Kisumu County told to incorporate ‘progressive laws’ in proposed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Bill to accommodate gay unions

Kisumu County told to incorporate ‘progressive laws’ in proposed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Bill to accommodate gay unions

While local leadership often skirts the issue, Seme Central MCA Seth Okumu said public submissions had raised concerns that issues affecting the LGBTQ community had not been adequately addressed in the proposed legislation.

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Law and faith: How US Christian right is building interfaith coalition to root out same-sex relationships in Africa

Law and faith: How US Christian right is building interfaith coalition to root out same-sex relationships in Africa

The influence of US evangelical Christianity on anti-LGBTQ legislation across Africa has been extensively documented over the past two decades. In 2023, I wrote about US architectural influence on Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law, which passed weeks before the first African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty in Entebbe, Uganda.

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Crackdown on gay men in Senegal in wake of punitive new law criminalises HIV infection

Crackdown on gay men in Senegal in wake of punitive new law criminalises HIV infection

Monitoring by the HIV Justice Network, an international organisation that tracks the criminalisation of people living with HIV worldwide, puts the total number of detentions under Article 319 since early February at more than 70, with at least 62 linked to the Diallo investigation.

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