Since the pandemic, research has been done across the continent, showing the impact of COVID-19 on LGBT+ persons. A report from the African Queer Youth Initiative showed that LGBT+ persons had experienced homelessness and limited access to health care services while struggling to stay safe from contracting the virus. The Centre for Human Rights at…
Organisers of the ILGA World Conference have announced that the upcoming conference originally planned for November 2021 has been postponed to Spring of 2022 in California due to the current COVID-19 situation. Organised by ILGA World – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, the ILGA World Conference is one of the biggest…
AfroQueer Podcast is a podcast run by None On Record, telling the stories of Queer Africans from across the continent and diaspora. The podcast, hosted by Selly Thiam and produced by Aida-Holly Nambi celebrates queer love, explores the laws affecting queer lives, migration, media, race, class, censorship, family and sex. Ahead of its upcoming third…
It’s a short video—just 4 minutes, 40 seconds. In the video, 11 South African Drag Artists perform “World in Union by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and PJ Powers” to pay tribute to South Africa and the World on lockdown during this COVID-19 Pandemic. With the video, they’re saying ‘Thank you’ to everyone working at the frontline…
On the 12th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classified the COVID-19, an infectious respiratory disease caused by a virus, as a pandemic. According to the WHO, a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. Essentially, it is an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a…
In the past few weeks, the spread of the COVID-19 has affected the lives of many across the globe, claiming lives and rendering many others hospitalized. At the time of writing this piece, more than 272,000 people have contracted the virus and at least 11,310 have died from the virus. And LGBTQ+ people all over…
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