Botswana

Botswana wants to make gay sex illegal again
Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 72
Botswana: Another country strikes down its anti-gay laws
Defeat in Kenya didn’t reverse gay Africans’ gains
Botswana court hears reasons to overturn anti-gay law
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)
Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Botswana president speaks up for LGBTI rights
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Botswana president speaks up for LGBTI rights
In September 2018, gay rights supporters in Bangalore, India, celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that overturned India's anti-gay law. (Photo courtesy of USA Today)
2018: Great progress toward gay rights; much work lies ahead
India and Trinidad overturned their anti-gay laws in court this year. Kenya and Botswana might do the same next year.
2019 goal: Eliminate two more countries’ anti-gay laws
Botswana activists deplore anti-trans attack
Blood, symbolizing the wounds, physical and emotional, of queer Africans, and the boxes that people, queer and straight, put themselves and others in, are the main visual motifs of Lesh Maseng’s radical dance piece G.A.Y. (Photo courtesy of Endotica.org)
LGBT dance artist steps forward in Botswana
Legabibo members at court. (Thalefang Charles photo courtesy of Mmegi Online)
Challenge to Botswana anti-gay law is ready; court isn’t
Logo of the African Queer Youth Initiative
Young queer Africans take a stand
Justice Geoffrey Nthomiwa (Photo courtesy of the Sunday Standard)
In Botswana, trans folk can get their ID cards fixed
Pastor Steven Anderson (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Petition urges Jamaica to block hate preacher’s visit