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17 Dec 2013 3 minute read

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Sokari Ekine, editor of the Queer African Reader, explains the book’s significance at a time of...

27 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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From Section 28 to equal marriage, legal gains have been achieved but there is still work to be done, says Adam Long...

15 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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On Blog Action Day, Adam Long argues that there is no room in a democracy for one set of rights to infringe...

1 Jul 2013 2 minute read

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Why were nettle-wielding women and stool-throwing priests allowed to attack LGTBI activists? asks Onnik Krikorian...

17 May 2013 2 minute read

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Asks Vanessa Baird as a shocking new survey is published to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

1 Dec 2012 6 minute read

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Feminist Joyce Arthur and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell weigh up the pros and cons.

28 Jun 2012 3 minute read

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A surfeit of beetroot gets Timberlina thinking about her two passions: gay rights and gardening.

17 Feb 2012 3 minute read

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Despite being shelved in 2010, the anti-homosexuality bill is back on the agenda. It must be stopped, says Sokari...

26 Jan 2012 3 minute read

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A year after the LGBT rights activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, Sokari Ekine writes to him about...

5 Dec 2011 3 minute read

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Nigeria's new legislation is just another way of legitimizing all kinds of sexual prejudice and violence, says Sokari...

8 Dec 2010 4 minute read

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You may have worn your red ribbon with pride last week, but 22 years after the first World AIDS Day was observed, the African...