Republican New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith made the anti-gay remark during a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday where the subject on hand was human rights in Nigeria. Smith, … [Read more...] about GOP Congressman Chris Smith: ‘I Do Not Construe Homosexual Rights As Human Rights’
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12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage
Yet another group of men suspected of being gay have been arrested in Nigeria, this time in the northern, predominantly Muslim city of Kano where Sharia law is in effect. The 12 men were accosted by … [Read more...] about 12 Men Arrested In Northern Nigeria In Violation of Sharia Law Forbidding Gay Marriage
Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay
Kehinde Bademosi, founder of Nigerian marketing school Orange Academy, has come out as gay in a public posting on Facebook. In a similar move Bademosi publically disclosed his HIV-positive status last … [Read more...] about Nigerian Author and Marketing Exec Kehinde Bademosi Comes Out As Gay
Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change
In 2004 in an appearance on "New Dawn with Funmi," a morning talk show program on Nigeria’s largest television network, Adebisi Alimi announced to the world that he was gay. The 29 year-old … [Read more...] about Nigerian Expatriate Turned LGBT Activist Sees Anti-Homosexuality Laws As An Opportunity for Change
Nigerian Court Dismisses Challenge to Powerful Anti-Gay Law
On Wednesday, Nigeria's federal court dismissed a challenge to the nation's powerful anti-gay law, the Anti-Same Sex Marriage act, signed into law January 2014 by President Goodluck … [Read more...] about Nigerian Court Dismisses Challenge to Powerful Anti-Gay Law
LGBT Immigrants Hold Reform Rally in Front of White House: VIDEO
A group of LGBT immigrants rallied in D.C. Tuesday to protest the federal government's immigration policies in light of news that President Obama will not make a move on immigration reform until … [Read more...] about LGBT Immigrants Hold Reform Rally in Front of White House: VIDEO
Barack Obama Must Raise LGBT Discrimination At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: READ
Human and gay rights activists are urging Barack Obama to discuss anti-gay discrimination at next week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit with 50 African leaders. Human and gay rights activists are urging … [Read more...] about Barack Obama Must Raise LGBT Discrimination At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: READ
Nigerian Asylum Seeker Has Two Weeks To Prove She’s A Lesbian Or Face Death: VIDEO
Jailed Suspected Gay Nigerian Men Released On Bail
Cutting Foreign Aid Won’t Defeat Anti-Gay Laws in Africa and Latin America
BY ARI SHAW AND MAURICIO ALBARRACÍN / GlobalPost Commentary: Human rights courts and commissions are the best tools to diminish violence and strengthen LGBT rights. BOGOTA — Will cuts to foreign aid … [Read more...] about Cutting Foreign Aid Won’t Defeat Anti-Gay Laws in Africa and Latin America
