LGBTQ rights in Africa
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Africa are generally lacking, especially in comparison to much of the Americas, Europe and Oceania. [a] There are an estimated fifty million Africans who are non-heterosexual. [1] As of September , homosexuality is outlawed in 32 of the 54 African states recognised by the United Nations. [2] In Eswatini, Ghana, Sierra Leone. In March, a constitutional amendment bill introduced to parliament included the rights of intersex persons, providing protection against discrimination. Malawi: In June, Malawi's Constitutional Court rejected a legal challenge calling to overturn laws criminalising same-sex relations in the southern African country. 
LGBTQ+ rights in Africa 2024
In this article, LGBTQ rights journalist Rob Salerno, an editor for RightsAfrica and Erasing 76 Crimes, surveys the status of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights in Africa. World Bank U-turn ends loan ban to Uganda over gay rights. Even in his final seconds of life, first gay imam pushed boundaries.
LGBT rights in Africa
LGBT Equality Index in Africa The most LGBT-Friendly Places in Africa The Equality Index measures the current status of LGBT rights, laws, and freedoms as well as public attitudes towards LGBT people. Equality Index?. A bill that passed parliament seeking to overturn a Supreme Court ruling requiring the government to recognize foreign same-sex marriages for immigration purposes and which would also criminalize LGBT expression remaining unsigned by the President Geingob, who died in February, and his successor President Mbumba. A new President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah takes office in March; she has previously campaigned in support of the law, but has not specifically said she would sign it. 
2024 LGBTQ rights update
What’s the context? Here are the key developments for LGBTQ+ rights in Africa in LAGOS - Namibia threw out its colonial-era law sodomy law this year taking the number of African countries with laws targeting LGBTQ+ people from 31 out of 54, down to 30, but elsewhere in crackdowns intensified. Here are the significant updates from Our Privacy Policy has changed. The UK is no stranger to anti-LGBTQ legislation — it was not so long ago that Margaret Thatcher's Section 28 law effectively placed a gag order on all teachers and local authorities viewed to be 'promoting homosexuality'.
Defending freedom
Ten years ago this month, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted Resolution , marking a shift in the landscape of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) rights on the continent. This groundbreaking resolution marked the first official affirmation of the rights of LGBTI+ Africans by the African. As we reflect on Pride, a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTI people globally, one cannot help but marvel at all the celebrations that took place all over the world, of LGBTI people embracing who they are with their loved ones. Bold and loud celebrations with beautiful colours dominated the month from Thailand to Namibia. 
LGBT+ rights and issues in sub
Like several other countries in Southern Africa who have affirmed the human rights of LGBTI people, Malawi and Zambia must fulfil their obligations to respect human rights of all persons including the rights of LGBTI people. They must take steps to align their national laws to their regional and international human rights obligations. .
LGBT Equality Index in Africa
Burkina Faso's ruling junta on Monday unanimously passed a law banning homosexuality as part of a wider reform of family and citizenship legislation. The new law, which aligns with a broadening. . Pride ends with mixed feelings in southern Africa as LGBTI
Sub-Saharan Africa, encompassing 46 of the 54 countries on the African continent, has some of the world’s most restrictive legislation against LGBT+ people, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex organisation (ILGA). .