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Blogbeitrag#128. September 2023

Uganda's draconian anti-homosexuality legislation and Africa's anti-LGBTQ attitude

On May 29, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda signed one of the world’s stringent anti-LGBTQ legislations, that restricts LGBTQ rights and introduces harsher penalties for certain types of homosexual acts. While the new legislation enjoys support from a significant portion of the population in this East African nation, it has faced widespread condemnation from rights … Continued

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Blogbeitrag#26. April 2024

The journey to the recognition of LGBTQ rights in Africa is an uphill climb

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

There are 64 countries whose laws criminalise homosexuality, and nearly half of them are in Africa. Many of the laws have origins in colonial times.

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Blogbeitrag#316. August 2023

Is the exiled Iranian queer community finally getting acceptance in the Iranian diaspora?

Blog: Global Voices

Filip Noubel

Punishable by death in Iran, homosexuality is also condemned by many member sof the Iranian diaspora. Yet thanks to a few exiled activists, things could be changing outside the country.

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Blogbeitrag#49. Mai 2023

International Development Cooperation and LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa

Blog: Centre for International Policy Studies

Stephen Brown

Sexual and gender minorities are under attack in several African countries. For instance, over the past couple of years, extreme anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has been introduced in Ghana and Uganda, where homosexuality was already illegal. Kenya and Tanzania could well …

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Blogbeitrag#53. Oktober 2023

What's it like to be criminalised for being gay?

Blog: LSE IQ podcast

Ryan Centner, James, Jamal

Contributor(s): Ryan Centner, James, Jamal |
Homosexuality is illegal in just over a third of countries across the globe. Some nations, like Barbados, have recently repealed anti-gay laws, but others, like Uganda, have just introduced the death penalty.
Joanna Bale talks to LSE's Dr Ryan Centner about how Western gay men living in Dubai create covert communities where they can meet and socialise. James, a British gay man, and Jamal, an Emirati gay man, also share their very different experiences of life in the city.
Research links:
Peril, privilege, and queer comforts: the nocturnal performative geographies of expatriate gay men in Dubai http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/110762/
The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers https://www.markgevisser.com/the-pink-line

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Uganda's draconian anti-homosexuality legislation and Africa's anti-LGBTQ attitude

The journey to the recognition of LGBTQ rights in Africa is an uphill climb

Is the exiled Iranian queer community finally getting acceptance in the Iranian diaspora?

International Development Cooperation and LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa

What's it like to be criminalised for being gay?

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Uganda's draconian anti-homosexuality legislation and Africa's anti-LGBTQ attitude

The journey to the recognition of LGBTQ rights in Africa is an uphill climb

Is the exiled Iranian queer community finally getting acceptance in the Iranian diaspora?

International Development Cooperation and LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa

What's it like to be criminalised for being gay?

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