While the threat of draconian penal codes still looms for LGBTI people in Botswana By Melanie Nathan, November 15, 2014. The Gaborone High Court ruled that the Botswana government is compelled to register the LGBTI group, group LEGABIBO, (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana). This order was sought after registration of the organization was refused […]
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Protests Planned in Amsterdam against Anti-Gay Uganda and Nigeria
For Global Day Against Homophobia By Melanie Nathan, March 12, 2013. On the 20th March the world will protest homophobia and Uganda Gay On Move (UGOM), a community in the Diaspora, is scheduling a demonstration in Amsterdam, for the world global day of action against homophobia and laws that violate human dignity. The recently enacted […]
Miss Botswana Finalist Enrages Audience with Anti-Gay Answer
By Melanie Nathan, April 30, 2013. Botswana a country which, unlike many African countries which still boast old Colonial anti-gay penal codes, has shown a measure of tolerance towards its LGBT community, by not pursuing laws that could be interpreted against homosexuality. That would account for the fact that a Miss Botswana pageant contestant enraged […]
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