Africa

How a queer Nigerian fought his family’s homophobia
Ronald Agaba after being released from a Ugandan prison.
Ugandan prison a hell for gay inmates
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Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K .
UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima says that to protect LGBTQ+ people’s health, we must protect LGBTQ+ people’s rights. (Courtesy UNAIDS/Youtube)
UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima denounces anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Study finds less anti-LGBTI violence in Cameroon. Is it accurate?
Nigerian career coach Olabode Ifeanyi
Nigerian career coach exposes society’s hypocrisy toward effeminate men
Anita Among, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda. (Photo courtesy of NTV)
U.S sanctions speaker of Ugandan Parliament, but not for anti-gay moves. Yet.
Goal: Boost trans leaders in a field dominated by gays and lesbians
Africa had anti-Western views long before anyone blamed the West for LGBT+ activism
Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko: Homosexuality is ""not accepted, but tolerated." (Sylvain Cherkaoui photo courtesy of AP)
Senegal arrests Islamic agitators for claiming prime minister is gay
Bobi Wine
Is Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine a friend or foe to LGBTQs?
In Senegal, an online storm rages about polygamy and homosexuality
Njeri Gateru, head of legal affairs for the NGLHRC Kenyan LGBTI rights advocacy group. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
10 queer Kenyans caught in Grindr blackmail scheme fight back in court
Alex Kofi Donkor, director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana (Photo courtesy of Ebanman.com)
World Bank is undecided: Sanction Ghana if anti-LGBTQ bill takes effect?
After their conviction in Zambia on Aug. 3, 2018, for gay sex, Japhet Chataba and Stephen Sambo are loaded into a pickup truck to be transported back to jail. (Photo courtesy of Lusaka Times)
Freed from prison, gay Zambian endures poverty and scorn to stay with his mom
Good news for LGBTQ prisoners: You did it! Project Not Alone hits goal in a week.