Malawi: Court releases 2 arrested activists
A Malawi court released LGBTI rights activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembeleka on bail Friday, three days after…
U.N. says ‘Sorry! Please release Malawi activists’
Apologetic U.N. officials have joined international calls for the release of two LGBT rights activists in Malawi who…
Malawi police arrest 2 prominent LGBTI rights activists
Police in Malawi have arrested Gift Trapence, the leader of the country’s main LGBTI rights organization, the Centre…
Malawi arrests came with threats, assault, extortion
Two men arrested in Malawi last week on homosexuality charges suffered more mistreatment than local newspapers stated. According…
Buoyed by Supreme Court, will U.S. church help LGBT Africans?
On the same day when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must recognize same-sex marriages, the…
U.S. church plans support for LGBT-friendly Africans
A group of Christians in the United States is preparing to chart a new course in relations with…
Hard work and progress toward LGBT rights in Africa, Jamaica
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, president of the St. Paul’s Foundation, tells of the foundation’s latest work with…
U.S. rights advocates reject African-style quest for rights
American human rights advocates have undercut the work of their African counterparts by insisting on Western-style advocacy of…
World Bank eyes how anti-LGBT stigma boosts HIV, poverty
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle describes the first-ever LGBT panel at this month’s civil society meetings at the…
Washington cathedral to focus on LGBT rights abroad
The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., will host a panel discussion about LGBT rights this coming Sunday, featuring…