Lawmakers in Senegal, West Africa have drafted a law that would enforce even harsher punishments for the country’s repressed LGBTQ+ community.
Lawmakers in Senegal, West Africa have drafted a law that would enforce even harsher punishments for the country’s repressed LGBTQ+ community.
Bostwana’s Court of Appeal has officially rejected a bid to reinstate a colonial-era law that criminalises same-sex relations.
An anti-LGBTQ+ bill is gaining traction in Ghana after being described as the “toughest anti-gay law” in the world.
Three LGBTQ+ people have been murdered in South Africa during Pride month.
Namibia is due to become the next country to abolish a law that outlaws same-sex relations between men.
Cameroon residents Njeuken Loic and Mouthe Roland have been jailed for five years.
Uganda recently passed the so-called Sexual Offences Bill which implements harsher punishments for LGBTQ+ citizens.
Two trans women in the central African country of Cameroon are facing five years in prison.
Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, has said he will never legalise same-sex marriage amid international criticism of the country’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people.
The first LGBTQ+ community hub has been set up in the capital of Ghana, where same-sex relations are still illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
