LGBTI Ugandans prepare for Pride in refugee camp
LGBTI Ugandan refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp are preparing to celebrate Pride on June 16, thanks to…
‘Join us at the first-ever Pride celebration in Swaziland’
LGBT activists in Swaziland are planning the country’s first-ever Pride celebration this month, seeking an end to the…
Launching an Inter-American challenge to Barbados anti-LGBT laws
Three LGBT Barbadians are seeking help from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in overturning the country’s anti-LGBT…
Introducing the African Human Rights Media Network
Human rights activists based in Nigeria have established the African Human Rights Media Network, which promotes awareness and…
LGBT+ in Trinidad: Clean up the laws, now clean up litter
The LGBT+ community of Trinidad is on its way to ridding their nation of its unjust anti-gay law.…
With a boost from Rihanna, Barbados rejects homophobia
Barbados elected its first female prime minister on Thursday as the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) took all…
Nigeria’s first collection of queer-themed poems: ‘Brilliant’
Unoma Azua, a Nigerian human rights activist, and her friend Michelle Omas have put together a brilliant collection…
U.K.: ‘Deep regret’ for laws against gay sex
British Prime Minister Theresa May has publicly expressed “deep regret” for Britain’s role in criminalizing same-sex relations in…
We’re down to 74 countries where homosexuality is illegal
The total number of countries with anti-LGBT laws just dropped to 74, thanks to Trinidad’s High Court decision…
Trinidad court overturns anti-sodomy law
Trinidad’s High Court today ruled that the nation’s law against same-sex intimacy is unconstitutional.