Tag: LGBTQ

Iraq's parliament on Saturday April 27 passed a bill criminalizing same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence. Advocates of ...

China's President Xi Jinping wrote to President Yoweri Museveni hours after the United States condemned Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, following a ...

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has nullified parts of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 signed by President Yoweri Museveni in May ...

The Court of Appeal in Uganda has dismissed an appeal where Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists were ...

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has withheld his assent on anti-LGBTQ bill until the country's Supreme Court determines its constitutionality.  The ...

United Nations (UN) officials have asked the President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo not to sign into the anti- Lesbian, Gay, ...

A month after granting priests the authority to bless same sex couples, Pope Francis appears to have abandoned hope in ...

Humanity is wired to believe that the only two acceptable sex categories are male or female. Forgetting that we have ...

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has called out Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni over the slow investigation into the attack ...

Burundian president, Evariste Ndashimiye has called for the stoning of LGBTQ couples in Burundi, citing religious reasons. In this new ...

Kenyan Catholic Bishops sought to clarify Pope Francis’ stance in blessing same sex couples that sparked a debate.  The Catholic ...

Pope Francis has authorized blessings for same-sex couples, marking a historic shift in the Catholic Church's approach to LGBTQ+ individuals. ...

The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has said that she will not bow to pressure to support ...

Kenyan Filmmaker, Wanuri Kahiu has been awarded the Spirit of Cinema Award in Kerala, India. This was during the 28th International ...

Pope Francis XVI has fired the Texan Bishop Joseph Strickland for questioning his leadership abilities and his decision on various ...

Pope Francis XVI approved a document allowing members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community to be baptized by ...

Children should be taught to embrace friendship with queer individuals, including those experiencing gender identity challenges. The Governor of California ...

Chief Justice Martha Koome is seeking to decriminalize activities by male and female sex workers in the country.   In the ...

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark ruling on the rights of the LGBTQ community ruling in favor ...

A Kenyan lawmaker now says that the country can use the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) idea to ...

Amnesty International Kenya has called on political and religious leaders to respect and protect LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and ...

Pope Francis has suggested that there could be ways to bless same-sex unions in the Catholic Church. The pope made ...

Uganda is staring at a crisis after several leading American companies under the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) stopped buying ...

Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma has vowed to return to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma seeking to overturn the ...

Many people may be tempted to view the World Bank’s recent announcement that it will freeze new loans to Uganda ...

The World Bank Group has said that it will not roll out new funds to Uganda until they review the ...

A man who placed a rainbow flag representing the LGBTQ community on Mount Kenya in 2019, which a group of ...

Lynda Nyangweso, a renowned media personality and former radio host has recently come out as a bisexual woman, despite being ...

A Member of Parliament from Uganda who seats in the Committee of Legal Affairs has begun hearing views from different ...