Election results continue St. Lucia’s increasing acceptance of the LGBTQ community. St. Lucia carnival scene (Photo courtesy of St. Lucia Tourist Authority)   The Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia continued its progress in LGBTQ rights and acceptance last week, as the governing Labour Party overwhelmingly defeated an electoral challenge from the opposition United Workers Party, which ran an anti-LGBT …

Now please help us replenish funds supporting our advocacy journalism.  Word cloud showing the names (pseudonyms) of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release. Eight gay men and two lesbians have been set free this year in Cameroon and Nigeria because of readers’ donations to Project Not Alone, which helps the innocent victims of African …

Homophobic raids in Senegal have continued since August. The Grand Mosque of Dakar in Senegal (Photo courtesy of Le Monde) Police in Senegal arrested 15 LGBT people on charges of “unnatural acts” last weekend, continuing a series of anti-LGBT arrests that stretches back at least to last summer. The string of arrests and court judgments were reported by the Tribune …

We free innocent LGBT prisoners, which isn’t cheap. Now we need donations. Erasing 76 Crimes  needs your financial support for its work advancing LGBT rights. Click the image to donate via our financial sponsor, the St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation. Project Not Alone has completed its fundraising for 2025 and soon will celebrate the release of the year’s entire …

Ibtissame Betty Lachgar was sentenced to 30 months for ‘Allah is lesbian’ T-Shirt Morocco LGBT activist Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar is suffering ailing health in prison. (Photo courtesy of Change.org) Hundreds of organizations have joined the Free Betty Coalition, seeking the release of Moroccan activist Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar from a three-year prison sentence. Lachgar, 50, is a feminist/atheist/LGBT activist who was …

“However, the current pattern in Bangladesh is extremely alarming: targeted individuals are frequently picked up without a warrant or any prior case, and only afterwards are they shown as ‘arrested’ in a series of pre-existing or fabricated cases—often involving grave accusations such as murder, attempted murder, seditious conspiracy, or terrorism,” Shahanur says. “Given this trend and the clear intention to …

Beaten unconscious by homophobic attackers, Sully was imprisoned because he couldn’t pay a $620 bribe.   While Sully was still in prison, no photos of him could be taken.  So, using a description from reporter Mike Daemon, we created this illustration of him with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop. In December of last year, Sully, a 24-year-old man from southern …

He also claimed that, as the teacher was due to be considered for the position of department chair in a few months, other teachers had conspired to frame him. See Also The lawyer also mentioned that professor Halim has a wife and a child studying in Class VIII, questioning why he would engage in such acts. JMBF decries an Islamist …

U.S.-based Family Watch fosters the homophobic climate where anti-gay legislation thrives.   Sharon Slater, president of Family Watch International, meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of X) American anti-LGBTQ activists Sharon Slater, her husband Greg, and their organization, Family Watch International (FWI), are seeking to set the record straight about their relationship to the harsh …

Bill calls for three years in prison for every LGBTQ person in Ghana Ghana President John Dramani Mahama (Photo courtesy of Vibe Ghana) The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana reports: “President Mahama Pledges to Sign Anti-LGBTQ Bill If Passed by Parliament, Rejects Same-Sex Marriage and Transgender Rights “President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his administration’s opposition to same-sex marriage …