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Senegal amends its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (313+ words) Mo'se Mano'l-Florisse, is an African-Caribbean online journalist keeping an eye" By 129 votes in favor and 0 against, the National Assembly of Senegal amended the Constitution, on Monday, June 29, to define marriage exclusively as "the union between a man and a woman....
Double your donation to set free innocent LGBT prisoners
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (266+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Readers" donations to Project Not Alone have set free three innocent LGBT prisoners who were arrested and convicted on the basis of African homophobia. More donations are needed to continue…...
Mob chases LGBTQ+ rights defender from his Cameroon home
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (384+ words) LGBTQ rights activist and journalist in Cameroon. A mob attack on a LGBTQ+ rights defender in Yaound, Cameroon, during the night of June 13-14 demonstrates the continuing risks of working on behalf of the nation's stigmatized citizens. The victim, identified here…...
Homosexuality is now illegal in 66 nations
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (245+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" In adopting an anti-gay law on June 11, 2026, the West African nation of Niger strengthened a wave of anti-homosexuality legislation and proposed legislation in Africa that has reversed, at least temporarily,…...
France, do not turn your back on LGBTQI communities around the world!
3+ week, 4+ day ago (197+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" As several countries in Francophone West Africa enact strict new crackdowns on queer people, several LGBTQI, feminist and human rights associations based in France and elsewhere published an open letter…...
Your donation will help fee Cam, an innocent 36-year-old gay cook
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (442+ words) Donations are urgently needed to free eight prisoners, including Cam, whose story is below. For their safety, in this series of articles the eight prisoners are identified by pseudonyms. Last year, 36-year-old Cam had a 22-year-old partner, Daniel. Cam worked…...
Ghana parliament approves cruel, sweeping anti-LGBTQ bill
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (706+ words) The parliament of Ghana on Friday approved the harsh, controversial anti-LGBTQ bill that homophobic legislators have been trying for years to turn into law. A report from Reuters is below. In response to that news, the executive director of the…...
Ghana legislators aim to pass anti-gay bill before June 3 anti-gay conference
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (455+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" The LGBTQ advocacy group Rightify Ghana states: On Thursday, 28th May 2026, the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs presented its report on the "Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill" (the…...
Under pressure from activists, Ghana's anti-gay conference moves again
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (391+ words) Erasing 76 Crimes Human rights defenders urged venues to shun the anti-gay conference The anti-gay Fourth African Inter-Parliamentary "Family, Sovereignty and Values" Conference, previously planned for the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, then at the Accra Ridge Church, will now be…...
Ghana event seeks declaration that Africa's 'cultural identity' is anti-gay
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (832+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" The largely anti-LGBTQ parliament of Ghana will play host next week to anti-LGBTQ officials" "from throughout Africa with the goal of eliminating LGBTQ rights throughout the continent. The conference, scheduled…...