Africa

In Senegal, anti-LGBT forces seek longer prison time for gay sex
Congo has no anti-gay law, but justice minister demands crackdown anyway
Africa had anti-Western views long before anyone blamed the West for LGBT+ activism
In Senegal, an online storm rages about polygamy and homosexuality
Constant Mutamba Tungunga is a lawyer at the Kinshasa bar and mining agent (@ConstantMutamba sur X).
Congo lawmaker wants jail, not slavery, for LGBT people
Congo to consider new anti-gay bill
Bassirou Diomaye Faye this week, after his election. (Photo courtesy of X/Twitter)
What does Senegal’s new president have in store for LGBTQ people?
LGBT Angolans demonstrate for their rights. The Angola LGBT advocacy group Iris Angola, founded in 2015 and granted government recognition in 2018, now has about 200 members. (Photo courtesy of Iris Angola)
Analysis: Stiff challenges hinder attempts to decriminalize homosexuality in Africa
M23 rebels in 2022. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Helping LGBT+ refugees from armed conflict in Congo
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania
Andry Rajoelina, the current president of Madagascar, is a controversial figure who was the main focus of this month’s Malagasy presidential election, which essentially was a referendum for or against his person. (Photo courtesy Instagram @andry_rajoelina).
Madagascar’s LGBT people struggle to build community amid apathy and hostility
African values: Manifesto calls for ‘decolonized’ advocacy against LGBTphobia
Pan-Africanism: West African gathering will push for rights of LGBT French-speakers
Roger Ross Williams, director of "God Loves Uganda"
Homosexuality has always been African, but the term LGBT is new and divisive
Nathalie-Yomb-(Photo-courtesy-of-YouTube
Did Pan-African social media influencer Nathalie Yamb really criticize anti-gay laws?
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights headquarters in Banjul, The Gambia. (Photo courtesy ACHPR)
African Human Rights Commission affirms intersex people’s rights