New, gay-friendly faces of Jamaican dancehall music
Jamaica’s LGBTQ+ community is enjoying growing support from formerly homophobic dancehall artists, at least from the genre’s female…
India: Women who beat anti-gay law come out as a couple
Two lawyers who fought to end Indian laws that criminalised same-sex relations have come out as a couple,…
Fear: If unchained, faith-based bias would crush LGBT medical care
Gay Africans barred from medical care. A rise in HIV infections in homophobic countries. Reduced access to health…
Ivory Coast flirts with same-sex marriage, then rejects it
A proposal that would have allowed same-sex marriage in Ivory Coast has been withdrawn. The revised version, which…
Commentary: Ghana needs a visit from U.N.’s SOGI expert
Ghana may be ready for a visit from the U.N.’s expert on sexual minorities, commentator Kwaku Adomako states…
St. Vincent: Condemn homosexuality but embrace adultery?
A legal challenge to anti-gay laws in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has exposed the hypocrisy of that…
Nigerian model becomes the first trans contestant in a beauty pageant
Transgender Nigerian woman Veso Golden Oke, age 25, is the first trans woman allowed to compete in a…
India’s move in Kashmir divides queer Hindus, queer Muslims
In India, queer Hindus, queer Muslims and others are at odds over the Indian regime’s decision to expand…
Donors, activists free gay man from Cameroon prison
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free last week in Cameroon, ending his…
Jamaican newspaper backs bid for same-sex marriage
The large and influential Jamaican Gleaner newspaper has endorsed activist Maurice Tomlinson’s appeal to an international human rights…