Tag: Niger

Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where  anti-gay lynchings are commonplace

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 [...]
New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights

New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights

Officials in the West African nation of Niger are stirring up worries about citizens of Niger visiting Europe and learning about LGBT rights there [...]
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse

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 [...]
Niger leader plans to outlaw gay sex, execute married same-sex couples

Niger leader plans to outlaw gay sex, execute married same-sex couples

The president of the West African nation of Niger is laying the groundwork for enacting harsh anti-homosexuality laws in his country, where same-sex i [...]
Victimized gay couple flees Cameroon, hopes to reach Europe

Victimized gay couple flees Cameroon, hopes to reach Europe

Juk and Mike are two young gay men who decided that exile was preferable to continuing to endure anti-gay violence, hostility and discrimination in Ca [...]
ABANDONED: Traditional festival of male beauty in Niger

ABANDONED: Traditional festival of male beauty in Niger

The West African nation of Niger has withdrawn support for a traditional cultural festival that celebrates male beauty, giving no public explanation. [...]
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