Report: The State of Human Rights for LGBT People in Africa

Author:
Human Rights Camgaign Foundation, Human Rights First
Publisher:
Human Rights Project, Human Rights First
Publication Date:
31 July 2014
Tags:
Africa, Human Rights, Women and Gender

This joint report by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Human Rights First surveys 54  African nations and provides a brief overview of: existing anti-LGBT laws and efforts to enact new  measures; publicly known instances of discrimination and violence; the presence and activity of  LGBT rights organizations; and encouraging signs of support for LGBT people. The information  within was drawn from press reports, the text of legislation, the U.S. State Department's annual  human rights reports as well as the 2014 State-Sponsored Homophobia Report of ILGA (the  International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association), authored by Lucas Paoli  Itaborahy and Zhingshu Zhu and edited by Aengus Carroll. Although limited progress is being  made in some nations, the situation for LGBT Africans in many others remains dire and is  growing increasingly perilous.

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