U.S. lesbian ex-footballer trains Nigerian girls to combat sex trafficking
Retired American lesbian soccer player Joanna Lohman has traveled to Nigeria to train girls on how to combat…
Cameroon’s Unity human rights watchdog project expands
Cameroon’s LGBTI rights watchdog group is adding an advocacy office and getting a new logo.
Jamaica: Montego Bay Pride wins right to cultural centre
Montego Bay Pride has won a court decision allowing it to rent space in the Montego Bay Cultural…
Uganda: Icebreakers’ new academy boosts LGBTQ health
Gay rights activists have launched a Peer Educators Academy to empower young LGBTQ Ugandans with vital health information…
We freed 3 gay men from prison
Gay rights activists and donors have freed the last three prisoners serving sentences for homosexuality in northern Cameroon.
Mauritius activists seek to overturn anti-gay law
Four LGBT rights activists in the island nation of Mauritius off the east coast of Africa are taking…
Ugandan activists welcome new UNAIDS leader, Ugandan Winnie Byanyima
Gay rights activists in Uganda have welcomed the appointment of Ms Winifred ‘Winnie’ Karagwa Byanyima, a Ugandan national,…
Donors, activists free gay man from Cameroon prison
With help from generous donors, an imprisoned gay man was set free last week in Cameroon, ending his…
Jamaican newspaper backs bid for same-sex marriage
The large and influential Jamaican Gleaner newspaper has endorsed activist Maurice Tomlinson’s appeal to an international human rights…
Nigeria gets its first lesbian documentary
The Equality Hub, a Lagos-based Nigerian human rights non-governmental organization, has produced Nigeria’s first lesbian-focused documentary film. From…