2021 AIDS conference
The president of Botswana announced on Facebook that Botswana will host next year's African ICASA 2021 anti-AIDS conference, which was taken away from [...]
Botswana: Another country strikes down its anti-gay laws
Botswana today overturned its colonial-era laws that made homosexuality a crime punishable by seven years in prison.
From the African Human R [...]
Defeat in Kenya didn’t reverse gay Africans’ gains
Two gay rights advocates see encouraging signs for LGBT+ Africans, even though Kenya's High Court refused to overturn that nation's anti-gay laws.
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Botswana court hears reasons to overturn anti-gay law
Botswana's High Court heard arguments Thursday for and against overturning the nation's anti-gay law. It scheduled its ruling in the case for June 11. [...]
Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
Angola's repeal of its anti-gay law last month could lead to the repeal of all remaining anti-homosexuality laws in southern Africa, an international [...]
Botswana president speaks up for LGBTI rights
There is new hope for LGBTI persons in Botswana because the new president of Botswana is advocating for LGBTI rights.
From the African Human Ri [...]
2019 goal: Eliminate two more countries’ anti-gay laws
Botswana and Kenya will be the next two countries to overturn their anti-gay laws, if court challenges there succeed.
From the African Huma [...]
Botswana activists deplore anti-trans attack
In Botswana, LGBTI activist group Legabibo condemned the brutal anti-trans attack on a trans woman who was publicly beaten while onlookers laughed an [...]
LGBT dance artist steps forward in Botswana
In a groundbreaking solo show, Botswana-based dancer Lesh Maseng broke open the taboo on public representations of queer sexuality. He also brought a [...]
Challenge to Botswana anti-gay law is ready; court isn’t
LGBT rights advocates in Botswana are preparing to challenge the country's law against same-sex intimacy, but the court system in Botswana isn't quite [...]
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