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Readers have contributed enough to free 3 lesbians, but not yet 5 gay men.
Donations are urgently needed to free five innocent LGBTI prisoners. For their safety, in this article they are identified by pseudonyms.
Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by Vincent Kyabayinze, East Africa Visual Artists / EAVA Artists)
This site’s Project Not Alone has received enough money from readers to set free three innocent lesbians, but five innocent gays remain behind bars in Cameroon and Nigeria.
As of the publication of this article, donors had contributed $951 — enough to pay the $639 in fines owed by Addie, Diane and Sonia, who have been in prison since November. They can be released as soon as those fines are paid, which is why they will be the first to be freed.
The other five innocent LGBTI prisoners will only be released in the months ahead if further donations arrive. The five men are:
In Yaoundé, Cameroon:
Cam, a gay man serving a two-year sentence for homosexuality after his partner’s parents reported him to police in December 2025.
Serge, Tristan and Edgar, three gay men who are awaiting trial on homosexuality charges. They were arrested in January after homophobic neighbors reported them to police.
In Port Harcourt, Nigeria:
Chidi, a gay man who was imprisoned last November after being blackmailed by a sexual partner.
Even with lawyers working for them without pay, the work of setting them free will require paying many more legal expenses than the $639 in fines owed by Addie, Diane and Sonia. Fundraising for Project Not Alone 2026 has an overall goal of $10,117. Of that total, $6,617 is for our first priority — releasing prisoners.
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If possible, an additional $3,500 would be used to make mandatory technological modernization of the free Qtalk app, which has offered private counseling to LGBTQ+ Nigerians since it was launched in 2020. Qtalk now has a community of over 25,000 users, both for counseling and for chatting. Currently there are about 18 counselors on the app.
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Project Not Alone is a program of the non-profit St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation and its Erasing 76 Crimes news site. U.S. tax-deductible donations may be made via:
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