LGBTQ activist Po Kimani needs help to battle cancer
A prominent Kenyan LGBTQ rights and social justice activist is undergoing cancer treatment for the fourth time, and…
Churches, activists fighting anti-gay laws — online talks Nov. 25-27
From Barbados to Zimbabwe, speakers at next month’s free online Intimate Conviction 2 conference will focus on what…
Kenya: Prosecutor must use trans woman’s chosen name
A Kenyan court has directed the prosecution to respect a trans woman’s gender identity and stop referring to…
LGBT refugees coalition condemns Kenya violence
A coalition of LGBT refugees in East Africa wants authorities in Kenya and globally to speak out against…
Kenya: Emergency food, supplies reach LGBTQI refugees
More than 250 LGBTQI refugees at Kakuma Camp in Kenya have received emergency deliveries of donated food and…
Global struggles for LGBTQ+ rights: Latest news from the front lines
News in brief from Nigeria, Uganda, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Egypt.
Trans Kenyans ‘extremely vulnerable’ during lockdown
Lockdowns to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus are tough on transgender people, who have difficulty getting…
Covid-19 cruelty: Ugandan activists condemn attacks targeting women
Advocates for human rights, LGBT people and sex workers last week denounced raids, arrests, extortion, and attacks by…
Kenyan police break up LGBT+ refugees’ protest
Police at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya used tear gas today to break up a protest by…
Warning to LGBT+ refugees: Covid-19 lockdown is no time for a sit-in
The U.N. refugee agency today warned 60 protesting LGBT+ refugees to halt a sit-in they began earlier this…