Today is International Trans Day of Visibility. As trans people, we can feel lost and lonely at times especially if we don’t know other people who are like us. In our community, we rely heavily on visibility. Positive representation allows other trans people to feel seen and validated. Visibility allows Read more…
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, which passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was passed by Parliament this week and punishes homosexuality Read more…
Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on “homosexual practices,” a judicial source and an activist told AFP on Friday. NAIROBI — The arrests took place on February 23 in the political capital Gitega, where members of MUCO Burundi, a non-profit organization that focuses Read more…
Africa News In Kenya, five suspects appeared in court on Monday accused of involvement in the death of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner. The body of Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, 25, was found last week stuffed in a metal box on a roadside in western Kenya. The family of the victim want to see justice Read more…
The Continent – By Mail & Guardian 9 Oct 2021 When Cleopatra Kambugu received the notification that her new identity document was ready, she wasn’t sure exactly what it would say. She went to collect it, and there it was: the letter “F”. “It’s a huge milestone,” she said. “It’s not my Read more…