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In Cameroon, a new list of people accused of being homosexuals has put 82 citizen’s lives and careers at risk. From the African Human Rights Media Network Redacted excerpt from …
List of alleged homosexuals endangers 82 in Cameroon Read More
The Christmas season is a time for family gatherings, which often means a season of sadness for LGBT people who have been expelled by their families because of their sexual …
A lonely and painful Christmas for excluded LGBT people Read More
By Erin Royal Brokovitch The film “Tchindas” was shown on July 22 in Douala, Cameroon, as part of the Écrans noirs (“Black Screens”) film festival. It’s an important, heart-warming …
Cameroon: Small audience for an important LGBT film Read More
In Cameroon, seven people have been tried, convicted and are still being held in jail for homosexuality, according to a report by the new National Monitoring Center for the …
Cameroon: 7 in prison on anti-LGBT charges; 58 rights abuses Read More
A life of rejection and isolation awaited Hervé after his arrest a year ago in Cameroon on homosexuality charges. With his case still unresolved in court, Hervé clings to a …
Cameroon: Arrested a year ago, abandoned today Read More
While LGBTI communities are celebrating today’s International Transgender Day of Visibility, a 16-year-old trans girl has been held in Ebolowa prison in southern Cameroon since the weekend of 18 March …
2 weeks (so far) in Cameroon prison for being trans Read More
By Colin Stewart and Erin Royal Brokovitch Sexual minorities from French-speaking Africa at a networking workshop in Cameroon denounced several lesbian associations’ call for a boycott of the Feb. 21-24 …
Cameroon: Praise for LBT workshop, denunciation of boycott Read More
By Erin Royal Brokovitch A Cameroonian LGBT rights activist was detained in Bafoussam on Feb. 11 and told to pay for his release. The president of the LGBT rights group …
Cameroon prosecutor locks up LGBT activist, demands money Read More
By Colin Stewart and Erin Royal Brokovitch Four organizations of lesbian, bisexual and queer women last week boycotted a workshop in Cameroon organized by two LGBT associations — one based …
Why lesbian groups boycotted African LBT workshop Read More
In Cameroon, LGBT associations are working together as never before, signing up to create a Human Rights Observatory that will act as a watchdog against violations of the rights of …
In Cameroon, LGBT groups start working together — at last Read More
A gang of homophobic thugs assaulted and robbed two young men in Cameroon, claiming that they were homosexuals who needed to be scared straight. It’s an all-too-familiar story in Cameroon, …
Cameroon: Thugs attack 2 friends; widespread trauma Read More By Erin Royal Brokovitch Police in Cameroon arrested 12 people on homosexuality charges on the night of Nov. 29 in Yaoundé for having condoms and lubricating gel in their possession …
12 arrested in Cameroon for possessing condoms Read MoreBy Erin Royal Brokovitch Last weekend’s police raid at the Mistral bar in Yaoundé, Cameroon, ended with the release of everyone who had been arrested. Police said it was not …
Raid targeted disorder, not gays, Cameroon police say Read More(According to a recent report, all those who were arrested have been released.) By Erin Royal Brokovitch Police raided a popular gay bar in Yaoundé early this morning, surrounding the …
Mass arrests at gay bar in Cameroon Read MoreBy Erin Royal Brokovitch Hervé, a 25-year-old Cameroonian man facing homosexuality charges, was set free on bail on April 13 after nine days in police custody. His release was accomplished …
Cameroon police detain accused gay man for 9 days Read MoreBy Erin Royal Brokovitch Since April 4, the Cameroonian anti-Aids pro-LGBTI rights organization Humanity First has been under pressure from Emombo district police after advocating for the release of a …
LGBTI activists challenge Cameroon police harassment Read More