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    There is Nothing African about Homophobia
    Culture
    16 July 2024

    There is Nothing African about Homophobia

    Lasting decolonization can only be achieved by acknowledging that homophobia is a European colonial import.

    A photo of Nigerian social media personality and trans woman, Bobrisky, holding a board with her charge details.
    News
    22 April 2024

    Bobrisky’s Prison Sentence: A Ploy for Queer Erasure?

    Nigeria recently convicted a social media personality and transgender woman for “naira mutilation.” OkayAfrica speaks to some lawyers and feminist activists to understand the reason for this harsh sentence and if something else might be afoot.

    LGBT community - OkayAfrica
    News
    12 May 2021

    LGBT Community Dealt Major Blow as Transgender Cameroonians Imprisoned

    The Cameroonian government has sentenced Shakiro and Mouthe "Patricia" Roland to five years in prison and fined them heavily for 'attempting homosexuality'.

    YouTube Shuts Down Homophobic Nigerian Megachurch Channel
    News
    21 April 2021

    YouTube Shuts Down Homophobic Nigerian Megachurch Channel

    A YouTube channel belonging to Nigerian pastor T.B. Joshua's megachurch has reportedly been taken down for slapping gay church members as a form of "gay curing" therapy.

    LGBT - OkayAfrica
    News
    15 April 2021

    Cameroon's LGBT Community is Facing Increasing Persecution

    A recent report by Human Rights Watch has highlighted, with tremendous concern, the increasing persecution being faced by the LGBT community in Cameroon.

    LGBT rights - Okayafrica
    News
    13 April 2021

    South Africans Confronted with Reality of Continued Homophobic Murders

    South Africans are rallying under the online banner of #JusticeForLulu after Andile 'Lulu' Ntuthela, a member of the LGBT community, was brutally murdered.

    The World Congress of Families is Expanding its Homophobic Agenda into West Africa
    News
    07 November 2019

    The World Congress of Families is Expanding its Homophobic Agenda into West Africa

    The far-right organization recently held a regional conference in Accra.

    South African Twitter Responds to Jack Parow's Homophobic Tweet Promoting His Brandy
    News
    18 December 2018

    South African Twitter Responds to Jack Parow's Homophobic Tweet Promoting His Brandy

    The South African rapper took to Twitter to promote his brandy and the homophobe in him jumped right out.

    For Those Excluded From Easter Dinner Because of Who​ They Love or How They Identify
    Popular
    30 March 2018

    For Those Excluded From Easter Dinner Because of Who​ They Love or How They Identify

    For some members of the South African LGBTQI+ community, holidays are reminders of rejection and persecution

    ‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ Just Became The First South African Film To Stream On Netflix
    News
    06 February 2018

    ‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ Just Became The First South African Film To Stream On Netflix

    There's no stopping 'Inxeba.'

    In the War Against My Sexuality, I Chose Truth Over Fear
    Popular
    05 February 2018

    In the War Against My Sexuality, I Chose Truth Over Fear

    Why I will not let the epidemic of homophobic violence in South Africa stop me from living openly as a queer womxn

    Why is this South African Agency Spreading Homophobic Lies?
    News
    07 December 2017

    Why is this South African Agency Spreading Homophobic Lies?

    South Africa's Film & Publication Board tweets fake news equating LGBTQ community with pedophilia.

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