Tag Archives: LGBTQ

Ugandan Archbishop has history of protesting queer acceptance in Anglican Church Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP) Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Rev. Steven Kaziimba Mugalu is not happy with the appointment of the Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, saying that her “support and advocacy” for same-sex marriages is unbiblical. In a …

Project Not Alone finds and frees innocent LGBTQ victims of African homophobia Illustration created by ChatGPT and PhotoShop, based on the description in this article. On Jan. 28, 2025, at around 11 p.m., two long-distance truck drivers were arrested by members of the Cameroonian gendarmerie while their truck was parked in a rest area near Bertoua, Cameroon.  According to law …

Opponents of the refiled bill call it unconstitutional, discriminatory and expensive   Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web) Anti-gay politicians in Ghana revealed this week that they were confused about the status of the harsh Anti-LGBTQ Bill that parliament passed last year, only to see it expire without a presidential signature. A group of politicans had said …

‘Lawyers are detained not for what they did, but for what they might do. ‘ Location of Bangladesh in South Asia. (Map courtesy of GISgeography) The human rights group JusticeMakers Bangladesh in Paris has documented and protested an unending series of attacks on LGBTQ Bangladeshis, which have escalated under the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. …

Violence against queer people has become acute in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions  Cameroon President Paul Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth term in elections happening October 12. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty) By Jean Jacques Dissoke As Cameroon approaches the Oct 12 presidential election, the English-speaking regions of the Northwest and Southwest are once again plunged into uncertainty that has exposed LGBTQ …

Bringing back ‘Syria’s first, fiercest, and only queer magazine’ is fund drive’s goal. Image from Mawaleh in 2012 Queer Syrians have survived war, persecution, and exile. Yet their voices remain almost entirely absent from recovery efforts and public dialogue, say supporters of LGBTQ rights in Syria. They recall, “In 2012 we created Mawaleh, Syria’s first queer cultural magazine, to fight …

People walk with a large rainbow flag during the Malta Pride Parade last month. (Photo courtesy of AFP/Reuters) “People will feel invested in a mission: tracking down gay people,” said Quentin, who worries about a “witch hunt” as a result. Other members of the Burkinabe LGBTQ community voiced similar concerns over the law, the latest in a slew of anti-gay …