On February 28, 2024, Ghana’s Parliament unanimously passed the ‘Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021,’ widely known as the anti-LGBT Bill. Sponsored by a coalition of religious and traditional leaders, this regressive legislation poses a severe threat to the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ individuals in Ghana. Among the harshest in Africa, the…
Many African countries have risen in popularity as tourist destinations, especially among the diaspora. The Rustin Times recently delved into the legislative and societal attitudes across various African nations concerning LGBTQ+ individuals, aiming to shed light on safe destinations for queer travellers. The legal terrain governing LGBTQ+ rights in African countries presents a diverse…
An Algerian court had sentenced 44 men after the police raided an alleged ‘gay wedding’ in the country. While the court sentenced 2 of them to prison terms, the other 42 were sentenced to suspended terms. According to the report on Human Rights Watch, the Algerian police had raided a private residence and arrested 44…
Nigerian human rights activists have failed queer Nigerians. They have undermined the fight for queer liberation in their quest to hold on to the position that being cisgender and heterosexual affords them in our society. They have committed to and advanced a definition of human rights that does not actually mean rights for human beings,…
An appeal court in Tunisia has upheld the conviction against two men arrested for gay sex but reduced their sentence to a one-year jail term. According to the report on Human Rights Watch, In June, police arrested the men, both 26, on suspicion of same-sex conduct in Le Kef, a city 175 kilometres southwest of…
Over the past few weeks, news about human rights violations and arrests in Zimbabwe have made it to the mainstream. The government of Zimbabwe has been cracking down on protesters who are speaking up against corruption. Online, many have pledged their support to the people of Zimbabwe in the form of tweets and Instagram posts….
On July 15, advocates and activists from all over Cameroon gathered together for the sixth annual Human Rights Defenders Day. The event is organised annually as a protest against violence and persistent abuses of human rights in Cameroon, and a commemoration of the assassination of Eric Ohena Lembembe, the executive director of the LGBT advocacy…
In March 2020, The Uganda Police Force invaded an LGBTQ+ shelter outside of Kampala arrested 20 LGBTQ+ persons in an LGBTQ+ shelter for violating social distancing rules. According to a previous report, the 20 LGBTQ+ persons were made up of 14 gay men, 2 bisexual men, and 4 transgender women. According to a police statement, they…
According to a recent report on News 24, the government of The Gambia said on Tuesday that it would neither decriminalise homosexuality nor review its anti-homosexuality laws. The government of The Gambia said this via a statement as a response to widely circulated rumours of plans to soften homosexuality laws, and after weeks of pressure…
On Saturday, 13th June 2020, the South-African police confirmed that Kirvan Fortuin, 28, died on their way to the hospital in the early hours of that day after being stabbed to death. MambaOnline reports that Kirvan Fortuin was visiting at a friend’s house in Macassar near Cape Town when an argument broke out with a…
Sara Hegazy initially made headlines in 2017 after she was imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for waving a Pride flag at a concert by Mashrou’ Leila in Cairo. Mashrou’ Leila is a popular Lebanese alternative rock band whose lead singer is openly gay. Sara was arrested alongside about 30 other people for the public show…
In honour of 2020 Pride Month, The Rustin Times has curated a list of Africa-based Queer podcasts. In the past few years, Queer creators have been a crucial part of entertainment and the arts, bringing the queer narrative to the fore. These podcasts explore every single part of the Queer experience, particularly for black people….
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