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No Strings lineup (Nigeria)- Nigerian man stripped naked and arrested for cross dressing September 24, 2016
- Jamaican pro-gay Reggae Singer receives death threats September 24, 2016
- Call for Participation: Dialogue on Sexuality and Role of the Media September 24, 2016
- Nigerian family disowns daughter on grounds of lesbianism in Edo State September 22, 2016
- Botswana deports homophobic U.S pastor Steven Anderson September 20, 2016
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- Cameroun : attaques homophobes déguisées en cambriolage? September 13, 2016
- Tunisie: Attaque homophobe en pleine rue September 1, 2016
- La police égyptienne traque la communauté LGBT sur Internet August 26, 2016
99 in jail for homosexuality
- Also > Kuchu TImes
- Bisexuality Visibility Day:Understanding Bisexuality September 23, 2016
- Botswana Deports Hate Preacher Steven Anderson September 21, 2016
- RECRUITMENT? Homosexuality is not Learnt and Noone is after Your Children September 20, 2016
- SCHOLARSHIP OFFERING: Call for Applications for Shambhala Scholarships September 20, 2016
- IFreedom Unveils Digital Resource Centre September 16, 2016
- Also > Arabic and English
- Statement – بيان I The Arabic My.Kali – ماي كالي العربية July 16, 2016
- مقابلة: الشيخ خلف يوسف في مثليته الجنسية June 23, 2016
- My.Kali’s May/June 16′ Movie List May 24, 2016
- لائحة الأفلام ماي كالي ل مايو\يونيو ٢٠١٦ May 24, 2016
- أم كلثوم في القضية الجندرية May 12, 2016
- Also > Botswana
- Botswana Government Deports Pastor Anderson September 20, 2016
- 2016 International Day of Democracy- “Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. September 15, 2016
- Now Botswana fights back against gay hate pastor Steven Anderson September 1, 2016
- Petition to Prevent Hate Preacher Steven Anderson from setting up church in Botswana. September 1, 2016
- Towards an LGBTQ Africa May 23, 2016
Some top posts
What traditional African homosexuality learned from West Rewriting the anti-gay history of Rick Warren in Uganda
Judge rules for LGBT youths living in Jamaican sewers 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality
So easy to ridicule: Malaysian list of gay ‘symptoms’ Canada’s role in spreading homophobia worldwide
- Also > India (Gaylaxy)
- For the 1st Time, Kolkata’s Presidency University to have a Queer Event at Freshers’ Welcome September 22, 2016
- Watch: Lady Gaga’s Latest Song ‘Perfect Illusion’ September 21, 2016
- A Tribute to Trans Activist Agniva Lahiri September 21, 2016
- Watch How Straight Men React After Kissing Gay Men September 18, 2016
- It’s Time to Break The Closet! September 17, 2016
- Also > India (Orinam)
- Call for entries: Amour-Orinam queer resource listings September 11, 2016
- Grace Banu to PM of India on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) bill August 31, 2016
- The First Time August 21, 2016
- LGBT-inclusion in the National Education Policy, 2016 August 5, 2016
- Is this the Transgender Persons “Prohibition of Rights” Bill 2016? August 4, 2016
- Also > Caribbean
- BELIZE! BELIZE! - Caribbean IRN Update August 2016
- WRITE IT IN FIRE: TRIBUTES TO MICHELLE CLIFF :Call for Submissions
- Love and judgments pending - Caribbean IRN Update July 2016
- Yes, No, Maybe to equality for LGBTI citizens.. Caribbean IRN Update June 2016
- Latin American and Cultural Heritage Archives Roundtable Webinar Series Receives Diversity Award from the Society of American Archivists
- Also > HIV Justice Network
- Canada: ‘HIV is not a crime’ documentary premieres in Montreal at Concordia University’s ‘The Movement to End HIV Criminalization’ event September 21, 2016
- Video and written reports for Beyond Blame: Challenging HIV Criminalisation at AIDS 2016 now available September 8, 2016
- HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE releases ‘HIV IS NOT A CRIME’ training academy video documentary August 24, 2016
- Uganda: ABC Radio interviews HIV criminalisation survivor, Rosemary Namubiru, and UGANET’s Dora Kiconco Musinguzi August 18, 2016
- Analysis: How is Russia’s HIV-specific law being used to prosecute women living with HIV? August 4, 2016
- Also > BuzzFeed
- Tens Of Thousands March To Undo Marriage Equality In Mexico September 24, 2016
- Uma igreja no México alertou sobre o perigo de um “Império Gay” e a internet não perdoou September 23, 2016
- A Church Official Said There's A "Gay Empire" In Mexico And The Internet Fought Back September 23, 2016
- La noticia falsa acerca de Omar Mateen diciéndole a su esposa que es gay se hizo viral July 7, 2016
- La presse espagnole diffuse une fausse information sur Omar Mateen, le tueur d'Orlando July 7, 2016
- Also > O-blog-dee
- Police Raid Uganda Pride September 24, 2016
- Sioux Tribe Invites UN Human Rights Council Special Rappateur to Standing Rock September 20, 2016
- South Africa Bans U.S. Gay Hate Pastor Steven Anderson Entering the Country September 13, 2016
- Soccer Legend Wambach tells Her Truth in Memoir, Forward September 12, 2016
- Shame on American Jewish Congress For Equating Hillary With Trump September 8, 2016
Personal stories
Hundreds mourn murdered LGBT activist in Cameroon Zimbabwe nightmare: ‘In limbo for my type of love’
For assaulted LGBT, Uganda medical care must be anonymous After beatings in prison, rejection, death at home
Tale of Uganda pride: rainbow colors, worries, arrest Stephane Tchakam: Vibrant LGBT activist’s memory lives on
- Also > Paper Bird
- The UN, seen from Khayelitsha: Guest post July 6, 2016
- Cairo, and our comprador gay movements: A talk June 22, 2016
- Oppose the UK – Jamaica prison deal November 1, 2015
- Slavery’s ghost: Prison imperialism, Jamaica, and the UK October 2, 2015
- Anusbook. Be connected. Be discovered. September 28, 2015
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“Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct; but, in fact, they are one and the same.”
-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle.” — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Also > Russia
- Hunting gays for money May 4, 2016
- LGBT activists banned from Russian May Day parade, but not neo-Nazis May 3, 2016
- Tragic lesbian suicide pact April 25, 2016
- Same-sex couple use loophole to get married in Russia March 22, 2016
- Vadim Kozin: The tragic life of a gay tango singer in Russia revealed (+MUSIC VIDEO) January 11, 2016
- Also > Russia
- Moscow Pranksters ‘Amazed’ By Abuse In Viral ‘Hand-In-Hand’ LGBT Video July 15, 2015
- Interview with Alexander Yermoshkin: “Most importantly, we shouldn’t lose hope and continue helping each other” July 15, 2015
- Prank gay couple recorded Muscovites’ reaction to boys holding hands July 14, 2015
- From Burning Hearts To Civil Unions: The Unlikely Evolution Of Dmitry Kiselyov July 11, 2015
- United Russia to Unveil ‘Straight Flag’ in Honor of Traditional Family July 11, 2015
- Also > Kyrgyzstan
- DISRUPTION OF THE LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES IN BISHKEK: CHRONICLE OF EVENTS May 18, 2015
- KYRGYZSTAN: SECURITY OF LGBTIQ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS UNDER THREAT April 9, 2015
- Stopping “LGBT propaganda” law in Kyrgyzstan February 23, 2015
- LGBTIQA organization Labrys does not have any relations to domains BAKIRUULU.NET and BAKIRUULU.COM October 27, 2014
- Kyrgyz Parliament proposes criminal liability for protection of LGBT people’s rights October 8, 2014
- Also > R’bow Warriors
- Persécution anti-gay en Tunisie: l'appel de l'Italie March 30, 2016
- Anti-gay persecution in Tunisia: an appeal from Italy March 30, 2016
- Serial killings hitting the gay community in Aden September 16, 2015
- Worrying arrest in the Maldives August 31, 2015
- LGBT rights in the Maldives - 2015 August 14, 2015
- Also > Jamaica
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Tag Archives: Malawi
Progress and persecution from Jamaica to Myanmar
Many signs of progress, but also many instances of ongoing persecution of LGBTI people, are contained in the following round-up of the world’s recent LGBTI-related news, most of which was excerpted with slight modifications from the UNAIDS publication Equal Eyes: … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Africa (Sub Saharan), Americas, Asia, Europe, Harassment / murders, Human Rights, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Academy of Sciences of South Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Equal Eyes, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, United Nations
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Nigeria: Ex-leader seeks redo of anti-LGBT law he signed
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has joined the club of former African leaders talking about the need to change their country’s anti-LGBT laws. But he may be the only one who is discussing the importance of changing a harsh anti-gay … Continue reading
A dangerous life if you’re gay in Malawi (excerpts)
By Charles Pensulo Failure by the government to come up with a clear-cut stance on homosexuality is endangering the lives of gays and lesbians in Malawi. This is the clear message from activists lobbying for the rights of minority groups … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment / murders
Tagged Centre for Human Rights, Eric Sambisa, Malawi, Timothy Mtambo
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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 work remains to be done in the region’s 29 countries that still have laws against same-sex intimacy. LGBTI rights in those African … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Africa (Sub Saharan), Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Human Rights
Tagged Alieu Sarr, Amos Lapenga, and Morals, Angola, Banjul, Botswana, Bulawayo, Burundi, Cameroon, Camfaids, Center for Development of People, Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, Children, Chisamba, Comoros, Dakar, Delorès, Denis Nzioka, Eritrea, Ethiopia, GALCK, Galz, Gambia, Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Ghana, Guediawaye, Guinea, HRW, Human Rights Watch, Janet Banda, Jonas, Jonas Singa Kimie, Kano, Kenya, Kwale, Kwale Medium Prison, LEGABIBO, Liberia, Macky Sall, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Modou Lamin Bittaye, Momarr Sowe, Mongu, Namibia, National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, NGLHRC, NIA, Nigeria, Ntungamo, Office for the Protection of Gender, OPROGEM, Paul Kasonkomona, Robert Mugabe, Samuel Tembenu, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, U.N. Human Rights Commission, U.N. Human Rights Committee, Uganda, Walter Magaya, Yahya Jammeh, Zambia, Zanu PF, Zimbabwe
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Glimmers of hope, despite Malawi pastors’ wrong-headed idea
A glimmer of good news is visible in a news article about a group of homophobic Christian pastors in Malawi who don’t even understand their own country’s laws. The glimmer comes from an anonymous journalist’s caption under a photo of … Continue reading
Easter 2016: A prayer for all LGBT prisoners
An Easter message for 2016 Easter 2016 — a time when the Anglican Church of Nigeria refuses even to attend a meeting attended by a few representatives of the inclusive Episcopal Church for fears that, if they did, they would … Continue reading
To see rapid progress, compare 2 African musicians
By Jack Flanagan For a glimpse of how quickly positive change can occur, but also how much change is needed in attitudes toward LGBT people, consider two African musicians. One is intensely homophobic; the other formerly was homophobic, but now … Continue reading
