Africa

A person writes "52 Gay men in prison in Egypt" on a red sign for a protest in Egypt against the detention of LGBTQ+ people.

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Feb 22 2023

Police using apps to lure, arrest and abuse LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Edwin Chiloba

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Jan 13 2023

Edwin Chiloba: Murdered LGBTQ+ activist was smothered to death, official confirms

Africa
Jul 27 2022

Record number of African youth back LGBTQ+ rights, ‘biggest ever’ survey finds

World
May 31 2022

Lesbian woman ‘brutally murdered because of her sexuality’ in South Africa

LGBT+ people staged a protest against a reviled bill that would ban "crossdressing" in Nigeria.

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May 03 2022

Queer Nigerians stage defiant protest as government tries to ban ‘crossdressing’

A woman in Senegal holds a sign reading 'LGBT is a threat for humanity' during a protest called by religious associations against homosexuality in 2021

Africa
Dec 17 2021

Senegalese lawmakers draw up chilling new law for LGBT+ people and allies: ‘Democracy is in danger’

World
Dec 05 2021

Watch Botswana’s queer community rejoice as cruel bid to re-criminalise gay sex fails

Botswana upholds law decriminalising gay sex

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Nov 29 2021

Botswana court rejects cruel bid to re-criminalise gay sex in ‘huge win’ for LGBT+ community

Cameroon: Trans women slept chained up in men's prison

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Jul 14 2021

Trans women freed from ‘prison hell’ after being jailed for ‘attempted homosexuality’

A young man holds a sign remembering the murders of LGBT+ people in Nigeria

News
Jul 13 2021

Terrifying police raid ends with five Nigerian men arrested for suspected homosexuality

Namibia: African nation on track to finally decriminalise gay sex

World
May 21 2021

Namibia on track to finally decriminalise gay sex: ‘Freedom will ring!’

Cameroon: Trans women slept chained up in men's prison

World
May 12 2021

Trans women jailed for five years for ‘attempted homosexuality’

Cameroon: Trans women slept chained up in men's prison

World
Mar 25 2021

Trans women arrested and facing five years in prison for ‘attempted homosexuality’

World
Mar 18 2021

Tanzanian president John Magufuli is dead but his cruel, hateful homophobic legacy lives on