Recent reports by the Human Rights Watch have revealed that security officials in Egypt are using dating apps to entrap LGBTQ+ persons. The research and advocacy NGO group accused security officers of Egypt’s National Security Agency of randomly picking up individuals off the streets based on suspicion of their sexuality or gender expression and detaining them…
In a previous story on The Rustin Times, we reported on 20 LGBTQ+ people who were arrested by the Ugandan Police Force in March. The Police Force invaded the shelter of these LGBTQ+ people outside Kampala on the counts of “violating social distancing rules” that banned gatherings of over 10 people. The LGBTQ+ people arrested…
Many LGBT+ people in Uganda and other Eastern Africa countries face unbelievable discrimination and violence, forcing them to flee their homes and seek refuge in a neighbouring country. They can end up stuck in impoverished and homophobic refugee camps or unwelcoming cities for years, with very little resources or help. Transgender refugees often face additional…
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