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Kenya’s LGBTI community continues to face the deadly consequences of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
Discussions about the films on social media and online forums show that African queer lives are complex and don’t tell a single story.
Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
Despite Nigeria’s draconian laws against homosexuality, authors like the award-winning Akwaekwe Emezi are important new voices that add complexity to the question of identity.
The book is a departure from despair and crippling homophobia. It records the experiences of people who refuse to be hopeless victims.
Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.
To address homophobia in Uganda, sexual rights must draw on the need for justice and social obligation.
There were secretive, intimate spaces in South Africa during the 1950s that paved the way for modern drag pageants.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
Despite South Africa’s progressive constitution, LGBTIQ people continue to face discrimination in all social spheres.
Morocco’s law combines with a strongly conservative society to create a real sense of danger among LGBTIQ people.
Many people use religion and culture as explanations for their homophobic attitudes.
Malawi and Tanzania have created programs to provide sexual and reproductive health services and HIV interventions. But men who have sex with men say it’s still difficult to access care.
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City, University of London
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Professor, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Researcher in Public Health, Walter Sisulu University
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer of Applied Linguistics, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Gothenburg
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Communications Manager, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate professor in political sociology, SOAS, University of London
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
