Gambia: An anti-LGBT country joins the Commonwealth
The Gambia yesterday rejoined the Commonwealth, almost five years after leaving the organization of countries that formerly were…
With tyrant deposed, a Gambian leader rejects anti-gay law
Hope is blooming in the Gambia, thanks to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, the Gambia’s despotic and violently…
Gambian leader shuns his predecessor's anti-gay stance
The Gambia’s new leader has downplayed concerns about the so-called “threat” of homosexuality — a stark contrast to…
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…
Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much…
In Africa, for once, free debate on LGBT issues, much more
The first of a series of dispatches by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle on efforts to protect human…
Friends in Uganda, Gambia give me hope for LGBT rights
I remember the scene like it was yesterday. My friend Brian and I had taken a break from…
Gay sex tourism in anti-gay Gambia
Gambia’s strong-man president, Yahya Jammeh, devoted his recent speech at the opening session of parliament to railing against…
Free after Gambian ‘homosexual dance’ trial, but lives in ruins
The recent acquittal of 20 alleged gay and lesbian defendants on trial in The Gambia because of a…
40 days in jail without trial for 20 in ‘homosexual dance’
Eighteen men and two women apparently remain in jail without a trial in The Gambia 40 days after…