Cameroon’s LGBTQI community mourns the loss of transgender pioneer Doloresse
[ad_1] She was found with her throat slit in Yaoundé, Cameroon The Cameroonian transgender community is in mourning. Doloresse, an emblematic figure of trans visibility in Cameroon, was found with her throat slit on the morning of May 12 in Yaoundé. This…
The 81-year-old Museveni Sworn In for new 5-year term as Uganda’s president
Ugandan President-elect Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Tuesday for another five-year term at a ceremony in the capital, Kampala. The ceremony was attended by several African heads of state, former presidents, and dozens of foreign delegations. It also…
Ugandan LGBTI+ rights activist Frank Mugisha wins international award
[ad_1] Frank Mugisha recognized for work fighting homophobia in Uganda Ugandan human rights defender Frank Mugisha. (Photo courtesy of X) One of Uganda’s leading human Rights advocates, Dr, Frank Mugisha has been awarded the 2026 Inamori Ethics Prize by…
Julie Jean Birungi Fills Toronto Concert Amid LGBTQ BOYCOTT
The Hoima Post | Diaspora Correspondence Julie Mutesasira’s sold-out concert in Toronto on May 9, 2026, has emerged as one of the most discussed African diaspora events in Canada this year, igniting conversations surrounding faith, identity, inclusion,…
Uganda Parliament drops proposed sexual offenses bill
[ad_1] Proposed bill would have reiterated Uganda’s homophobic laws Ugandan member of parliament Anna Adeke introduced the proposed Sexual Offences Bill, which has now been withdrawn from consideration. (Photo courtesy of Ugandan Parliament) The…
LGBTQ+ rights activists ask Canada to help restore what Trump devastated
[ad_1] ‘It would position Canada as the leading government in the world’ Donald Trump on the campaign trail. (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters) The Canadian Press reports: Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of…
Fueling digital LGBT+ rights activism in East Africa
[ad_1] LGBT+ youths and young adults from East Africa will be trained in online advocacy Photo from AQYI’s website The Kenya-based African Queer Youth Initiative and the U.S.-based online activists of All Out are offered a week of training for young East…
Sierra Leone queer people forced to margins of economy
[ad_1] Despite legal advances, LGBT+ people face severe discrimination in Sierra Leone Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone (Photo by George R. Freeman Browne) Sierra Leone, a small English-speaking country in West Africa, is rarely discussed amid a…
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act creates barriers to justice
[ad_1] New report shows LGBTQ Ugandans fear police reprisals when making complaints Uganda Police spokesperson Rusoke Kituuma (Photo courtesy of Business Times Uganda) A new study by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has revealed…
Botswana officially erases ban on same-sex intimacy
[ad_1] 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 It has emerged that, on 26 March, the government published…
