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...
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...
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...
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...
A section of Kikuyu elders have rallied behind Anglican Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit who previously said he will not be attending the Lambeth Conferen...
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 ...
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) has now filed an appeal at the Appellate Court after their bid to decriminalise homosexu...
A Ugandan gay rights organization says 16 men have been detained by police on suspicion of homosexuality and human trafficking. According to Voice ...
Uganda has announced plans for a bill that will impose death penalty on gay sex. Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation, Ethics and Integrity Minis...
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 ...
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...
A Tanzanian regional governor is calling for a nationwide public database listing married men as a means of protecting prospective brides from humilia...
A former pastor who wrote a bestselling book on traditional relationships has confirmed the end of his marriage, apologized for opposing LGBTQ rights ...
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...
Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...
"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...
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 ...
Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...
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...
The High Court in Nairobi has quashed an appeal by gay rights activists who were seeking decriminalization of homosexuality. Presiding judges Rosel...