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By Philip Amiola Same sex marriage has been a subject of public debate for a long time. A cursory review of ancient literature traces this contention to the antediluvian age. Since then, proponents of this world view have coined several … read more »
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Tagged Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Lagos, Law, LGBT, Marriage, Nigeria, Nigerian, same sex marriage, United States
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Yahya Jammeh, president of Gambia, attacked gay people and warned: do not ever visit the country or ‘you will regret why you are born’ Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh, ranted against gay people in his speech addressing the country’s parliament. He … read more »
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Tachie, J. Komla Atsu …. and the absence of libation at national events The debate over the appropriateness or otherwise of the gay practice in recent times seems to have taken the better part of our national discourse. Listening and … read more »
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An allegedly gay man Mohamed Ali Baashi was buried in the ground up to his chest and stoned to death on 15 March in Barawe some fifty miles form the Somali capital of Mogadishu. According to reports, Al-Qaeda linked Al … read more »
Uganda has deported a British theatre producer who last year staged a play about homosexuality, which is illegal in Uganda, the British High Commission said Tuesday. David Cecil was arrested in September on charges of disobeying orders to cancel the … read more »
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Frankly speaking I have been motivated by a pretender and a fallacious writer who as a result of his uncontrollable libido, gone astray by following his hearth desires, by simply forgetting the quranic verse in a close translation: that our … read more »
[This article was originally published in The Mantle] By Emily Cody On 23 November, Uganda’s infamous anti-gay “Kill the Gays” legislation was passed by a committee vote. It will now move to Parliament, where it will be debated on the floor. Speaker of the … read more »
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Kampala – Gay rights activists should be banned from holding meetings or standing up for their rights, a key Ugandan minister said Friday, ahead of a scheduled court appearance next week over allegations that he had impeded the exercise of … read more »
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Monrovia – An anti-gay organisation in Liberia is distributing a hit list and threatening to target the seven people one by one. Fliers with the names of the seven were put up over the weekend and signed by a group … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Gay, Homosexuality, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LGBT rights by country or territory, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize
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September 22, 2011 by benim
Kampala – Pastor Solomon Male is worried. “Failed morals” in Uganda need urgent correcting, he says, arguing emphatically that gays and lesbians are responsible for much social delinquency. “Homosexuality is a danger. First those engaged in it have no gender … read more »
Religion is not an Excuse for Incompetence: Homosexuality (Di wo fie asem)!! I read with titillating horror, the directive by the Western Region Minister, ordering the round up of all gays in the region. My initial reaction was that of … read more »
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The issue of homosexuality has dominated the Ghanaian airwaves and print media for quite a while, which is unusual in a country where our attention span on issues is about the same as a butterfly, fluttering from one flower to … read more »
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For most Ethiopians, myself included, homosexuality is a rarely discussed act of depravity. It is generally understood that such acts are practiced by drug-crazed young people negatively influenced by western culture. Many lament the defiling of our Ethiopian heritage through … read more »
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January 30, 2011 by benim
“I think I’ll be safer here at home” — those were some of the last words Julian Pepe heard from her friend and fellow gay rights activist David Kato. That night his head was beaten in with a hammer. “He … read more »
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On the 1st of September 2006, Mr. Kwamena Bartels, Minister of Information in the Kufuor government, warned that government would like to make it absolutely clear that it would not permit a proposed gay conference anywhere in Ghana. He explained … read more »
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More than 200,000 people or one per cent of Ghana’s adult population regard themselves as gay or lesbian, according a study. The data has been collected by the Ghana Household Survey (GHS). The 100,000 individual respondents to the survey provided … read more »
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November 23, 2010 by benim
A Ugandan high court judge on Tuesday extended a ban on the publication in the media of pictures identifying people as homosexuals, sparking the ire of a leading anti-gay pastor. Judge Vincent Musoke-Kibuuka extended the ban at a Tuesday hearing … read more »
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November 1, 2010 by benim
Kampala’s Rolling Stone published names, addresses and photos along with call for hangings. A Ugandan judge has ordered a Kampala newspaper to stop publishing photographs, names and addresses of gay people after a campaign group sought a legal injunction. Rolling … read more »
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November 1, 2010 by benim
A second list revealing the names of ten allegedly gay and lesbian Ugandans has been published in one of the country’s tabloids. This is the second list of its kind to be published in Rolling Stone, a local Ugandan newspaper … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, David Bahati, Entertainment Culture, Gay, gender, Homosexuality, human sexuality, Indepth Africa, Kampala, Lesbian, lifestyle-news, Rolling Stone, sexual orientation, Social Issues, The Rolling Stones, Uganda, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Ugandans, ugandans newspaper
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October 30, 2010 by benim
This Halloween many of our American children will dress up as witches. And we’ll hear their laughter and see their smiles as they joyfully go door-to-door trick-or-treating. But not all of our children will. Due to homophobic bullying some of … read more »
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