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Tag: Algeria

Middle East / North Africa

U.S. advocacy for LGBTQI rights abroad: the Middle East

May 25, 2022May 22, 2022 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

United States officials in the Middle East and North Africa have engaged in relatively quiet diplomacy during the past year with the goal of improving treatment of the region’s LGBTQI+ …

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International

LGBTQ+ year in review: 47 troubling events of 2020

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

The year 2020 had more than its share of grim news for LGBTQ+ people.  If you read this summary, you might want to dilute its impact by also reading  “LGBTQ+ …

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Middle East / North Africa

Algeria sentences 44 arrested at ‘gay wedding’

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

An Algerian court has sentenced two men to three years in prison on homosexuality charges and imposed suspended sentences on 42 others who were arrested last month at a gathering …

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Middle East / North Africa

Exposing LGBTI myths, interviewing saviors in the Middle East

July 3, 2019July 2, 2019 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

The complex, changing nature of Middle Eastern and North African attitudes toward homosexuality is on display in (1) interviews with people who saved gay men from ISIS, (2) a survey …

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Middle East / North Africa

Slow progress for gay rights in North Africa

May 1, 2019April 5, 2019 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

In North Africa, LGBTI advocates are slowly achieving awareness of the human rights of sexual minorities, despite repressive governments and homophobia societies that extend from the Atlantic to the Red …

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Taib, who is queer Ethiopian-Kenyan in Toronto (Mikael Owunna photo courtesy of The New York Times)
Africa / International

Photos of African LGBTQ diaspora as ‘radical self-love’

March 27, 2018March 22, 2018 - by Colin Stewart - 1 Comment

Photographer Mikael Owunna is continuing his mission of debunking the myth that it is “un-African” to be LGBTQ. To that end, he photographs LGBTQ African immigrants and tells their stories. …

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Middle East / North Africa

North African activists in 7 countries seek justice

May 17, 2017 - by Colin Stewart - 1 Comment

  Human rights groups and LGBTI rights organizations from the seven countries of North Africa have joined forces today to seek recognition for the human rights of LGBTI people on …

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Middle East / North Africa

Amid democratic reforms, deeper troubles for LGBT Tunisians

October 18, 2016 - by Colin Stewart - 13 Comments.

The Arab Spring revolution that started in Tunisia in December 2010 has led to many democratic reforms, but the human rights of LGBT Tunisians remain unrecognized.  In fact, discrimination against …

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Middle East / North Africa

Arab LGBTQ activists in U.S., Canada aim to rally diaspora

July 14, 2016 - by Colin Stewart - 3 Comments.

A group of Independent Arab LGBTQ activists need your support. Located in the United States & Canada, the group of activists are working to mobilize the community in the diaspora …

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Middle East / North Africa

LGBTI rights activism: Mostly hidden in Middle East, N. Africa

April 28, 2016 - by Colin Stewart - 1 Comment

Public recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people remains rare in the many Middle Eastern and North African countries that still have laws against same-sex intimacy. In most of …

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Africa

New blog targets French-speaking nations’ anti-LGBTI laws

August 31, 2015 - by Colin Stewart - 1 Comment

This week marks the first official week of publication of the French-language affiliate of the “Erasing 76 Crimes” this blog. “76 Crimes en français,” which has been published in beta …

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Africa / Asia / Europe / Middle East / North Africa

Recount: 75 (or 79) nations where homosexuality is illegal

May 23, 2015 - by Colin Stewart - 4 Comments.

The number of countries with anti-homosexuality laws is currently 75, according to the latest tally from ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. That’s down one from …

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Africa / Americas / Asia / Middle East / North Africa / Oceania

10 years later, tally of 92 anti-LGBT nations drops to 76

May 13, 2015 - by Colin Stewart - 5 Comments.

The arc of history is trending toward justice for LGBTI people worldwide, judging by the latest tallies from ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. In an …

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Africa / Commentary

Sex, youth and politics in Algeria

October 24, 2014 - by Colin Stewart - Leave a Comment

By Pierre Daum, journalist. Originally published in Le Monde Diplomatique, republished here with permission of the author. Homosexuality, or “social death” At first glance, as Latifa said, a lesbian I …

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Africa

Forbidden love: Exploring true, complex lives of LGBTI Africans

September 9, 2014 - by Colin Stewart - 2 Comments.

By Mike Nicholson In recent years, news of homophobic laws in Africa has resonated across the Global North. While many individuals are at least superficially aware of the plight of …

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Africa / Americas

32 anti-gay African leaders, 32 smiling Obama photos

August 7, 2014 - by Colin Stewart - 3 Comments.

The issue of African countries imprisoning LGBTI people for their sexual orientation wasn’t on the agenda at this week’s United States/Africa summit in Washington, D.C. Instead, President Obama spoke about …

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