Erasing 76 Crimes blog: More than 4 million served
The Erasing 76 Crimes blog last week reached a milestone: More than 2.5 million individual readers have viewed…
New online help for LGBT asylum-seekers in South Africa
Gateway Health Institute, a South African human rights organization, has launched an online platform to help LGBTQ+ asylum…
Cost of Kenyan homophobia: $1.3 billion per year
Discrimination against LGBT+ people in Kenya costs the nation 18 billion to 130 billion Kenyan shillings (U.S. $180…
Nigeria: Free training in media and public speaking
The Bisi Alimi Foundation, a Nigerian LGBT diaspora organization, is currently accepting applications from LGBT persons for its…
Iran puts activist on trial for promoting same-sex relations
Iran is prosecuting a women’s rights activist for allegedly trying to persuade Iranian society to accept same-sex intimacy.
Tunisia targets pro-gay advocacy at Shams
The Tunisian government has appealed a 2016 court decision that granted official recognition to the group Shams, which…
Kenyan court delays decision on anti-gay law
Kenya’s High Court in Nairobi today delayed a much-anticipated ruling on a lawsuit challenging the nation’s anti-gay laws.
Politicians’ anti-gay posturing mars Senegal election
Homophobic posturing is often a feature of African political campaigns, and the politicians in Senegal’s upcoming presidential election…
Really? Trump official’s plan to fight Iran by pushing gay rights
Many questions remain unanswered about the plan by the U.S. ambassador to Germany to launch a worldwide campaign…
India: ‘Homosexuality and religion can coexist’
People can be both queer and religiously devout, speakers declared this month at the Awadh Queer Lit Fest…