A trans-Atlantic evangelical alliance is popularizing the dangerous and debunked practice of conversion therapy across African nations.| Erasing 76 Crimes
In Senegal, anti-gay hate speech spreads on Facebook without restraint in abusive posts that are written in Wolof, LGBTQ+ advocates say. That's the local| Erasing 76 Crimes
Facebook has squelched some anti-LGBTIQ+ hate speech in the Middle East, but needs to do more, activists say.| Erasing 76 Crimes
LGBTQ+ activists in Middle East and North Africa urge Facebook to squelch hate speech.| Erasing 76 Crimes
The hunt for homosexuals continues in Tunisia, this week in Tataouine in the southern part of the country.| Erasing 76 Crimes
LGBT activists and allies from India and Bangladesh are seeking support for a petition to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action against| Erasing 76 Crimes
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Government officials meet with Ukraine’s LGBTI rights advocates. As Ukraine edges closer to joining the European Union, the government met with representatives of the nation’s LGBTI groups to discuss a proposed anti-discrimination law, including criminalization of hate crimes. The Council of Europe published the following news article about the meeting: Joint dialogue on legislative… The post Ukraine moves closer to enacting a law against anti-LGBTI bias appeared first on Erasing 76 ...| Erasing 76 Crimes
Authors call on governments to legalize trans identities and prosecute violence Transgender individuals in the Middle East and North Africa are ensnared in a vicious cycle of state-sponsored criminalization, systemic legal disenfranchisement, and pervasive social hostility, according to a new report from the Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute. The report documents how the absence of legal… The post Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds appeared fir...| Erasing 76 Crimes
Commentary: UNAIDS is the glue that holds together the global fight against AIDS. Over the past two decades, UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that coordinates the fight against AIDS, has seen dramatic reductions in fatalities related to AIDS. Much remains to be done — especially since the Trump administration has slashed U.S. support for health programs… The post The world cannot afford to lose UNAIDS appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Ghana’s major parties used anti-LGBTQ rhetoric to score political points Advocacy group Rightify Ghana is calling out the extreme anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric of Ghanaian politicians in the wake of last year’s election, with a new report documenting the worst abuses and calling for concrete action for change. “The intense homophobic campaigning of 2024 has left a… The post Ghana politicians fomented anti-LGBTQ violence during election, report says appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
‘We screen them but do not record them’ — an HIV program in Nigeria’s Plateau state. By Chinonso Kenneth Plateau, Nigeria —When 24-year-old Rawlings Easy’s best friend came to the house to run his first HIV test on him, Rawlings didn’t hesitate. It was October 2021. A final year student at the University of Jos,… The post Secret health care: A way queer Nigerians get tested for HIV appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
After that success, donations are now needed to keep this website running By Steeves Winner Betrayed by his gay lover, abandoned by his family, not even allowed to plead his case in court, Bob was held in prison without a trial for more than six months until Project Not Alone set him free on Aug.… The post Betrayed by gay lover, then imprisoned, Bob has finally been set free appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Sam G formed Lovonova to celebrate LGBT+ Pride globally Queer Guadeloupean entrepreneur Samanta Gombauld wanted to create a platform to celebrate LGBT+ Pride through clothes, jewels and gifts. In December 2023, she founded her own brand, Lovonova, to do just that, and now takes her goods to Pride festivals across Europe, where she lives with… The post Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
‘Break the silence!’ One Advocacy Africa seeks improved care for rape victims By Steeves Winner On Sept. 9, 2025, at around 3 p.m., an act of alleged same-sex rape was reported in the Nsimalen neighborhood of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. According to initial reports, a 26-year-old man allegedly sexually abused a 16-year-old minor… The post Rape of minor reveals how unprepared Cameroon is for male-on-male crime appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Rapon’s photography challenges heteronormativity in Martinique Adeline Rapon, a mixed race and openly lesbian feminist photographer, chose to return to her paternal roots in order to document, archive and showcase local Afro-queer communities in Martinique through photography. In particular, she focuses on those who are fighting to promote an alternative aesthetic, free from the codes… The post Martinique: Photographer Adeline Rapon celebrates Afro-Caribbean queer visibility appeared firs...| Erasing 76 Crimes
U.S. deported him to Ghana, which deported him to the dangers of his native Gambia| Erasing 76 Crimes
The increasingly Russia-imitating government of the nation of Georgia has introduced a bill to ban LGBT Pride marches and symbols.| Erasing 76 Crimes
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Burkina Faso's new anti-gay law provides up to 5 years in prison for homosexuality| Erasing 76 Crimes
For François* (pseudonym), a human rights observer in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 begins under the worst auspices, between the announcement of the suspension of American international aid for 3 months, since January 20, and the resumption of fighting in South Kivu, culminating in the capture of Bukavu by the M23 rebels last Saturday, February 15, thanks to the support of the Rwandan army. While some in the vox populi accuse the West of supporting the rebels, o...| Erasing 76 Crimes
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Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa calls the new Burkina Faso law inhumane and a 'dangerous distraction'| Erasing 76 Crimes
A day after parliament gave its final approval to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, transgender actor and model Kesaria Avramidze was stabbed to death in her apartment in| Erasing 76 Crimes
Ukraine's government has introduced a bill that would strengthen penalties for discrimination, hate crimes, and hate speech, including protections for sexual| Erasing 76 Crimes
'My human rights work will continue at a different address'| Erasing 76 Crimes
Freedom, art, music and human dignity once thrived at Hotel Oloffson in the midst of Port-au-Prince| Erasing 76 Crimes
Last year, the LGBT organization KAP Caraïbe celebrated 10 years of existence in Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean. The organization, whose name| Erasing 76 Crimes
In Martinique, human rights defenders quickly protested against a local television station that broadcast a sidewalk interview containing LGBTphobic| Erasing 76 Crimes
COMMENTARY: South African architects of Apartheid are welcome – Black Africans are excluded.| Erasing 76 Crimes
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
LGBTI activists urge Haitian President Jovenel Moïse to investigate the suspicious death of LGBTI leader Charlot Jeudy six months ago.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Haitian legal commission drops plan to make anti-LGBT+ discrimination a crime.| Erasing 76 Crimes
It has been said before. It has been reported before. But the fact that millions of people will die because of the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts| Erasing 76 Crimes
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just made his social media network even more unsafe for LGBTQ people.| 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
Homophobes in Uganda seem to have opened up a new front online for spreading their hate and issuing threats against the LGBTQI+ community, according to a| Erasing 76 Crimes
Frightened by a few rebukes from cranky, homophobic neighbours, the municipality of Fort-de-France in Martinique went to great lengths to block the anti-racist, anti-LGBTphobia cultural programme put on by local association Kap Caraïbe as part of Pride Month.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Foreign aid freeze puts millions at risk of starvation and HIV.| Erasing 76 Crimes
It's a gross violation of human rights, say advocates of LGBTQ rights in Bangladesh.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Two employees at an LGBT bar in central Russia have been arrested for organizing and hosting drag shows.| Erasing 76 Crimes
Executive orders reject trans people, refugees, foreign aid and the World Health Organization.| Erasing 76 Crimes