Sexual Minorities

Ghanian lawmakers propose draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill

The bill proposes up to 10 years in jail for LGBTQ+ people as well as…

‘We were scared’: Revisiting Africa’s first Pride march 31 years on

One Saturday morning in October 1990, 34-year-old Yusoof Abdullah made his way to the Great…

Transgender women sentenced to prison for “attempted homosexuality”

23-year-old Shakiro and 27-year-old Patricia have received a five-year jail term in Douala, Cameroon, where…

My friend, Chriton Atuhwera was killed in Kenya’s Kakuma camp for being gay. Don’t “humanize” him

Why is the disregard of a person’s human right always greeted with a call to humanize that person? As if it is ever possible to bestow humanity on an individual and as though queer people are not already human enough merely by being? Writes Lucretia, a trans woman from Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp.

Ìfé, a Nigerian film about two women in love, reassures African queer women

Ìfé, which focuses on two women who fall in love over a three-day date, stands almost as a reassurance – “It’s okay; we have also been through this, and you are not alone,” writes our Sexual Minorities Editor, Florence Kyohangirwe.

All lives matter in Nigeria, except Queer lives

Queer people have been told they are a distraction to the #ENDSARS movement, why do we always have to postpone our liberation?

Saying: ‘I don’t care that you are queer,’ to a queer person is not allyship. Here’s why

The context in which allies make this statement is not lost to me but good intentions do not exonerate a person of the ability to cause harm.

“I cannot live uncomfortably for the comfort of oppressors.” LGBTQ+ Ugandans fight back

For Pride Month in June, two LGBTQ+ Ugandans shared their stories and presence with Minority…

“Queer is not a genre,” A Nollywood film about two women in love is challenging stereotypes

Lagos, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — Pamela Adie is not new to the struggle of ensuring…

“I came out to myself,” What visibility means to lesbians across Africa

For Lesbian Visibility Day 2020, we asked four lesbians living in Africa what visibility means…