Africa

Elizabeth Funke Obisanya poses with her BEFFTA award and (on left) Sabrina Chiemeka, who played Magda, and Louisa Warren, who played the role of racist homophobe and bully Laura. "She is lovely in real life, though," Obisanya adds. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Funke Obisanya)
Praise from honored director: ‘She broke the anti-gay wall’
Don’t fall for photo of man (repeatedly) burned alive
How to help build on Kenyan court success
Cameroonian LGBTI activist targeted in murder attempt
Outbreak of anti-LGBTI attacks in Uganda
Botswana: Upcoming films will tell LGBTI stories
Focus of Nigerian podcast: Gains and pains of coming out
Frank Mugisha (right) with teachers at a Nsangi – Wakiso District school that received school supplies donated by Sexual Minorities Uganda. (Photo courtesy of SMUG)
With N.Y. youth’s help, Uganda activists boost education
Kenyan leader speaks against anti-gay violence
LGBTI activists mourn human rights veteran Joel Nana
Zambian trans trial: I am innocent
Zambian man ‘deceived,’ so partner faces sodomy trial
Help needed for gay prisoner; his lawyer faces death threats
Archbishop: Give homophobes ‘time to deal with’ LGBTI issues
Cameroon: Gay prisoner’s attorney defies death threats
U.S. Methodist pastor seeks African allies vs. anti-LGBTI bias