Burkina Faso

Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Anti-LGBT surge in West Africa as Mali’s ruling council votes to make gay sex illegal
Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traore (Photo courtesy of SamePass.org)
Burkina Faso junta takes a step toward criminalizing homosexuality
Africa had anti-Western views long before anyone blamed the West for LGBT+ activism
Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where anti-gay lynchings are commonplace
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse
Queer women win West African writing contest
Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time
A gathering of LGBT-friendly faithful from 10 W. African nations
Logo of Solidarité Internationale LGBTQI
Cameroon: Praise for LBT workshop, denunciation of boycott
U.N. rejects renewed attempt to block LGBT expert
New W. African interfaith group fights anti-LGBTI bias
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
While Africa is often described as a continent that is intolerant of its varied ethnic and religious differences, surveys paint a different picture -- a high level of acceptance of other ethnic groups, religions, immigrants, and people living with HIV / AIDS. But a strongly negative attitude toward homosexuals.
Africa’s most and least homophobic countries
Human rights defenders urge respect for LGBTI Africans
U.N. keeps focus on anti-LGBTI violence; Africa divided