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A new LGBTQI+ coalition for French-speaking nations
Map of the 84 nations associated with the International Organization of la Francophonie — 54 members, four associate members and 26 observers. A new organization has joined the fight against human...
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34 African nations have anti-gay laws; soon dropping to 32?
Of Africa’s 54 nations, 34 currently have laws against same-sex intimacy. The latest country where it is illegal to be gay is the north-central African nation of Chad. Location of Chad in African (Map...
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Pro- and anti-gay laws: 9 nations protect LGBT people; 11 threaten death
On the bright side, nine countries’ constitutions outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. On the dark side, 11 nations threaten to execute people on the basis of their sexual...
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Charts demonstrate decline in world’s anti-gay laws
Rising numbers of the world’s population live in countries that see no need for anti-homosexuality laws. Charts published here courtesy of ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and...
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LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial
West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist, lynchings and arrests even without anti-homosexuality laws. From the African Human...
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Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 72
Slowly, though not steadily, nations are overturning their ancient anti-gay laws. The latest to do so was Botswana in a High Court decision this week, which dropped the number of nations with anti-gay...
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Haiti: Activists demand probe of sudden death of LGBTQ rights defender
LGBTQ activists are demanding a thorough investigation of the sudden death of Charlot Jeudy, the most prominent defender of LGBTQ rights in Haiti. Charlot Jeudy (David Nieto photo courtesy of UN /...
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Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73
The central African nation of Gabon has adopted a law against same-sex sexual relations, running counter to the general trend of countries overturning such repressive laws in recent years. With the...
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Conservative Christians block LGBT+ meeting in Ghana
Ghana has blocked a LGBT+ rights conference planned for July, bowing to complaints from conservative Christians. From the African Human Rights Media Network Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana (Daniel...
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Only 72 nations still cling to their anti-gay laws
Slowly, slowly, nations are giving up the idea that they should make it a crime to love someone outside the bounds of traditional heterosexual relations. This month, the tally of countries with such...
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