Good news: Kenya’s High Court has ruled the country’s government cannot refuse requests to amend gender markers on birth certificates and other ID documents.
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mastodon 4.7.3I am an #LGBTQ activist and leader currently living in South Sudan. I am interested in cultural diversity, social inclusion, international collaboration and more.
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But then I find good news, like this article😀:
Botswana Officially Removes Same-Sex Ban from Law
In a significant development for #transgender rights in Kenya, the High Court has ruled that the government must reasonably consider applications to amend sex or gender markers on official identity documents.
https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/05/20/landmark-ruling-boosts-transgender-rights-in-kenya/
Botswana eases anti-LGBTQ laws as repression grows elsewhere in Africa
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260517-botswana-eases-anti-lgbtq-laws-as-repression-grows-elsewhere-in-africa
#LGBTQ
Senegal’s New Anti-LGBTQ+ Law is Driving People Away from HIV Care
So many deaths.
“We Exist”: Inside the Bold Plan to Host First Maputo Pride in Mozambique
Nakafeero is no longer able to access this account from East Africa. For some reason *I* am able to do so from Norway. Go figure!
Anyway, she has put up a new account here: @Nanjara@mastodon.social Follow her new account!
Per Koch
LGBTQ+ Erasure Is a Form of Violence — Faith Leaders in Africa Must Not Be Silent
Human rights report shows the US is undermining LGBTQ+ and wider human rights across the world. That applies to East Africa as well.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/09/us-human-rights-lgbtq/
Senegalese PM Sonko claims Western 'tyranny' aims to 'impose' homosexuality on the world.
No. Just no.
Another attack on LGBTQ people. Senegal police arrest 18 men accused of being gay.
https://qnews.com.au/senegal-police-arrest-18-men-accused-of-being-gay/
Senegal Moves Backwards: President Signs Sweeping Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
'Senegal's anti-homosexuality law relies on historical and health claims that are false'
It is getting worse in Senegal 😢
https://www.france24.com/en/zimbabwe-ends-health-funding-talks-with-us
Uganda: Women Arrested for Kissing Granted Bail But Still Face Life in Prison
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Ghanaian lawmakers approve anti-LGBTQ bill 😠
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/29/ghanaian-lawmakers-approve-anti-lgbtq-bill/
Plans to present Ghana’s President, John Mahama, with an honorary doctorate by Lincoln University in the United States have been cancelled over his willingness to sign a pending anti-#LGBTQ+ bill.
Activists Mobilise Against Major Anti-LGBTQ+ “African Values” Conference in Ghana
US policy bars U.S.-funded groups from talking about trans people, let alone helping them. NGOs refusing to comply may lose support. The gag rule undermines health efforts and strengthens authoritarian governments.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/02/25/the-global-cost-of-trumps-foreign-aid-ideology/
Here we go again 😟
Senegal approves draft law to double prison terms for homosexual acts
Ghana: #Intersex lives, constitutional freedom, and the dangerous future of Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill
“I Chose Hope”: A Lesbian Woman’s Story of Trauma, Survival and Healing
Ghana’s parliament passes bill criminalizing “promotion” of LGBTQ+ activities
Useful (and depressing) overview: South Africa LGBTIQ+ Rights Watch: April 2026
https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/05/27/south-africa-lgbtiq-rights-watch-april-2026/
A young man has become the first person sentenced under Senegal’s newly enacted anti-LGBTQ+ law
https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/04/15/senegals-new-anti-lgbtq-law-claims-first-victim/