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Brenda Biya challenges norms around sexuality in conservative Cameroon Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon president Paul Biya, came out publicly as a lesbian in 2024. (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien) COMMENTARY By Steeves Winner At 28 years old, Brenda Biya—daughter of Cameroon President Paul Biya—made a notable appearance alongside her mother, Chantal Biya, during the March 8 International …

Family and lawyers are calling for Lachgar’s urgent release, saying her injury was not properly treated and that she may need her arm amputated without specialist care. Lachgar has reportedly spent the past six months sleeping on a floor without a mattress in a cold cell with a broken window, according to Avaaz, a U.S.-based nonprofit that launched a petition …

For her safety, she’s now in hiding. A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP) The Associated Press reports: The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal By MONIKA PRONCZUK DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Being gay in Morocco is illegal …

The Kenyan Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 overturned a ban on the film “Rafiki”, which the Kenya Film Classification Board in 2018 had claimed promoted illegal same-sex intimacy. By Gibson Ncube Stellenbosch University The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first …

Brenda Biya has become a face of resistance to Cameroon’s state-sponsored homophobia Brenda Biya, says she won’t vote for her father, Paul Biya (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien). Commentary In a TikTok video that has gone viral, Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, announces that she will not vote for her father in the Oct 15 …