Nigerian’s fund drive seeks help for LGBT asylum seekers in U.K.
A U.K-based gay Nigerian, Dan Yomi, has teamed up with U.K-based NGOs to launch a fundraiser aimed at…
Queer Squad: Tunisian comic embraces LGBTQ life in quarantine
Introducing “Queer Squad”, a new comic book that opens to a flirtatious late-night Grindr exchange between a Tunisian…
Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sara Hegazy dies by suicide
Sara Hegazy, 30, committed suicide on Sunday, June 14, more than two years after she was arrested for…
Jamaica: 21 gay victims of human rights abuses
Physical assaults, verbal assaults, expulsion from the family home, and discrimination by police were some of the most…
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear Jamaica petition Monday
LGBTI rights activists plan to plead for an end to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law in a hearing today with…
Gay Nigerian ex-priest honored for supporting asylum-seekers
John Adewoye, a gay former priest from Nigeria, has received an award in recognition of his work supporting…
Court nixes ‘Prove You’re Gay’ tests for asylum-seekers
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that officials cannot require asylum seekers to undergo “sexual orientation tests”.
New help for LGBT asylum-seekers in South Africa
Gateway Health Institute, a South African not-for-profit organization, is extending its services to LGBT immigrants seeking asylum in…
Strategy session will focus on LGBTI asylum-seekers
Plans for relieving the plight of LGBTI asylum-seekers will be a focus of a strategy session June 3…