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Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws
‘Witch-hunt’ in Niger as military regime rounds up LGBT people
The HIV retrovirus.
U.S. rejects United Nations resolution against AIDS
Niger's president and former coup leader Abdourahamane Tchiani. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Niger adopts anti-LGBTQ law, threatens up to 20 years in prison
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Their love affair was private, but it landed 2 women in jail in Niger for ‘public indecency’
Alio Daouda is the Minister of Justice of the Junta in Niamey (Photo @nigerdiaspora.net)
Acquittal of 2 lesbians in Niger leads to uproar over judicial independence
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Help for LGBT youths in Benin, where anti-gay lynchings are commonplace
Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society (Max Mason-Hubers photo courtesy of IAS)
Upsurge of African anti-gay laws risks upsurge of AIDS
Scene from PSI Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy of PSI)
New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse
Mohamed Bazoum, deposed president of Niger. (Photo courtesy of The Guardian Nigeria)
Niger leader plans to outlaw gay sex, execute married same-sex couples
Victimized gay couple flees Cameroon, hopes to reach Europe
Mister Niger competition during the 2014 festival
Abandoned: traditional festival of male beauty in Niger