Tag: Burkina Faso
2024 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and reversals in Africa
In this article, LGBTQ rights journalist Rob Salerno, an editor for RightsAfrica and Erasing 76 Crimes, surveys the 2024 status of same-sex marriage a [...]
Burkina Faso junta takes a step toward criminalizing homosexuality
The military government of Burkina Faso in West Africa has adopted a measure to ban homosexuality, if the country's transitional parliament approv [...]
Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where anti-gay lynchings are commonplace
Hirondelles Club provides support for homeless LGBT youth in Benin
For the past four years, the Hirondelles Club at the Rehoboth Friendship Centre in [...]
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse
In the wake of the July 26 coup that overthrew Niger's president, members of the nation's LGBTQ community see a possibility that the government's [...]
Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time
A new organization is promoting LGBTQI rights in West Africa by financing initiatives run by the region's LGBTQI communities.
From the Africa [...]
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