The African Transdiverse community today launched the online magazine Queerstion, making its debut on the International Transgender Day of Visibility. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2017
2 weeks (so far) in Cameroon prison for being trans
While LGBTI communities are celebrating today’s International Transgender Day of Visibility, a 16-year-old trans girl has been held in Ebolowa prison in southern Cameroon since the weekend of 18 March just for being trans. Continue reading
2 arrested in Ghana; sensational news coverage
“Man Bonks SHS Boy In Hotel” was how one homophobic news website in Ghana reported the arrest of two men last week after they allegedly had consensual sex at a hotel in Accra, the capital city. Continue reading
Kenyan police rescue gay couple from mob, do nothing more
Kenyan police rescued a gay couple from a mob in eastern Kenya, Nairobi-based Standard Media reported last week. Continue reading
Study: Anti-LGBT bias costs Indonesia up to $12 billion
Discrimination against LGBT people in Indonesia costs that country $900 million to nearly $12 billion per year, a new study calculates. Continue reading
Doctors push for LGBT health in Lebanon
The Lebanese Medical Association for Sexual Health (LebMASH) held its first-ever LGBT health week this month, focusing on the health problems caused by the LGBT community’s marginalization in Lebanon. Continue reading
At India’s trans school: ‘We need to work in tandem’
For strategic reasons, India’s first school for transgender school dropouts will accept not only students who are transgender, but also applicants from other rejected minorities. Continue reading
Anti-gay Caribbean pastors urge Trump to end push for LGBT rights
Nearly 290 prominent conservative Christian leaders from the Caribbean have urged President Donald Trump to end U.S. support for fair treatment of LGBTI people — what they call “the LGBT agenda.” Continue reading
Trans man Prince fled Uganda to save his life
After coming to grips with the mix of male and female characteristics that his body developed during adolescence, Prince fell in love with a Ugandan woman, only to run into the harsh opposition of her father and her father’s bodyguards. He was kidnapped, tortured and threatened with death. To save his life, Prince fled to … Continue reading
‘Advancing LGBT rights in the Commonwealth is a delicate task’
A key decision will be made in June about the campaign challenging 36 Commonwealth nations to repeal their anti-LGBT laws. Those repressive laws once applied to all the nations in the former British Empire. Continue reading
