International religious leader urge repeal of Caribbean anti-LGBT laws
Religious leaders from five nations have called on governments across the Caribbean to repeal their anti-gay laws.
Jamaica: I’ll miss mom’s funeral; gay men aren’t safe there
COMMENTARY: Jamaica’s anti-gay violence makes even funerals unsafe. As Jamaican churches keep spewing hatred, no place is safe…
Gay Muslim is dead, but he’s still barred from Cameroon cemetery
Even after his death, indignities continued for Isma, a gay Muslim in Cameroon. Because of his sexual orientation,…
Campaign: Block Nigerian hate preacher’s trip to Canada
Activists have launched a campaign to stop homophobic Nigerian hate preacher Suleman Johnson from spreading his homophobic sermons…
Ghana: 400 sign up for bogus ‘cure’ of homosexuality
Ghana is simultaneously fascinated and repulsed by homosexuality. Hundreds of people have signed up to be “cured” of…
Homophobic Catholic leader bids farewell to Uganda
The controversial papal nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Michael August Blume, has bid farewell to Uganda “at the conclusion…
Uganda: Why Val Kalende ‘renounced lesbianism’
Longtime Ugandan activist Kikonyogo Kivumbi explores the background of former activist Val Kalende’s decision to turn away from…
Popular Ugandan LGBT activist says she’s no longer a lesbian
Val Kalende, a popular Ugandan LGBT activist, has declared on national TV that she is no longer a…
Trinidad: Getting Christian messages all wrong
Conservative Christians in Trinidad remain upset over the court ruling in April that overturned the nation’s anti-sodomy law.…
Pope: ‘God made you this way.’ Jamaicans: Let’s debate
Jamaicans on different sides of LGBTI rights debates are grappling with the reported affirmation that Pope Francis gave…