LGBTQ+ advocates list hotspots where blackmailers and organised groups target gay men. Homophobic extortion and blackmail of LGBTQ+ Africans is a widespread problem which the LGBTQ+ rights group Rightify Ghana is working to minimize. This week they published a list of the most dangerous areas in Ghana for anti-gay attacks, robberies and extortion. Rightify Ghana… The post Ghana’s most dangerous areas for anti-gay attacks and extortion appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
A deadly consequence of Nigeria’s homophobia Two students were killed by fellow students at Government Secondary School Bichi in northern Nigeria’s Kano State on July 14 because they were gay. Hamza Idris-Tofawa and Umar Yusuf-Dungurawa died. Two other students were also attacked and had to be hospitalized to treat their injuries. The attack was reported… The post Two students murdered at Nigerian boarding school for being gay appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
I couldn’t reconcile such an extreme instruction with what I felt inside. I knew I was different, but I couldn’t explain why. A lot of my male peers were interested in girls, soccer, and Power Rangers. That wasn’t the case for me. I loved drawing and playing with dolls, and I knew I was attracted to the same sex. This was confusing, and it made me feel as though expressing what was inside me was a huge risk. I couldn’t relate to other boys and men at school or home. I didn’t want to...| The Gay & Lesbian Review
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew? The post Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
LGB Christians welcomed the Church of England's General Synod's decision on 15 July 2025 to do away with Issues in Human Sexuality, writes Rev Lorenzo Fernandez-Smal.| LGB Christians
By Mark Walters, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Sussex. Pride month is a celebration of all things LGBTQ+. Yet recently it has become a source of division, both between LGBTQ+ communities and wider society, as well as between subgroups within the community itself. Of particular contention has been the use of a... The post Is the burning of the Pride flag a hate crime? appeared first on The International Network for Hate Studies.| The International Network for Hate Studies
The entry into force of a new penal code punishing discrimination, particularly against LGBT+ people, has come up against opposition from certain evangelical religious leaders. Among them, Grégory Toussait has succeeded in having the application of this new body of law postponed indefinitely, much to the chagrin of the advances made in the rule of law.| Erasing 76 Crimes
After the cancellation of its cultural programme during Pride Month, Kap Caraïbe was faced with the deterioration of a photo exhibition launched with its support in October in Martinique in a context of acute social crisis on the island.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Celebrity Big Brother launched in the UK this week and the season featuring Mickey Rourke, JoJo Siwa and Danny Beard is courting controversy.| Star Observer
During a June 12, 2024 livestream, Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon defended making homosexuality a capital offense. Webbon suggested that death, as a “maximum penalty,” would a…| Angry White Men
