Africa

‘My son is trans. So what?’ says Ghana commentator KKD
Memorial image for Paul Gérard. The French text states "Rest in Peace. A unique personality. Your memory will live in us forever."
Mourning and mockery are Cameroon’s response to murder of gay man
Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith
‘We do not support criminalisation’ — Anglican archbishop in Ghana
Well-known American gay Episcopal BIshop Gene Robinson presents award to Aggie Dennett Harmon. (Photo courtesy of ILGA World)
Ugandan trans pastor honored at WorldPride Amsterdam
Entrance to the Youssou Mbargane Diop Hospital in Rufisque, Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Le Quotidien)
Senegal women subjected to degrading anal examinations
Alban Bagbin, the speaker of Ghana's parliament, announces the suspension of proceedings from June 3 to 6 to allow parliament members to attend the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, which will be held in the Parliamentary Chamber.
Ghana’s Parliament may make anti-LGBTQ bill harsher during special session
The three friends celebrated their release from prison but, for their safety, they did not want their names or faces to be used in this article. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Cameroon: Freed from prison, 3 women go into business — with readers’ help
Illustration of a patient standing in a hospital hallway between two doors—one marked with the male symbol and the other with the female symbol. The patient appears translucent, revealing the intersex flag painted on the wall where a door should be.
Are Senegal’s intersex people collateral victims of LGBTphobia?
Cameroon’s LGBTI community in peril as leaders flee
Saliou Dicko, in his capacity as Public Prosecutor of Senegal, heads the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which brings public prosecutions and supports the prosecution (image @senenews).
Senegal releases 28 of 99 men arrested on gay sex charges
Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws
Alesi Diana Denise, left, and Wendy Faith were arrested in February with their social media pictures like this one, above, cited as evidence against them (Photo courtesy of The Guardian, which noted that the photo was supplied to them and may have been digitally enhanced at source)
Ugandans Wendy and Denise speak out after imprisonment for kissing
Pikine Guediawaye Judicial Complex in the Dakar metropolitan area (Source: @pressafrik_group)
Senegal police arrest 8 suspected lesbians
Alban Bagbin, speaker of Ghana's parliament
Ghana parliament plans to redo anti-LGBTQ+ bill, maybe make it crueler
Messed-up map shows U.S. regime doesn’t know or care where it’s killing millions
Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) (Photo courtesy of custech.edu.ng)
Nigerian college expels two students for homosexual activity