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- Cameroun : un village veut se libérer du ‘démon’ homosexuel
- Au Cameroun: Cessez les violences contre les LGBTI
- Demandé: Une nouvelle enquête sur la mort d’Éric Lembembe
- VIH au Togo et au Cameroun: Les promesses vides tuent
- Côte d’Ivoire: Enquête vise des attaques anti-gay
- Zambie à l’Ouest: Ne regardez pas lorsqu’on emprisonne les LGBTI
- L’Allemagne bloque un voyage de militants Ougandais
- Droits des LGBTI: hourras au Canada, huées en Jamaïque
- Jour de sortie des Kuchus – célébrer malgré la loi anti gay
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- Russian Court Declares LGBT Organization A "Foreign Agent" July 22, 2014
- European Court Of Human Rights Deals Blow To Trans Rights And Marriage Equality July 17, 2014
- American Quakers Have Created An "Underground Railroad" In Uganda July 10, 2014
- Ugandan Police Arrest Five Amid Government Efforts To Reassure Donor Nations About Anti-LGBT Law July 9, 2014
- Watch As Skinheads Attack A Gay Bar In Kiev July 9, 2014
Some top posts
What traditional African homosexuality learned from West Rewriting the anti-gay history of Rick Warren in Uganda
Judge rules for LGBT youths living in Jamaican sewers 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality
So easy to ridicule: Malaysian list of gay ‘symptoms’ Canada’s role in spreading homophobia worldwide
- Elsewhere: India (Orinam)
- First Love: a video by IIT-B students July 28, 2014
- I was raped July 18, 2014
- Film review: ‘The World Before Her’ June 21, 2014
- Just concluded: Historic meet of Transmasculine, Intersex and Intergender people, Mumbai 2014 June 21, 2014
- Sampoorna Rejoinder to Jackuline Mary verdict June 2, 2014
- Poem: One hundred people hear the truth May 21, 2014
- in her voice May 17, 2014
- FTM and Intersex inclusion in NALSA? Jackuline Mary vs. The Superintendent of Police, Karur May 6, 2014
- Functional aspects of the Supreme Court judgement on transgender rights in India April 25, 2014
- May 17, 2014: IDAHO-T call to global leaders to end violence against LGBTQI people April 19, 2014
- Elsewhere: Gay Asian News
- Asians rally to fight racism in New Zealand’s LGBTI community July 28, 2014
- Ho Chi Minh City begins VietPride 2014 celebrations, over 2,000 attend July 28, 2014
- NGO launches new social campaign to support gay men with HIV in Thailand July 28, 2014
- China’s ‘Pink Market’ conference to release LGBT Consumer Lifestyle Report July 24, 2014
- Gay man to legally marry his transgender woman partner in India July 24, 2014
- Elsewhere> Africa LGBTIQ
- Healing in the Homeland – Haitian Vodou Tradition July 15, 2014
- FOR COLORED BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW WAS NOT ENUFF July 14, 2014
- An intimate portrait of Somalian trans-woman July 11, 2014
- Mr Loverman – portrayal of a gay, British-Caribbean late bloomer July 9, 2014
- The human security implications of anti-gay law on sexual minority in Nigeria June 24, 2014
- Elsewhere: Caribbean
- Prejudice and Pride : Caribbean IRN Update June 2014
- IDAHOT celebrations, Church, Renegades and good men - Caribbean IRN Update May 2014
- Buggery. ganja and municipal declarations against homophobia - Caribbean IRN Update April 2014
- Public sewers and gay cruising in the Caribbean - Caribbean IRN Update March 2014
- Public Debates, Remembering Audre Lorde : Caribbean IRN Update February 2014
- Elsewhere: O-blog-dee
- Malawi Religious Leaders Take Stand Against the Discrimination Fueling HIV July 25, 2014
- Transgender Organization Wins Landmark Case in Kenya July 24, 2014
- Secretary-General’s remarks at Nelson Mandela International Day Public Service Activity July 18, 2014
- Plane with US Soldiers Crash Lands on Ugandan Highway July 18, 2014
- South Africa Mourns as Literary Giant Dies July 14, 2014
- Andy Kopsa on Cameroon
- Report: 4 lesbians arrested in Cameroon March 7, 2014
- My latest at The Nation: dispatches from Yaounde prison in Cameroon – outlawing homosexuality March 4, 2014
- UPDATE: 2/24 Bill Signed – Ugandan President Says He’ll Sign Harsh Anti-Gay Bill | The Investigative Fund February 23, 2014
- Museveni may sign AHB today – need solidarity for Nigeria and Cameroon February 21, 2014
- “Not in Africa” February 20, 2014
- Youth Day Holiday Parade: Marching against Homosexuality February 18, 2014
- UPDATE: LGBT Activist Arrested in Douala Cameroon February 17, 2014
- Yaounde Prison Part IV: The Catholics February 13, 2014
- Discrimination against LGBT people and health risks February 13, 2014
- Yaounde, Douala and a few notes moving forward with these posts February 12, 2014
Personal stories
Hundreds mourn murdered LGBT activist in Cameroon Zimbabwe nightmare: ‘In limbo for my type of love’
For assaulted LGBT, Uganda medical care must be anonymous After beatings in prison, rejection, death at home
Tale of Uganda pride: rainbow colors, worries, arrest Stephane Tchakam: Vibrant LGBT activist’s memory lives on
- Elsewhere: Gay Star News
- Nigeria’s Security Service claims ‘gay cross-dresser’ masterminded bombing that killed 80 July 28, 2014
- 5,000 march for LGBTI rights in the Faroe Islands July 28, 2014
- Arizona argues its same-sex marriage ban protects procreation July 28, 2014
- Towing company owner arrested for targeting cars at Orlando's Gay Days July 27, 2014
- Russia celebrates pride in St Petersburg park, after authorities tell them to go to a landfill July 27, 2014
- Elsewhere: Paper Bird
- Government by moral panic July 20, 2014
- Send your support to Yara Sallam and other human rights defenders imprisoned in Egypt July 14, 2014
- On the slaughter of innocents July 12, 2014
- Five arrests for “homosexuality” in Uganda: A fuller story July 11, 2014
- Sodomy in Zambia July 6, 2014
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“Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct; but, in fact, they are one and the same.”
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle.” — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Tag Archives: Nairobi
African LGBTI activists unite at Nairobi conference
About 150 activists from throughout Africa revived the continent’s LGBTI rights organization last month at a conference held in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference of Pan Africa ILGA (PAI) provided a regional platform to discuss issues affecting LGBTI people in Africa, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Faith and religion, International pressure for LGBT rights, Middle East / North Africa
Tagged Africa, Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, GALCK, Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Ghana, GIN, Global Interfaith Network, House of Rainbows, Ishtar MSM, Kenya, Morocco, Nairobi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, UHAI, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Kenya making progress, but anti-gay violence continues
Kenyans are gradually becoming more tolerant of LGBT people, but a violent anti-gay campaign is currently under way, says the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK). The apparent trigger for the Kenyan violence was an uproar about homosexuality, provoked … Continue reading
Troubles in Kenya — blackmail and stoning of gay men
Two troubling stories from Kenya: BLACKMAIL Criminals in Kenya are using Facebook and online dating sites to find in-the-closet gay and bisexual men in Kenya, whom they then blackmail, Gay Star News reports. Kenyan police are investigating. The Gay and … Continue reading
20 male sex workers to fight HIV in Kenya
Male sex workers living with HIV and AIDS will soon join the fight against the disease in Kenya, the magazine Identity Kenya reports. Twenty sex workers will be trained as peer educators so they can tell other sex workers how … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), HIV / AIDS, Positive steps
Tagged AIDS, HIV, Kenya, MSM, Nairobi, Sex worker
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U.S. group tackles anti-homosexuality laws in 76 countries
This column in the Orange County Register highlights the work of Spirit of 76 Worldwide in seeking to repeal anti-homosexuality laws in 76 countries: While the debate regarding civil rights and gay marriage rages on in this county, in 76 … Continue reading →