Category: Africa
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Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws
Lawmakers in Texas passed a law on Sunday banning “public performance of sexual conduct” which prohibits “prurient” drag and “accessories or prosthetics that enhance the female or male form” in public, or anywhere children might see it. It is “part of a broader effort in Texas and other conservative states to crack down on drag…
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Yoweri Museveni: Gender Villain
President of Uganda who signed law providing death penalty for homosexuality.
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Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnations and risking sanctions from aid donors. Reuters, May 29, 2023 (PDF archive)
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There Is No Place for Anti-Trans Agendas in the UN
We express grave concerns over the series of harmful statements made and actions taken by the current UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem. To our dismay, the Special Rapporteur has persistently advocated for additional obstacles and conditions to legal gender recognition that undermine the rights protections of…
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Namibians Take the Fight for LGBTQ Rights to the Supreme Court
Rating: Transsupportive, Vice, May 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Namibians Take the Fight for LGBTQ Rights to the Supreme Court May 2, 2023 Namibians fighting for equal rights have taken their case for marriage equality to their Supreme Court — meet the family behind the case.
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Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a matter of life and death. Reuters, April 20, 2023 (PDF archive)