Africa

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Young and Outside the Margins: Impact of COVID-19 on African LGBT+ youth

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African Queer Youth Initiative conducted an online survey in ten African countries in a bid to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBT+ youth around Africa.

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France: Lesbians and of immigrant background: women in search of visibility

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Long absent from public debates in France, lesbians from immigrant backgrounds are increasingly making their voices heard in community, cultural and academic circles. Supported by militant and intellectual figures, sociological studies and artistic productions devoted to them arouse growing interest. Interview with researcher Salima Amari.

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Pride Afrique 2020

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Pride Afrique 2020 brings you three levels of storytelling: structural, relational, and personal. These three areas guide our choice of stories and events. We believe our stories cannot be one-dimensional as queer Africans.

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How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

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Much progress has been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity – but in many places a dramatic backlash by conservative forces has followed.

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Exposing Anti-LGBT Government Strategies in MENA

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How do governments in the MENA region use anti-LGBT rhetoric to advance their political agendas? The answer to that question reveals the state-sponsored homophobia that negatively impacts the lives of LGBT people in the region.

Africa: How girls’ education and safety will be harmed by the covid response

African governments must act to ensure these statistics are not further worsened by the pandemic. There are many ways that they can start to mitigate the harm to girls.