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The Erasing 76 Crimes news site covers the human toll of 64+ countries’ anti-gay laws and the struggle to repeal them.
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African police hunt for 2 activists after anti-gay raid. Until now, West African nation of Sierra Leone didn't enforce its anti-gay law.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #homophobia #SierraLeone

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Sierra Leone: Anti-LGBT+ police raid last night at a private party in Freetown
According to the executive director of Pride Equity—an organization advocating for the rights of the LGBT+ community in Sierra Leone with Hispanic roots—who witnessed the incident, about ten police of...
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September 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Freed from an African prison, 3 women go into business — with readers’ help. Project Not Alone needs more donations to free more gay prisoners.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #Nigeria #homophobia #charity #donate

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Cameroon: Freed from prison, 3 women go into business -- with readers' help
Donations are still needed to free more innocent prisoners in Cameroon and support the Qtalk counseling service for gay Nigerians. Your donation will be
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August 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Cameroon’s LGBTI community in peril as leaders flee and funding dries up.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #France
Cameroon's LGBTI community in peril as leaders flee
The LGBTI community in Cameroon is experiencing an unprecedented crisis caused by the departure of many leaders, and cuts to funding.
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August 13, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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Messed-up map shows U.S. regime doesn’t know or care where it’s killing millions. Screw-up at AIDS conference highlights Trump officials' ignorance and carelessness

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #AIDS #HIV #Trump
Messed-up map shows U.S. regime doesn't know or care where it's killing millions
Now its depths of carelessness and ignorance have come into view, as the U.S. team at the International AIDS Conference presented a map of Africa that looked
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August 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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More donations are needed to help innocent victims of African homophobia. So far, donors have freed 3 women imprisoned for homosexuality in Cameroon.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #Nigeria #homophobia #charity #donate
Generous readers set free 3 women imprisoned for homosexuality in Cameroon
More donations are needed to help innocent victims of homophobia in Cameroon and Nigeria
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July 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Double your donation-- free innocent LGBT prisoners. 3 LGBT prisoners have been released; 5 others await further donations.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #Nigeria #homophobia #charity #donate
Double your donation to set free innocent LGBT prisoners
3 LGBT prisoners have been released; 5 others await further donations.
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July 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Help free an innocent gay victim of a Nigerian blackmailer. Donated funds will pay expenses of an attorney working without pay.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #Nigeria #homophobia #blackmail #fundraising
Please help free Chidi, an innocent victim of a Nigerian blackmailer
Donations are urgently needed to free eight prisoners, including Chidi, whose story is below. For their safety, in this series of articles the prisoners are
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June 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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A who's who of people behind the arrest of 100s of LGBTQ people in Senegal

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Senegal #lesbians #antiLGBT #homophobia
Who is behind the arrest of 100s of LGBTQ people in Senegal?
On Friday, June 12, six new arrests took place in Linguère in central Senegal, as part of investigations linked to the May 15 arrest of Matar Ndiaga Seck for
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June 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Homosexuality is now illegal in 66 nations. The latest nation to join the anti-gay crowd is Niger in West Africa.

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Homosexuality is now illegal in 66 nations
In adopting an anti-gay law on June 11, 2026, the West African nation of Niger strengthened a wave of anti-homosexuality legislation and proposed legislation
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June 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE. Slow pace of donations leaves 5 innocent LGBTI prisoners stuck in cells. Readers have contributed enough to free 3 women, but not yet 5 gay men.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Africa #Cameroon #Nigeria #homophobia
Slow pace of donations leaves 5 innocent LGBTI prisoners stuck in cells
More donations are urgently needed to free five innocent LGBTI prisoners.
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June 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Ghana legislators aim to pass anti-gay bill before June 3 anti-gay conference

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Ghana #homophobia #AfricanUnion #Africa
Ghana legislators aim to pass anti-gay bill before June 3 anti-gay conference
The LGBTQ advocacy group Rightify Ghana states:
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May 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Africa’s ‘cultural identity’ is anti-gay?  Ghana to host conference aimed at making that official. 
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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Ghana #homophobia #AfricanUnion #Africa
Ghana event seeks declaration that Africa's 'cultural identity' is anti-gay
The largely anti-LGBTQ parliament of Ghana will play host next week to anti-LGBTQ officials   from throughout Africa with the goal of eliminating LGBTQ rights
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May 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law

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African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law
They seek collective reflection and constructive dialogue in Senegal instead of repression.
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May 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Please DONATE and SHARE: This is a worthwhile project run by an experienced pro-LGBTQ team.

Project Not Along has freed 56 LGBTQ prisoners. It needs donors' help to free 8 more.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Nigeria #Cameroon #homophobia
Illustration of two gay prisoners
May 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Prominent Senegal citizens fall victim to anti-gay sweep. Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ witch hunt racks up more than 100 arrests.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #homophobia #Senegal
Prominent Senegal citizens fall victim to anti-gay sweep
Senegal's anti-LGBTQ witch hunt racks up more than 100 arrests
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May 20, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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We have freed 56 LGBTQ prisoners. We need donors' help to free 8 more.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Nigeria #Cameroon #homophobia
We have freed 56 LGBTQ prisoners. We need help to free 8 more
Those eight imprisoned victims of anti-LGBTQ hostility and homophobia are the focus of this year’s Project Not Alone, which expands on the project’s previous
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May 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive. Russian LGBTQ rights groups learn how to work from abroad.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Russia #CentreT #ComingOut @UnclosetedMedia @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social

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Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive
Natalia Soloviova always knew she was putting herself at risk. As the chair of the Russian LGBT Network, the largest queer advocacy group in the country, she
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May 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Cameroon’s LGBTQI community mourns the loss of transgender pioneer Doloresse. She was found on Tuesday with her throat slit.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Cameroon #homophobia #transphobia

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Cameroon's LGBTQI community mourns the loss of transgender pioneer Doloresse
The Cameroonian transgender community is in mourning. Doloresse, an emblematic figure of trans visibility in Cameroon, was found with her throat slit on the
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May 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Young man agrees to sex act for $3.57, instead gets 6 years in Senegal prison

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Senegal #homophobia
Young man agrees to sex act for $3.57, instead gets 6 years in Senegal prison
Under Senegal's harsh new anti-homosexuality law, the first defendant has been convicted and sentenced to six years in prison, SeneNews reported. Below is
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April 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Ghana’s president plays a double game on anti-LGBTQ bill -- supportive at home, evasive in the U.S.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #UnitedStates #Ghana @TempleUniv #AHRC @RightifyGhana
Ghana's president plays a double game on anti-LGBTQ bill
In Ghana, he vows to sign cruel anti-LGBTQ bill. In the U.S., he's evasive.
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March 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Uganda: Two women yanked back into prison for kissing

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Uganda #lesbian

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Uganda: Two women yanked back into prison for kissing
In Uganda, their 'crime' is punishable by life imprisonment
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March 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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U.S. ‘pro-family’ group pushed Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #UnitedStates #MassResistance #Senegal

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Mass.-based U.S. ‘pro-family’ group pushed Senegal's anti-LGBTQ+ law
In Senegal, MassResistance moves beyond its anti-trans, anti-drag activism in the U.S.
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March 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Moroccan activist jailed for ‘Allah Is a Lesbian’ shirt may lose arm

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #FreeBetty #Lesbian #Allah #Morocco
March 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Uganda releases two women arrested for kissing

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #Uganda #lesbian
Uganda releases two women arrested for kissing
Ugandan police have backed off after arresting two women for kissing. The progressive human rights visual media organization East Africa Visual Artists
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March 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Activists seek access to microcredit in response to aid cuts impacting LGBT+ people in Africa and the Caribbean.

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#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #​microcredit
Microcredit and LGBT+ inclusion: Urgent need for innovation in economic aid
Since the 1980s, microcredit has proven its effectiveness in empowering women economically, particularly through the model pioneered by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
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March 7, 2026 at 5:47 AM