BuzzFeed reports: Indian Man Arrested For Homosexuality After Being Filmed On Wife’s Spy Cameras Police in the Indian technology hub Bangalore have arrested a 32-year-old man for homosexuality after his wife installed secret cameras in their house and recorded him having sex with another man. This may be the first case of someone arrested for consensual … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2014
19 calamities where gays get the blame, besides Ebola
Now that some conservative Christians are blaming gays for the Ebola epidemic — with no rational reason, as usual — it’s a good time for a recap of other calamities that LGBTI people have been blamed for. More than a dozen natural disasters are on the list, each one interpreted as God’s violent response to … Continue reading
Singapore court rejects appeal of anti-gay law
Channel NewsAsia reports: SINGAPORE — The nation’s highest court on Wednesday Oct 29 ruled that a law that criminalises sex between men is constitutional. The ruling covers both cases contesting the law, one brought by two graphic designers who have been in a relationship for 16 years, and the other by an artistic therapist who … Continue reading
Ugandan court dismisses case against activist Sam Ganafa
A Ugandan court has dismissed criminal charges against high-profile LGBTI rights activist Samuel K. Ganafa. Ganafa, executive director of the LGBTI rights group Spectrum Uganda Initiatives, and three colleagues had been charged with “unnatural offenses,” a crime that is punishable by as much as a life sentence. Ganafa, who also serves as board chair for … Continue reading
Gay life in Cameroon: Battered, with no legal recourse
By Erin Royal Brokovitch In Cameroon, gay victims of violence have no recourse to the justice system because of the repressive law known as Section 347 bis. According to that section of the Penal Code, same-sex intimacy is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years and a fine of up to 200,000 CFA francs … Continue reading
Sex, youth and politics in Algeria
By Pierre Daum, journalist. Originally published in Le Monde Diplomatique, republished here with permission of the author. Homosexuality, or “social death” At first glance, as Latifa said, a lesbian I met in Oran, “the lives of homosexuals are much more simple and joyful in Algeria.” Indeed, in this society where everyone lives partitioned between same … Continue reading
Uganda strategy joins gay rights to women’s rights, health
Amnesty International is pushing for an end to repression in Uganda through a welcome strategy of including LGBTI rights issues in the context of that overall human rights violations, abuse of women, and limitations on freedom of assembly and access to health services. It’s a strategy that aims to avoid the misinterpretation that seeking LGBTI … Continue reading
Video seeks relief for harassed LGBT Moroccans
“After a while, I began to accept the person I am, and that I am not abnormal or unnatural as they believe. But then I faced the cruelty of society and the criminalization of homosexuality in the law.” — Hamza, a youth Moroccan gay man in a the new YouTube series “Kaynin” Those are some … Continue reading
2 LGBTI defendants win their freedom in Uganda
A Ugandan judge has dismissed homosexuality-related charges against two LGBTI defendants who had been forced to appear in court four times since their arrest in January. Each time the case was adjourned after the prosecution failed to produce any witnesses against them. Again today, no prosecution witnesses appeared in court. But this time Magistrate Lilian … Continue reading
Setback in court challenge to Nigerian anti-gay law
BuzzFeed reports: “A judge with Nigeria’s Federal High Court threw out a challenge to a sweeping anti-LGBT law enacted in January on Wednesday, ruling that the person bringing the case did not have standing to challenge the law. “The case was brought by Teriah Joseph Ebah, a 42-year-old Nigerian who has lived in the United … Continue reading
