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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