Tag: Congo
Congo activist wants to de-Westernize the LGBT struggle
The struggle for the rights of sexual minorities is too frequently dominated by ideas, voices, and stories from the global North and West, says Co [...]
In the Congo, some hope to use anti-gay Uganda as a role model
Gift bags with rainbow colors spark protest at mining conference. Activist comments: 'In a world running out of ideas, LGBTphobia moves in where polit [...]
Plea for action against Congo machete attack, rapes, arson
LGBTI+ people in the eastern Congo remain at risk of murder and rape.
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Congo: Targeted by homophobic attacks, LGBTI defenders work to help victims
LGBTI rights activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo achieved some successes in 2022 and are hoping to protect LGBTI people from violence mo [...]
Congo: LGBTI+ rights defender hides from death threats, faces prosecution
For more than a week, Congolese LGBTI+ rights activist and Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko executive director Jérémie Safari has been hiding from death th [...]
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 [...]
Will Cameroon follow Gabon by repealing anti-gay law?
The LGBT community in Cameroon cheered when the parliament in neighboring Gabon voted to repeal its anti-homosexuality law. But many sectors of Camero [...]
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