Transgender

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Africa

Uganda’s LGBTQ Community Faces Over 1000 Cases of Rights Violations in Nine Months

A recent report by a pressure group sheds light on the harrowing reality faced by Uganda's sexual minorities, with more than 1000 documented cases of arrests, torture, and forced evictions in the past nine months alone. Reuters reports that since Uganda's parliament initiated discussions on an anti-homosexuality law last year, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community have been increasingly targeted, highlighting a distressing trend of human […]

today4 June, 2024

Africa

Angola’s untold history: archive project explores LGBTIQ+ lives and struggles

      By Caio Simões de Araújo, University of the Western Cape   As I write these lines, I mourn the passing of Carlos Fernandes, a leading queer activist and organiser in Angola. Carlos was found dead in his home earlier this year under circumstances that are still being investigated. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people everywhere, there has commonly been a profound connection between […]

today17 May, 2024

Oshiwambo

Omulumenhu ena oukwatya woushenge, apewa eha ndukilo lodolongo mo Nigeria, molwo ku kupula oimaliwa mombada.

Limwe lomomashenge lumenhu li shiivike nawa mo  Nigeria nedina Bobrisky,  okwa pewa ehandukilo lodolongo leemwedi 6, molwaasho amonika ondjo moku danaukifa oimaliwa yomafo yoshilongo osho, poshiingili shomaulikilo ee film. Oshikundaneki sho BBC osha lopota kutya, Omutamaneki momangu okwati,  Bobrisky  oku na oku ya modolongo noku kala monele yo valumenhu, nota kutiwa pefimbo letokolo kali apewa omito yoku lifutilamo. Onghalo yoku ku pula oimaliwa momepo,  ota ku lopotwa ili omukalo woku […]

today13 April, 2024