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Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic
By VOA,
1059, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ commun...
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Kenya’s intersex persons still pushing for law to allow third gender on ID
By Anthony Ndwiga,
1207, October 27, 2020 (EAT)
As the world marked Intersex Awareness Day on Monday, Kenya's records of such persons stands at 1,524. Kenya became the first African country to re...
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How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price
By CNN,
1006, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...
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Court refuses to lift ban on Wanuri’s Rafiki film
By Reuters,
1228, April 30, 2020 (EAT)
A court on Wednesday refused to lift the ban on the Rafiki film that portrays a lesbian romance, the film’s producer Wanuri Kahiu said. She howev...
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Kikuyu elders: God has unleashed locusts to Kenya because of homosexuality
By Victor Kinuthia,
1035, February 25, 2020 (EAT)
A section of Kikuyu elders have rallied behind Anglican Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit who previously said he will not be attending the Lambeth Conferen...
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U.S. bans top Tanzanian official Paul Makonda who launched anti-gay crackdown
By Reuters,
1054, February 1, 2020 (EAT)
The United States said on Friday it banned from visiting the country a Tanzanian official who announced a crackdown on homosexuality in Dar es Salaam ...
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Gay rights activists move to Court of Appeal to challenge ruling
By Ian Omondi,
2109, November 26, 2019 (EAT)
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) has now filed an appeal at the Appellate Court after their bid to decriminalise homosexu...
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16 men detained in Uganda on suspicion of homosexuality
By Girlie Kendi,
1259, October 26, 2019 (EAT)
A Ugandan gay rights organization says 16 men have been detained by police on suspicion of homosexuality and human trafficking. According to Voice ...
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Uganda plans bill imposing death penalty for gay sex
By Imani Mitchelle,
1125, October 11, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda has announced plans for a bill that will impose death penalty on gay sex. Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation, Ethics and Integrity Minis...
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Kajiado teacher arrested after he refused to pay two Mombasa men for sex
By Nancy Chepkoech,
1756, October 6, 2019 (EAT)
A secondary school teacher and two men from Mombasa County were arrested and arraigned at the Kajiado Law Courts on Tuesday for allegedly engaging in ...
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In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people
By Reuters,
1014, August 21, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy...
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Tanzanian governor’s married men database idea faces pushback
By VOA,
2001, August 19, 2019 (EAT)
A Tanzanian regional governor is calling for a nationwide public database listing married men as a means of protecting prospective brides from humilia...
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A pastor who wrote a bestselling relationship book says his marriage is over and he is no longer Christian
By CNN,
838, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
A former pastor who wrote a bestselling book on traditional relationships has confirmed the end of his marriage, apologized for opposing LGBTQ rights ...
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LGBT+ campaigner bids to become Tunisia’s first openly gay president
By Reuters,
1036, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
A Tunisian politician vying to become his country's first openly gay president has said he will push to decriminalize gay sex and insisted his candida...
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Botswana seeks to overturn court ruling allowing gay sex
By Reuters,
1359, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...
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Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)
By CNN,
1319, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...
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Ecuador approves same-sex marriage as LGBT+ groups hail landmark week
By Reuters,
1747, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped a landmark week for LGBT+ rights after Botswana decriminalized gay sex and Bhutan took the ...
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Botswana scraps anti-gay sex laws
By CNN,
1719, June 11, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...
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What little kids need to know about ‘SEX’
By CNN,
1646, May 24, 2019 (EAT)
Approximately 8 out of 10 parents self-identify as enlightened. These are the moms and dads who broach thorny topics like race, poverty and sexism wit...
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Huge blow for gay rights activists as court rejects bid
By Dzuya Walter,
1205, May 25, 2019 (EAT)
The High Court in Nairobi has quashed an appeal by gay rights activists who were seeking decriminalization of homosexuality. Presiding judges Rosel...
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