5+ hour, 23+ min ago The ST Nagbe United Methodist Church has been at the heart of the crisis in the Liberia Annual Conference with a series of protests that has interrupted its regular Sunday worship. MONROVIA -- A prominent Methodist woman has called on the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago A wall depicting the "rainbow" flag representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) pride at the North West University (NWU) Mahikeng campus was vandalised at the weekend. Known as the pride wall, the structure was spray-painted with the words…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago [Daily Maverick] Run by the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, the service at Groote Schuur Hospital seeks to help transgender and gender-diverse people who previously relied on specialised clinics that closed due to Pepfar funding cuts. South Africa: New Cape Town…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago Majority of citizens express tolerance but oppose equal rights. This dispatch is based on results of Afrobarometer's Round 10 survey in Namibia, conducted in 2024, including country-specific questions about sexuality and religion not asked elsewhere. It finds that even though Namibia is…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago Burkina Faso's transitional parliament has'passed'a bill banning homosexual acts, a year after the cabinet adopted a draft of an amended family code criminalising homosexuality. The law, unanimously approved, imposed prison sentences of two to five years and fines, with foreign…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago Nairobi " An Eldoret Court has ruled that the constitutional rights of a transgender woman were violated after she was subjected to involuntary body searches and forced medical examinations while in custody and at a public hospital. According to court documents,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago Lawyers for Human Rights is representing a prisoner with the initials NM, a transgender woman serving a long-term sentence in Johannesburg Correctional Centre, who has taken the Department of Correctional Services to court. For over five years, NM has been…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago - The Liberia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (LAC/UMC) has successfully concluded a transformative three-day regional leadership seminar in Tappita, Lower Nimba County. The event brought together representatives and delegates from the Gompa, Tappita, and Gee River Districts…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has defended her support for Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Law, saying it is her duty to uphold the country's culture and traditions. Speaking at the giveaway ceremony of Sheeba Kakunda, daughter of Rwampara County MP Amos…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago [HRW] Authorities Spread Misinformation; Perpetuate Violence, Discrimination Uganda: Anti-LGBT Law Unleashed Abuse Authorities Spread Misinformation; Perpetuate Violence, Discrimination - Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against LGBT people in the two years since the Anti-Homosexuality Act became law. - The…...