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RSS FeedGhana: Concern over arrest order for homosexuals
2011-07-21, Issue 540
The western region minister Paul Evans Aidoo has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the region. He has tasked the Bureau of National Investigations and all security agencies to smoke out persons suspected to be engaging in same sex. H...
South Africa: SA firm comes up with exclusive gay insurance portfolio
2011-07-21, Issue 540
South Africa’s LGBT community now has a financial service provider, Gaysure, catering exclusively for its needs. 'The gay community is a much lower risk when it comes to insurance needs and thus it is long overdue for not just another company targeti...
Uganda: Constitutional Court hears petition on equal job opportunities for gays
2011-07-21, Issue 540
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday 18 July began hearing a petition against the law that bars homosexuals from being employed and accessing equal opportunities. An LGBTI activist Mr Adrian Juuko, the Executive Director of Human Rights Awareness ...
Tanzania: Eddy Cosmas freed from UK detention
2011-07-14, Issue 539
Following a hearing before an British immigration judge, Tanzanian gay asylum seeker Edson 'Eddy' Cosmas was released from Harmondsworth Removal Centre at 5pm and was also removed from the 'detained fast track' process. The judge's decision has not b...
Sierra Leone: Government study on MSM breaks silence
2011-07-18, Issue 539
The National HIV/Aids Secretariat of Sierra Leone, which falls under the National HIV/Aids Control Program (NACP) recently conducted a study on Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) around the country. The 2011 study on MSM in Sierra Leone has broken the s...
Nigeria: New initiative boosts LGBT activism
2011-07-06, Issue 538
The Women’s Health and Equal Rights (WHER) Initiative, established in 2010 to fight for the right of Nigeria’s lesbians and bisexual women, last week held a picnic to create awareness about their work. Nigeria’s first lesbian/bisexual rights organisa...
South Africa: Gay refugee programme launched in Cape Town
2011-07-06, Issue 538
In light of the increasing homophobia perpetuated against marginalised gay asylum-seekers and immigrants, a Cape Town based community organisation, PASSOP (People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty) has launched a Gay Refugee Programme, aimed a...
Senegal: Religious leaders fuel homophobia, says Amnesty
2011-06-30, Issue 537
Amnesty International’s 2010 annual report on Senegal found that sermons by religious leaders fuel homophobia and undermine the fundamental rights of gay people in that country. The report was presented recently to media and civil society during a pr...
Nigeria: Super Falcons' coach combats lesbianism
2011-06-30, Issue 537
Eucharia Uche, the coach of the Nigerian national women’s soccer team, the Super Falcons’ has said she will use spirituality to combat lesbianism on the side. Speaking about what she termed, 'spiritual warfare', she recently said, 'I came to realize ...
Nigeria: New information law may benefit LGBT activisits
2011-06-30, Issue 537
Nigeria’s new law on Freedom of Information (FOI) may impact positively on LGBT rights advocacy in the country. The law will address the situation of corruption and promote good governance, which is a foundation for the protection of fundamental huma...
Uganda: David belongs to all of us now
2011-06-30, Issue 537
The Law, Gender & Sexuality Research Project at the Makerere University School of Law in Uganda is putting together a book on the life, work and legacy of David Kisule Kato. David was murdered in his home in January and is considered a founder of Uga...
Africa: LGBTI rights in Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi
2011-06-22, Issue 536
Naome Ruzindana is a feminist and founding member of the Coalition of African Lesbians. She presented her paper 'The Great Lakes of Africa: Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and their Position Towards LGBTI Rights' at the ILGA panel 'The Growing Consensus: Tow...
South Africa: UN chief speaks out on corrective rape
2011-06-22, Issue 536
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has publicly condemned the scourge of corrective rapes in South Africa saying they are 'a serious crime that should never be tolerated nor condoned.' In an article published on 14 Jun...
South Africa: Gay woman stabbed in Crossroads
2011-06-14, Issue 535
A gay woman was stabbed four times by men who accused her of stealing their girlfriends in Crossroads in the Western Cape, the Times reported. Noxolo Nkosana (23) was getting out of a car, returning home after work when two men, both Crossroads resid...
Cameroon: Campaign to free Cameroon man jailed for homosexuality
2011-06-14, Issue 535
Human rights campaigners have demanded the immediate release of a Cameroonian man jailed for three years for homosexuality. Jean-Claude Roger Mbede appears to have been a victim of entrapment by the security forces, which regularly target and prosecu...
South Africa: 'When they find out you’re a lesbian they refuse to help'
2011-06-16, Issue 535
With homophobia on the rise, large numbers of South African lesbians are being subjected to discrimination and violent assaults. There has also been an increase in 'corrective rape' by men trying to 'cure' them of their sexual orientation. More than ...
Global: 'Gay Girl in Damascus' needs to man up, says APC
2011-06-19, Issue 535
The recent revelation that the Syrian blogger activist 'Gay Girl in Damascus' was actually 'Straight American Man in Scotland' Tom MacMaster sent ripples through international media circles and left deep scars in the LGBTI community. But why is this ...
Global: UN rights forum proclaims equal gay rights
2011-06-20, Issue 535
The top UN human rights body declared on Friday (17 June) there should be no discrimination or violence against people based on their sexual orientation, a vote Western countries called historic but Islamic states firmly rejected. The controversial r...
Tanzania: Gay activist meets British asylum system
2011-06-09, Issue 534
An African gay activist, Edson 'Eddy' Cosmas, has had his first appeal for UK asylum turned down by a judge in a hearing 26 May at Harmondsworth detention centre, where he is being held. Judge S. Chana accepted the UK Border Agency (UKBA)'s argument ...
Africa: Will massive US HIV/Aids funding start trickling to gay/MSM groups?
2011-06-09, Issue 534
The Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) has released new guidance for the massive US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a US$48 billion dollar programme started by George Bush. The programme has come in for criticism for...
Botswana: Sex worker initiative includes LGBTI component
2011-06-13, Issue 534
A new sex workers initiative in Botswana has included an LGBTI component in its programme. African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) is a Pan African movement and alliance for the rights of sex workers which was established in 2009 in Johannesburg South Af...
Kenya: Nominee for chief justice denies gay allegations
2011-06-13, Issue 534
Dr Willy Mutunga, the man set to become Kenya’s next chief justice had to publicly declare he was not gay this week in front of a committee that was vetting him for office. Opponents of Dr Mutunga's nomination for the post who included leading member...
Uganda: Woman branded by iron over sexuality faces deportation from UK
2011-06-13, Issue 534
A Ugandan woman who was branded with a hot iron in her home country as a punishment for her sexuality, is facing forced removal from the UK. Betty Tibikawa, 22, who is detained in Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in Bedford, is awaiting removal...
Africa: New blog on LGBT issues
2011-05-29, Issue 532
A new blog known as Society's Perfection aims to bring issues affecting the LGBT community worldwide to the fore, although it has a focus on Africa....
Kenya: Mombasa’s gays vow to fight damning laws
2011-05-29, Issue 532
Members of the gay and lesbian community have said they will lobby for the abolition of laws which criminalise their sexual orientation. Speaking at a dinner to mark the international day against homophobia and the minority groups, they said they wil...
South Africa: Uganda envoy Qwelane guilty of hate speech
2011-06-01, Issue 532
The South African ambassador to Uganda, a former columnist for South Africa's Sunday Sun paper, has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay article. South Africa's Equality Court fined Jon Qwelane $14,450 (£8,920) and ordered him to apologis...
Cameroon: ‘Sodomy’ law violates basic rights
2011-05-18, Issue 530
The March arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Roger Jean-Claude Mbede to three years in prison for being homosexual is a gross violation of Mbede's rights to freedom of expression and equality guaranteed by the Cameroonian constitution, Alternative...
Global: Speak out against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
2011-05-18, Issue 530
On the occasion of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, ARTICLE 19 has called on states to combat violence, discrimination and stigma directed against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons around the world by protecting a...
Global: State sponsored homophobia 2011 report out now
2011-05-18, Issue 530
From the adoption of marriage laws in Argentina and Iceland, and the decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court recognising rights of same-sex civil unions, to the issuing of a statement signed by 85 countries at the UN Human Rights Council condemning p...
Africa: LGBTI asylum seekers face rejection in Europe
2011-05-11, Issue 529
A vast majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people seeking asylum in the European Union on the basis of their sexual orientation, have been met by a severe blow as most of their applications have been rejected due to f...
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