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AfroQueer is the name of the first podcast of documentary series about the life of the LGBT community in Africa. A hot topic, as these minorities are often demonized on the continent. AfroQueer was created two years ago. Our correspondent in the region visited his studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. (Replay of December 22, 2020)…

Loïc Djeukam, known as "Shakiro", and Roland Mouthé, known as "Patricia", had been weakened in prison since February. Shakiro and Patricia were arrested on suspicion of homosexuality in February last year while eating at a restaurant because they were wearing dresses, stilettos and make-up. They were sentenced on April 11 to a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of 200,000 CFA francs in the first instance for "attempted homosexuality". The two transgender women were finally released on bail by the judges on…

Madagascar's Interior Ministry interrupted an LGBT party in a bar in the capital to "undermine good morals" and "stimulate outbreaks", according to the protocol. A severe blow to society in a country that is hostile to sexual minorities. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauThis is the first time that an LGBT party has…

The French government has removed Benin, Ghana and Senegal from the list of so-called safe countries in OFPRA, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in France. In the latter two countries, the goal is to protect LGBT citizens who are exposed to discrimination. Asylum seekers from these three West African countries in France now have the opportunity to appeal if their…

44 people were arrested for non-compliance with sanitary measures during an unofficial gay marriage in Nansana, Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal. The police raid took place in an LGBT shelter run by the association Happy Family Youth Uganda. For the association's president Isma Iga, this is a disguised oppression of the…

An agent for National Education was fired after a controversy over a white bac topic on homosexuality. Last year students from the Academy of Rufisque, near Dakar, worked last week on a text by the American author Armistead Maupin, himself an LGBT rights activist. The choice of this topic has caused controversy in a country where homosexuality is oppressed. Homosexual rights activists are concerned…

In reference to the World Day towards Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on Could 17, two Africans testify about their lives, poles aside: one, a gay in Senegal, have to be hidden to keep away from imprisonment, whereas the opposite, a lesbian in South Africa , asserts itself in daylight. Habibou, 25, is a younger Dakarois…

In Côte d'Ivoire, NGO Gromo organized its first competition devoted to the LGBTQI + battle (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, shemales, queers, intersex individuals). Debates, live shows, exchanges ... The Awawale 2021 competition "Dwelling collectively in range" was held on Saturday 15 Might on the tradition manufacturing facility in Abidjan. The occasion goals to fight prejudice and violence towards…

AfroQueer is the identify of the primary podcast of documentary sequence concerning the lifestyles of the LGBT group in Africa. A sizzling matter, as those minorities are frequently demonized at the continent. AfroQueer changed into created two years in the past. Our correspondent within the area visited their studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.…