Burkina Faso bans homosexuality, levying fines and up to 5 years in prison
Burkina Faso's homosexuality ban comes 71 unelected parliament members who seized power in two coups in 2022.
September 2, 2025
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From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
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April 9, 2025
Freemasons, gay men, and corrupt elites in Cameroon — inside a conspiracy theory
A new book explores an ongoing conspiracy theory in Cameroon and neighboring Gabon that corrupt elites spread homosexuality through their connections to secret orders like the Freemasons.
December 21, 2024
The fight to decolonize queer identity
Explore the profound impact of colonial legacies on LGBTQ+ identities, revealing the urgent need for decolonization and reclamation of languages that reaffirm our identities across cultures.
March 1, 2024
Colonial Williamsburg May Offer LGBTQ History Lessons
A committee has launched and will research the lives of gender and sexually nonconforming people in the colony during the 1700s.
November 18, 2019
The World's First Gay Prince on India's Colonial Hangover
Indian Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil is dedicated to carrying on the legacy of Gandhi by fighting for truth, freedom, and LGBT equality.
May 7, 2014
Could Jamaica End Colonial-Era Gay Sex Ban?
A constitutional challenge is filed against the 1864 Offenses Against the Person Act, which is seen as the basis for much of the nation's notorious homophobia.
December 11, 2015
Brittney Griner's Lawyers Confirm WNBA Star Moved to Penal Colony
Russian penal colonies are often harsh facilities for political prisoners, according to the U.S. State Department.
November 17, 2022
What Life in a Penal Colony Could Have Been Like for Brittany Griner
Human rights groups have decried the conditions in many of these Russian facilities. Here's what the out WNBA star may have faced.
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November 12, 2022
Antigay Russian Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Five Years In Penal Colony
Notorious Russian neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich was sentenced to five years in a penal colony, but prosecutors didn't even mention his well-documented violent attacks on men presumed to be gay.
August 19, 2014
Lauren Boebert's 'probe' into alien colonies & human hybrids is getting hilariously mocked on X
If only the Republican congresswoman would phone home and get out of politics.
November 16, 2024
Byron Perkins Makes History As First Out Football Player at HBCU
The defensive back plays for Hampton University in the Colonial Athletic Association.
October 20, 2022
Looking’s Russell Tovey to Star in Australian Prisoner Drama Banished
The upcoming BBC show focuses on the early days of Australia's history as a penal colony.
March 12, 2014
Angola Decriminalizes Gay Sex, Bans LGB Discrimination
The African nation sloughs off homophobia inherited from its days as a Portuguese colony.
January 25, 2019
Great 2018 News: Love (Well, Sex) Wins in India
A Colonial-era law is struck down in a decision with huge implications for the populous nation's LGBTQ community.
December 25, 2018
Mauritius Supreme Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex in Landmark Decision
Advocates hailed the decision on the African island nation while the court disparaged the law’s British colonial era origins in its ruling.
October 4, 2023
India's High Court Topples 157-Year-Old Gay Sex Ban
The British Colonial-era law against gay sex is finally struck down, a huge victory for India's enormous LGBTQ population.
September 6, 2018
Indian Woman's Spying Gets Husband Arrested for Gay Sex
A 32-year-old Indian man was arrested for homosexuality, despite judicial assurances that reinstatement of a Colonial-era antigay law wouldn't cause arrests.
October 31, 2014
Russia Reiterates Interest in Prisoner Exchange for Brittney Griner
It comes only a day after Brittney Griner's legal team confirmed that the lesbian Basketball star has been moved to a penal colony.
November 18, 2022
First LGBT Ugandans to Face Trial for Gay Sex
Two LGBT Ugandans will face a first-of-its-kind trial for violating a colonial-era penal code that prohibits 'carnal knowledge against the order of nature.'
May 6, 2014