2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (386+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran living in Southern" Five gay men and three lesbians" deserve to be set free in Cameroon and Nigeria, where they are locked up for whom they love. Your donation"can help open the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) More than six years after Botswana's courts struck down the ban on same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law. By Luis de Barros The provisions criminalised any person who "has carnal knowledge of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1714+ words) Colin Stewart is a 45-year journalism veteran. He is the" Dire predictions immediately followed the Trump administration's decision in early 2025 to impose drastic cuts on foreign aid in general and the President's "Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" (Pepfar) in particular....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (529+ words) LILONGWE, Malawi " A new coalition of LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders launched in Malawi [last month] pledging to push for legal reforms and protect sexual and gender minorities in a country where same-sex relations remain criminalised. The Utawaleza Coalition, which means…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1086+ words) The New York Times reports: A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support "on a massive scale." The State Department is considering withholding lifesaving assistance to…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (833+ words) Nearly a year after the U. S. cut much of its health funding to Kenya as part of worldwide foreign aid cuts, Kenya's unpaid community health workers still underpin the nation's HIV and mental health care. A new U. S. -Kenya health deal has…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1336+ words) First-of-its-kind data reveal an multitude of Nigerian LGBTQ+ job seekers who are young, highly educated, and systematically excluded from employment. With up to 94 percent of highly educated queer professionals preparing to emigrate, discrimination could cost Nigeria up to $31 billion in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1291+ words) Queer communities helped shape Lagos's underground party scene. Now, as alt" culture moves into the mainstream, the people who built it are being pushed to the margins " again. In a corner of Lagos, the lights dim and the hypnotic pulse…...