Repression of Gender Minorities in Africa

Africa: Barrage of discriminatory laws stoking hate against LGBTI ...

Last year witnessed a surge in discriminatory legislation directed against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) persons ...

LGBTI in Africa: Widespread discrimination against people with non ...

Three out of five African countries have laws criminalising homosexuality and the public expression of sexual or gender behaviour that does not conform with ...

Progress and Setbacks on LGBT Rights in Africa — An Overview of ...

When it comes to the rights of sexual and gender minorities in Africa, the past year has been a mixed bag. Of the 69 countries that ...

Africa: We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the ...

Across Africa, LGBTI persons face a distressing regression of progress, enduring relentless protests and formidable obstacles to their ...

Africa's Struggle Toward Inclusive LGBTQ+ Laws

Along with religion, experts say racism was a factor: Europeans viewed Africans' traditional sexualities as examples of their supposed racial ...

Repression of Gender Minorities in Africa

Citizens of many African countries perceive such calls to be interference in their sovereignty: Countries which use their economic muscle, ...

Africa: LGBTI people face 'relentless' oppression after surge in ...

Last year saw a new wave of harsh anti-LGBTI legislation across Africa 31 countries still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activity ...

Anti-gay laws: Africa's human rights regression - ISS Africa

In most of Africa – 33 out of 55 countries – homosexuality is a crime punishable by imprisonment. This year alone, six states (Kenya, Ghana, ...

Experience of and factors associated with violence against sexual ...

Sexual and gender minorities in Eastern and Southern Africa experience high levels of violence. Sexual orientation and gender identity need ...

'Gender hegemony': How colonialism distorted African perspectives ...

It is important to note that the nonconformity in precolonial Africa does not map perfectly to modern trans identity. Colonialism forced the ...

Discrimination and gender inequalities in Africa: what about equality ...

Equality of fundamental rights between women and men is not yet a reality, regardless of the region. Various African countries are no exception ...

The “Deviant” African Genders That Colonialism Condemned

The same can be said about the campaigns that intermittently condemn trans men and women in Africa. In Tamale's view, these are “state- ...

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

The African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender ...

LGBTI in Africa - European Parliament

In 1998, anti-discrimination laws were further extended to protect sexual minorities' rights in ... gender identities were brought to Africa ...

Decolonising "African values": The future of LGBTQ+ pride and rights

The ACHPR doubled down by claiming that the protection and promotion of sexual and gender minority rights was "contrary to the virtues of ...

The dynamics of sexual repression, deceit, and coming out in ...

In many contemporary African nations, same-sex relations are criminalized. Interestingly, the legal, religious, and cultural barriers which are ...

Uganda's anti-gay bill is the latest and worst to target LGBTQ Africans

One explanation for Africa's modern anti-LGBTQ attitudes is the lingering influence of colonial-era laws. A 2014 study by researchers at the ...

Resolution on Protection against Violence and other Human Rights ...

Alarmed that acts of violence, discrimination and other human rights violations continue to be committed on individuals in many parts of Africa.

Sexual minorities and African human rights mechanisms

Any form of sexual intercourse other than the natural form, between men and women acting in a normal way, is out of the question. It is considered taboo even to ...

Cameroon: Rising Violence Against LGBTI People

The African Commission on Human and People's Rights explicitly calls on member states, including Cameroon, to protect sexual and gender ...