Africa

Malawi Justice Minister Janet Chikaya-Banda Malawi has stopped arresting people for same-sex intimacy pending a review of the country's anti-gay laws, Justice Minister Janet Chikaya-Banda told the U.N. Human Rights Committee in July 2014. (Photo courtesy of AfricaResearchInstitute.org)
Malawi debates its anti-LGBTI law, still on hold
Tanzanian Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu claims that lubricants encourage homosexuality. (Photo courtesy of Alchetron.com)
Tanzania’s anti-gay effort raises risk of HIV rebound
Here’s how Trump undercuts anti-LGBT, anti-woman Africans
Nigerian LGBT website fights blackmail
Coming next month: Queer Kampala International Film Festival
Nigerian’s choice: Prison for gay sex or pay blackmail?
Nigerian mother battles to ‘cure’ gay son
Uganda court removes barrier blocking LGBTI anti-bias cases
Ugandan activists travel to U.S. seeking trial of anti-gay pastor
Fighting anti-LGBT bias with foreign money? Ghana protests
Young Nigerian author highlights gay characters in new novel
Tanzanian Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu claims that lubricants encourage homosexuality. (Photo courtesy of Alchetron.com)
Tanzania’s anti-gay crackdown now targets AIDS programs
Nov. 9 invitation: Gather to support trial of anti-gay pastor
Nigerian media, stop ruining LGBTI lives with biased coverage
Three African nations have now blocked anti-LGBTI pastor
Image from "Same Love" (Click the photo to play the video)
U.K. festival will feature LGBTIQ Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania