LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist,…
African human rights body must set a better example
Africa’s human rights watchdog has taken a step backward. How can the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…
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…
Defeated anti-gay strongman demands Gambian revote
Rabidly anti-gay Gambian strongman President Yahya Jammeh has reversed course, declaring his “total rejection” of the results of…