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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.
African LGBTQ+ people face violence, discrimination, and denial of their rights in the name of "African values." But love is a pan-African issue, writes Human Rights Watch's Larissa Kojoué.
The Court found the laws unfairly targeted gay men.
People at high risk, including gay and bisexual men, should get vaccinated, the agency advises.
The bill would outlaw all same-sex relations, and imprison those who identify as LGBTQ+ or form pro-LGBTQ+ groups.
From actors to activists, TIME is honoring some of the LGBTQ+ people who have changed the world.
"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.
Steven Kabuye had been followed for sometime before two men ambushed him on his morning commute in January. Still recovering, he fled Uganda days later with bandages still on.
Ghanaian pastor and musician Sonnie Badu says that even gospel music isn't safe from the evil gays.
Officials warned President Akufo-Addo that signing the draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law would have grave consequences.
"When you’re given the opportunity to publicly oppose a law that permits the government to execute LGBTQI+ people just because of who they are, why wouldn’t you take it?" says Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan.
The bill also would require even tougher sentences for forming or funding LGBTQ+ groups.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, sent a pointed letter to the Fellowship Foundation, the right-wing group also known as the Family.
Family Watch International says it’s only promoting ‘family values.’
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.
