Posts tagged Africa

KAMPALA: 67 people are facing charges in Uganda after police raided a gay bar which is considered to be one of the last safe spaces …

A petition has been launched to free two gay Saudi journalists, who have been detained in Australia after seeking asylum in the country. Brian Greig …

Four leading African HIV experts have authored a joint statement condemning moves to further criminalise homosexuality in Uganda, and have called on the Ugandan Government …

A Ugandan LGBTQI activist has been brutally murdered as the African nation appears to backpedal on its reintroduction of the “Kill The Gays” law. According …

Uganda has announced new plans for a bill that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals. The bill—colloquially known as “Kill the Gays” in Uganda—was …

“It is extremely regrettable that Tanzania has chosen to take such a dangerous path in its handling of an already marginalized group of people”

“You have decision-makers asking people: do you call gay chat lines, do you go to beats, do you know certain slang? And if you don’t, you mustn’t be gay.”

Forced anal examinations have largely been used to ‘prove’ whether or not a man is gay in countries where homosexuality is criminalised.

“The Wound is not for everyone, but there are many young South Africans from the black queer community who have every right to watch it, because it reflects something of their own experience”

The countries most likely to criminalise gay sex or relationships are in southern and east Africa, the Middle East, and south Asia.