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After the coming out of Brenda Biya, the president of Cameroon's daughter, one lesbian in the country opens up about being “afraid for my life every day."
Military leaders did not reveal the extent of the ban — whether it is against LGBTQ+ identity broadly or specifically those in same-sex relationships, nor what the sentences will entail.
Biya said her mother and brother have both urged her to delete the recent Instagram post revealing her relationship with a Brazilian model.
LGBTQ+ relationships are criminalized in Cameroon, carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison.
The Court found the laws unfairly targeted gay men.
"What I really want the world to know is that [queer Ghanaians] have no life, they have no voice,” Mr. B, who was recently granted asylum, told The Advocate.
Uganda's highest court cited the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in their decision to uphold a law criminalizing same-sex relationships.
Officials warned President Akufo-Addo that signing the draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law would have grave consequences.
Steven Kabuye blames political leaders for scapegoating the LGBTQ+ community with potentially deadly consequences.
The Burundi leader also had disparaging words for marriage equality.
Family Watch International says it’s only promoting ‘family values.’
Authorities have fast-tracked an investigation into what happened as human rights organizations condemn the act.
The Eswatini government continues to refuse to register LGBTQ+ rights groups, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling supporting these organizations.
Advocates hailed the decision on the African island nation while the court disparaged the law’s British colonial era origins in its ruling.
Introduced in 2021, this bill not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships, but also those who support LGBTQ rights.
Homosexuality is illegal in the West African nation.
Four others have been arrested under the new law passed in May.
The arrests come in a country with one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world.
“Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values," said a statement from the institution.
After demonizing abortion services and marriage rights, Republicans now take aim at PEPFAR, which has saved millions of lives.
