En français- 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
- Côte d’Ivoire : consensus sur les droits des homosexuels
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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)
- 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
- Thoughts on the Supreme Court Judgment on Transgender Recognition and Rights April 19, 2014
- Elsewhere: Gay Asian News
- Jail, 450 lashes for Saudi man who used Twitter to befriend gay men July 23, 2014
- Raising awareness of sexual diversity main aim of Viet Pride 2014 July 23, 2014
- Japan school introduces poster campaign to explain LGBT identities to children July 23, 2014
- Indian govt awaits Supreme Court decision, has no plans to amend anti-gay law July 23, 2014
- Anti-gay laws threatening HIV fight, South Asians tell AIDS conference July 22, 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
- 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
- Rally for LGBT Targets Commonwealth Games urging Britain to speak out against Homophobia July 14, 2014
- UK High Court Finds Detained Fast Track Asylum System Unlawful July 10, 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
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- Ellen DeGeneres brags on Twitter that Portia de Rossi has role on ABC's Scandal July 23, 2014
- John Barrowman has gay kiss in C’wealth Games opener July 23, 2014
- Michael Sam not holding a grudge against former NFL coach who said he wouldn't have drafted a gay player July 23, 2014
- Tulisa aide says he was 'very drunk' when he said Simon Cowell is gay and is 'very sorry' July 23, 2014
- New superhero show The Flash will feature two gay characters July 23, 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: Zimbabwe
102 who are in prison for being gay, 75 more awaiting trial
A look at 169 people who fell victim to anti-gay laws Worldwide, at least 94 people are currently in prison for allegedly violating laws that punish those who are born gay, lesbian or bisexual. In addition, at least 75 … Continue reading
Why African leaders attack gays; is gay genocide next?
In this chilling excerpt from a longer article, the Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, a human rights researcher and Anglican priest from Zambia, discusses the reasons for diatribes against LGBT people by African leaders such as Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and … Continue reading
Mugabe threatens gays; LGBT Zimbabweans respond
LGBT persons in Zimbabwe have once again been reminded that they have a long way to go to win justice and fair play in their native land. Thousands who gathered today in a Harare stadium and elsewhere to mark 34 … Continue reading
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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Zimbabwe: Preacher, don’t spew anti-gay bias
Activists in Zimbabwe are challenging a popular local preacher’s description of homosexuals as mentally ill, including homosexual “politicians, billionaires and big businesspeople whose influence often serves as some smokescreen to cover their mental sickness.” Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa of the United … Continue reading
Zimbabwe police again raid LGBT rights meeting
Police in Zimbabwe today stormed a local hotel where human rights defenders were attending a media training workshop by Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ). They arrested two of those at the meeting and brought the meeting to an end. … Continue reading
Court rules for LGBT rights group in Zimbabwe
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) today won a court case that was aimed at shutting it down. Magistrate Don Ndirowei ruled that GALZ was exempt from the registration requirement that the prosecution had accused it of ignoring. “This is … Continue reading
Zimbabwe’s new police powers provoke fear of more blackmail
The Zimbabwean government has authorised security agencies to have wide-ranging access to personal information about everyone in the country who has a telephone or Internet access, effective Oct. 1. Human rights defenders and legal experts say the new regulations violate … Continue reading
Tino’s story: AIDS and the perils of a double life in Zimbabwe
From Zimbabwe, a special correspondent to the Erasing 76 Crimes blog contributes this story about Tino, a man who plans to get married to his fiance but also has sex with men. In one study of three southern African nations, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, HIV / AIDS
Tagged AIDS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, MSM, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Don’t cut ties with Uganda; that’s an anti-gay trap
The Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, an Episcopal priest from Zambia and a project director at Political Research Associates, predicted last month that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Now that Museveni has done so, Kaoma discusses what’s … Continue reading →