ADDED ON: 07/22/2020
Rwandan church embraces LGBT+ community
A new church in Rwanda has opened its doors to the country's LGBT+ community, providing them with a safe space to worship on their own terms. The church, called the Church of…
Rwanda
ADDED ON: 04/11/2020
Across Africa, Pandemic Lockdowns Risk Violating Human Rights
More than half of Africa’s 54 countries are restricting people’s movements in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, with regulations ranging from evening curfews to the total lockdowns that have…
ADDED ON: 03/25/2020
Mogadishu’s refugees ‘waiting for death’ as Covid-19 reaches Somalia
In the Nabadoon camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Asho Abdullahi Hassan, a 40-year-old mother of seven, has heard about the coronavirus on the radio. “I am very scared about this deadly…
ADDED ON: 09/20/2019
Rwandan gospel singer comes out as gay, to country’s shock
Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel singer in Rwanda who recently came out as a gay man, do not want their names revealed. It is too shameful, one says. Another says…
ADDED ON: 09/16/2019
Rwandan gospel singer comes out as gay, to country’s shock
Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel singer in Rwanda who recently came out as a gay man, do not want their names revealed. It is too shameful, one says. Another says…
ADDED ON: 06/29/2019
With ball gowns and dance, LGBT+ refugees in Kenya cast aside woes to celebrate
LGBT+ refugees in Kenya - some dressed in sequined ball gowns and slinky black evening dresses - cast aside their troubles on Thursday to eat lunch, dance to Congolese rumba and celebrate…
ADDED ON: 06/12/2019
Scores of LGBT+ refugees in Kenya slum face homophobic attacks, eviction
Scores of LGBT+ refugees are in desperate need of emergency shelter after facing homophobic threats, violence and eviction warnings from community members in a Nairobi slum, the refugees and human rights campaigners…
ADDED ON: 01/28/2019
Holocaust Memorial Day: How the pink triangle became a symbol of gay rights
As the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday (January 27), PinkNews remembers all those in the LGBT+ community that were persecuted by the Nazis—and how the pink triangle, used to identify…
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