Senegal

West Africa (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
At age 44, Ousmane Sonko is Senegal's youngest presidential candidate. (Photo courtesy of African Daily Voice)
Politicians’ anti-gay posturing mars Senegal election
Senegal's location in Africa.
4 anti-gay arrests in Senegal as 2019 election approaches
Logo of Solidarité Internationale LGBTQI
Cameroon: Praise for LBT workshop, denunciation of boycott
Why lesbian groups boycotted African LBT workshop
LGBT hopes in Africa, LGBT fears in the U.S.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrested dozens of "homosexuals and devil-worshippers" in October 2013. (Photo courtesy of Mehr News Agency)
100s in jail for being gay
Senegal politician seeks explicit law against homosexuality
Angola's state television network suspended showing of the popular soap opera Jikulumessu after it broadcast a scene of two men kissing. The series was later nominated by the International Television Academy for honors as one of the world's best soap operas.
Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Senegal students attack allegedly gay man
While Africa is often described as a continent that is intolerant of its varied ethnic and religious differences, surveys paint a different picture -- a high level of acceptance of other ethnic groups, religions, immigrants, and people living with HIV / AIDS. But a strongly negative attitude toward homosexuals.
Africa’s most and least homophobic countries
French-speaking African countries. Countries in dark grey are members of the International Francophone Organization (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
New blog targets French-speaking nations’ anti-LGBTI laws
Senegal: No ‘anti-homosexuality’ law? Jail for 7 for gay sex
Senegal’s anti-gay law sends journalist back to prison
Human rights defenders urge respect for LGBTI Africans
Forbidden love: Exploring true, complex lives of LGBTI Africans