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Microcredit and LGBT+ inclusion: Urgent need for innovation in economic aid
Jann Halexander
Musician Jann Halexander reflects on being queer in Gabon
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Erasing 76 Crimes article leads to discussion of LGBT+ rights in Gabon
Brice Oligui Nguema meets with leaders of parties opposed to the proposed constitutional referendum (@Présidence de la République gabonaise)
In new constitution, Gabon rejects appeals to criminalize homosexuality
Jann Halexander
Gabon: LGBT people worry that post-coup government may reinstate anti-gay laws
More progress: Number of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 71
Only 72 nations still cling to their anti-gay laws
Will Cameroon follow Gabon by repealing anti-gay law?
Gabon repeals its anti-gay law
Gabon lawmakers prepare to repeal anti-gay law
As many as 20,000 people gather in Singapore for the Pink Dot festival, which seeks recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people. (Photo courtesy of Yahoo)
Anti-gay laws in 2019: You win some, you lose some
Location of Gabon in west central Africa.
Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73
Map of Central Africa
Slow or no progress in Central Africa