Anti Gay Laws

Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent

The three-judge bench ruled that the laws do not in any way violate the rights of LGBT Kenyans

Super Rugby’s record try scorer will have a hearing over homophobic comments made on social media on May 4

Section 377 of the Indian penal code, enacted by British rulers in 1861, banned ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’

Britain bestowed homophobia on the country and the state and religion cling to it

Haunting testimonies of LGBTQ Africans appear in a Human Rights Watch report on violations.

Rights groups are putting pressure on SA to hold an Africa-wide seminar on discrimination and violence that has been postponed several times.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni denied on Saturday that the scrapping of a tough anti-gay law had anything to do with an Africa-US summit next week.

Uganda’s constitutional court has overturned an anti-homosexuality law that punished gay sex with long prison sentences.

As Zambia celebrates 50 years of freedom, its old laws against gays and lesbians are tightened.

Uganda says US penalties put on the country for passing anti-gay laws won’t have much of an effect as Ugandans move "away from donor dependency".

If any other group of individuals was forced to live with such fear and stigma, the international community would surely unite in condemnation.

Gay and trans Africans often seek asylum in South Africa, supposedly a "safe haven" for LGBTI people. But it’s no bed of roses here either.

Human rights NGOs have released a report showing the impact of Uganda’s controversial law on the wellbeing of homosexual people in the country.

A couple arrested in January are the first homosexuals to be prosecuted since President Yoweri Museveni passed stringent new anti-gay laws.