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Added on: 12/03/2023

Islamic Group, MURIC Lists Bible, Quranic Verses Rejecting Same-Sex Marriage, Warns President Tinubu Not To Sign Pact

12/02/2023

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic group, has asked President Bola Tinubu to shun the “LGBT accord which will legalise lesbianism, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…

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Added on: 12/03/2023

Countries that criminalise gay sex are impeding fight against Aids, UN warns

12/02/2023

Anti-homosexuality laws stop people from accessing lifesaving health services and seriously impede progress on eliminating HIV, a senior UN official has said. Sixty-seven countries have laws that…

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Added on: 12/02/2023

A Raging Transgender Debate in the Netherlands

12/1/2023

If you’ve followed the debate over treating gender-distressed youth, then you know that evidence-based policy changes, along with general public understanding, often lag the latest research. Such…

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Added on: 11/28/2023

Madagascar’s LGBT people struggle to build community amid apathy and hostility

11/27/2023

Although homosexuality and trans identity have never been criminalized in Madagascar, a large island home to 29 million people off the east coast of Africa, the queer…

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Added on: 11/28/2023

Ghana Cardinal Peter Turkson: It’s time to understand homosexuality

11/27/2023

Homosexuality should not be a criminal offence and people should be helped to understand the issue better, a top cardinal from Ghana has told the BBC. Cardinal…

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Added on: 11/26/2023

Could Namibia decriminalise same-sex relations?

11/21/2023

Namibia’s High Court is set to deliver a judgment in May in a case that could see the decriminalisation of gay sex in the southern African country….

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Added on: 11/24/2023

Equality Court refuses to rule on LGBTIQ+ asylum discrimination

11/23/2023

Activists have expressed their disappointment over the Equality Court’s failure to address blatant discrimination against an LGBTIQ+ asylum seeker by the Department of Home Affairs. The case revolves…

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Added on: 11/18/2023

Nkoli: The Vogue Opera – the making of a musical about a queer liberation activist in South Africa

11/17/2023

The history of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid (separatist white minority rule) is taught only through the broadest of brushstrokes in the country’s schools. So might music…

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Added on: 11/17/2023

Students protest against gay marriage, lesbianism

11/16/2023

Students, yesterday, took to the streets of Jos, the Plateau State capital, in protest against the proposed treaty on legalisation of Lesbianism, Gay marriage, Bisexual, and Transgender…

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Added on: 11/16/2023

Queer Ugandan refugee on the run from anti-homosexuality law speaks out

11/15/2023

‘What am I leaving behind?’: Queer Ugandans on the run from anti-homosexuality law speak out. When he made the tough choice to flee Uganda, in the wake…

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Added on: 11/14/2023

The colonial legacy of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Africa

11/13/2023

Namibia’s High Court will rule next May in a case that could see the southern African country overturn a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations. Friedel Dausab, who…

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Added on: 11/09/2023

Senegal probes homophobic mob that dug up and burned a gay man’s body

11/08/2023

Footage said to show a gay man’s body being dug up from a grave and burned has shocked Senegal, triggering an investigation in the conservative country where…

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Added on: 11/08/2023

Uganda’s President Finds Discrimination Has a Cost: Next Africa

11/07/2023

Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, is learning that populist politics has a price. Anti-LGBTQ legislation that he approved in May, which includes the death sentence…

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Added on: 11/07/2023

Pastor Dorcas: No Amount of Money will Influence us to Legalize LGBTQ

11/06/2023

Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has reaffirmed her stance against legalizing LGBTQ, claiming that no amount of money can influence her to change her stance. Addressing the audience in…

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Added on: 11/05/2023

World Bank will not resume Uganda projects without LGBTQ safeguards

11/03/2023

The World Bank has declared that it will insist on LGBTQ rights safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes, after it was halted in August following the enactment…

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Added on: 11/02/2023

Will U.S. Abortion Wars End a Successful Foreign Policy in Africa?

11/02/2023

Fierce opposition from conservative lawmakers is casting doubt on the future of PEPFAR, the U.S. government’s most successful global-health program, which was set up two decades ago…

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Added on: 11/01/2023

Cameroon: Gay man flees after enduring an exorcism for his homosexuality

11/01/2023

“I am a homosexual, I am attracted to men and I feel good about that. I am like that and I have always been like that.” With…

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Added on: 11/01/2023

Senegal probe after gay man’s body reportedly dug up and burned

10/31/2023

Footage said to show a gay man’s body being dug up from a grave and burned has shocked Senegal, triggering an investigation in the conservative country where…

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Added on: 10/31/2023

Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say

10/30/2023

Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say,…

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Added on: 10/30/2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans in wake of Anti-Homosexuality Bill

10/29/2023

The 34th Johannesburg Pride, which was estimated to have a 24,000 strong crowd marching for equality, took place at the Wanderers Stadium in the South African city…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People

10/28/2023

In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans after anti-gay law passed

10/28/2023

More than 20,000 people marched through Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate Pride, singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa who cannot be…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

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

10/24/2023

Officials in the West African nation of Niger are stirring up worries about citizens of Niger visiting Europe and learning about LGBT rights there. As leaders of…

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Added on: 10/24/2023

Nigeria: 76 people arrested for organising a “gay wedding

10/23/2023

More than 70 young people were arrested on Saturday by security forces on charges of organising a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria, where such unions are criminalised…

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Added on: 10/19/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations

10/18/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in Africa and in the Caribbean. In the map above, which shows the 66 nations with anti-homosexuality laws, the…

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Added on: 10/18/2023

LGBTQ+ community in Kenya defies anti-gay protests

10/17/2023

The LGBTQ+ community in Kenya is fighting back against recent anti-gay protests pushing for the curtailment of their rights as they seek recognition and acceptance. Recently, anti-gay…

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Added on: 10/17/2023

World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes

10/16/2023

The World Bank will aim to ensure gay and transgender Ugandans are not discriminated against in its programmes before resuming new funding, which was halted in August…

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Added on: 10/16/2023

LGBTQ+ Groups Denied Registration Even After Supreme Court Decision in Eswatini

10/15/2023

In a move sparking international concern, the government of Eswatini has declined to register an LGBTQ+ rights group, Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM), defying a ruling by…

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Added on: 10/16/2023

South African transgender pilot fights to return to the skies

10/15/2023

An experienced South African transgender pilot says that his flying career has been unfairly grounded by the aviation authorities due to his gender identity. Kailer Smit, 32, based…

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Added on: 10/15/2023

South African LGBTQI+ rights are still something to fight for

10/14/2023

We know how brilliant our country’s Constitution is, and how well it protects the rights of LGBTQI+ people. There is no constitution like it on the continent…