Gambia: An anti-LGBT country joins the Commonwealth
The Gambia yesterday rejoined the Commonwealth, almost five years after leaving the organization of countries that formerly were…
11 glimmers of hope for LGBT rights in 2017
Hopeful steps toward recognition of LGBT rights occurred this year in many otherwise homophobic countries, even as brutal…
Novel explores cruelty of Gambia's anti-LGBTQ laws
The new novel The Order of Nature invites readers into the lives of characters trapped by a…
A gathering of LGBT-friendly faithful from 10 W. African nations
The goal: “a space in West Africa where persons from diverse faiths, cultures, class and sexual orientations can…
With tyrant deposed, a Gambian leader rejects anti-gay law
Hope is blooming in the Gambia, thanks to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, the Gambia’s despotic and violently…
Gambian leader shuns his predecessor's anti-gay stance
The Gambia’s new leader has downplayed concerns about the so-called “threat” of homosexuality — a stark contrast to…
LGBT hopes in Africa, LGBT fears in the U.S.
On Jan. 20, as the United States inaugurated a president who might roll back advances toward LGBT justice…
Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much…
Historic meeting from Africa, Americas: End anti-LGBTI attacks
In an unprecedented meeting, human rights experts from Africa and the Americas have appealed for an end to…
Waiting to hear if hard work pays off at African Commission
The second of a series of dispatches by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle on efforts to protect human…