The global fight for LGBTQ rights: News from the front lines
News about the struggle for LGBTQ rights in Ghana, Kenya, Iran, Belarus, Senegal, Ukraine, India, Qatar, Iceland and…
U.S. ambassadors seek repeal of 69 nations’ anti-gay laws
U.S. ambassadors are promoting LGBTQ rights worldwide even as gay-rights activists blast the Trump administration for anti-LGBTQ domestic…
LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist,…
Politicians’ anti-gay posturing mars Senegal election
Homophobic posturing is often a feature of African political campaigns, and the politicians in Senegal’s upcoming presidential election…
4 anti-gay arrests in Senegal as 2019 election approaches
A wave of politically motivated anti-gay arrests is under way in Senegal.
Cameroon: Praise for LBT workshop, denunciation of boycott
By Colin Stewart and Erin Royal Brokovitch Sexual minorities from French-speaking Africa at a networking workshop in Cameroon…
Why lesbian groups boycotted African LBT workshop
By Colin Stewart and Erin Royal Brokovitch Four organizations of lesbian, bisexual and queer women last week boycotted…
LGBT hopes in Africa, LGBT fears in the U.S.
On Jan. 20, as the United States inaugurated a president who might roll back advances toward LGBT justice…
100s in jail for being gay
The Erasing 76 Crimes blog has updated its sad tally “100s are in prison for being gay” — one…
Senegal politician seeks explicit law against homosexuality
By Jean Marc Yao Senegalese member of parliament Mberry Sylla submitted a bill on May 8 that would…