Tag: LGBT

Major endorsements for Scott Weiner in run for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in Congress

December 11, 2025

Human Rights Campaign PAC, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Endorse California State Sen. Scott Wiener for U.S. House A Committed Defender of LGBTQ+ Rights in the Golden State, Wiener Seeks Seat Long Held by Retiring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON — Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC, the nation’s … More Major endorsements for Scott Weiner in run for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in Congress

When Survival Becomes a Diet: The Reality of Daily Rations

December 3, 2025

Nourishment Is Survival: Why Your Support Matters Now Across transit shelters, informal safe houses, and refugee camps in several African countries, LGBTQI+ refugees depend almost entirely on African Human Rights Coalition’s rations to survive.  We do not have enough to continue past January 31, 2026. These refugees are forcibly displaced by criminalization, violence, and state-sponsored … More When Survival Becomes a Diet: The Reality of Daily Rations

Burkina Faso: First Known Conviction Under New Anti-LGBTQ Law

December 2, 2025

Raises Alarming Human Rights Concerns By Melanie Nathan, Dec 02, 2025. The African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) has received confirmation of a case in Burkina Faso in which a foreign national was convicted under the country’s newly enacted anti-LGBTQ provisions. According to publicly available information released by the Burkina Faso Ministry of Justice, the individual … More Burkina Faso: First Known Conviction Under New Anti-LGBTQ Law

More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

October 31, 2025

The Ripple Effects — From Kampala to Queens By Melanie Nathan, Country Conditions Expert on African LGBTQI+ Refugees and Executive Director, African Human Rights Coalition, written in my personal capacity. Silence can be a kind of betrayal — especially when the person staying silent is the one asking for our votes. When Uganda passed its … More More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

Trump’s Racist Cruelty Glares in Historic Low Refugee Numbers

October 30, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, oct 30 2025. Every October the U.S. president is bound by Congress to publish how many refugees will come into the country for the following year. This Presidential Determination (PD) on Refugee Admissions for for year 2026 is now public and in the Federal Register (set to be published tomorrow) – here … More Trump’s Racist Cruelty Glares in Historic Low Refugee Numbers

This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

October 16, 2025

The Policy, hate and laws we export—and ignore—boomerang back to our schools, courts, hospitals, and democracy. We cannot be silent! By Melanie Nathan, Oct 16, 2025 As Americans debate our own culture wars, and watch our democracy fail, a quiet crisis continues to unfold across Africa, destined to reflect our own doom: LGBT people are … More This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

October 8, 2025

When a pattern emerges – pay attention…. By Melanie Nathan, October 08, 2025 New York City deserves a mayor who speaks with one voice—publicly and privately—on human dignity. With Zohran Mamdani, the pattern now visible across headlines and timelines is not an isolated gaffe; it’s a through-line. On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, … More LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions

August 2, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to the Political and Ethical Questions raised by his failures on Antisemitism: By Melanie Nathan, August 02, 2025. What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander—but when it comes to Zohran Mamdani, the double standard is glaring. The political values he champions in the United States—equity, … More Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions

Trump to Replace Qualified Refugees with White ONLY Proponents of Apartheid

May 9, 2025

Melanie Nathan, May 8, 2025 Afrikaner loyalists to White Supremacist Trump vs. Black African Refugees under US centuries long standards of welcoming the stranger. The United States once embraced the promise of welcoming the stranger. That was before it took a  new U.S. administration a mere 100 days to extinguish it, as well as its … More Trump to Replace Qualified Refugees with White ONLY Proponents of Apartheid

AHRC Calls on WorldPride for Answers to Boycott Questions

April 4, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, April 03, 2025 – First Published at African Human Rights Coalition website here. Last month African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) called for a global boycott of the 2025 venue for WorldPride, based on safety issues, especially involving the risk of detention to foreign visitor attendees when entering our borders, and also as … More AHRC Calls on WorldPride for Answers to Boycott Questions

Ghana’s New Parliament and President Loom Large to Tyrannize Gays

January 10, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, January 10, 2025. Assuming office this past week, Ghana’s new President said: “This administration will work tirelessly to ensure every Ghanaian, regardless of your status or background, is treated with dignity and afforded equal protection under the law”. However we all know this flies in the face of the stance that the … More Ghana’s New Parliament and President Loom Large to Tyrannize Gays

Ghanaian Artists push to “Kill the Bill” Amidst Calls by Religious Leaders for President to sign it

January 2, 2025

BY MELANIE NATHAN, JAN 02, 2025 On December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel, dismissed petitions challenging the constitutionality and procedural validity of the  “Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024′ (commonly known as the Anti-LGBTQ Bill). Since February 2024, the Court avoided ruling … More Ghanaian Artists push to “Kill the Bill” Amidst Calls by Religious Leaders for President to sign it

AHRC: For a Meaningful 2025: May We Survive and Thrive

December 29, 2024

As we wish you all a Happy New Year African Human Rights Coalition brings you Accomplishments, Concerns and Hopes: Dec 29, 2024 Dear Friends, At this end of our tenth anniversary year at African Human Rights Coalition, I want to express my deepest gratitude for the support you have shown in so many ways, through … More AHRC: For a Meaningful 2025: May We Survive and Thrive

Presbyterians Urge Signing of Harmful Anti-LGBTQI+ Law in Ghana

December 24, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, December 23, 2024. “Sign this Anti-LGBTQ Bill” said this man of God, the Church Moderator of Ghana’s Presbyterian Church, urging the current President, Akufo-Addo, of Ghana, to give: “a ‘Birthday Gift’ to Presbyterians before Leaving office” The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, called … More Presbyterians Urge Signing of Harmful Anti-LGBTQI+ Law in Ghana

New Anti-LGBTQ GHANA Law can set an American up for Extradition

December 17, 2024

By Melanie Nathan. Dec 17, 2024 If fully enacted, this will be an actual problem for Americans especially in a Trump Era, as my personal example will show. On February 28, 2024 the Ghanaian Parliament passed a new anti-LGBTQ+ law which has not been signed into law yet by President Nana Akufo-Addo, having stalled his … More New Anti-LGBTQ GHANA Law can set an American up for Extradition

Secretary of State Honors Human Rights Defenders on Human Rights Day

December 10, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, December 10, 2024, Today is HUMAN RIGHTS DAY- and what more perfect than for the U.S. to commemorate the day by honoring courageous human rights defenders. The Office of the Spokesperson for the State department noted: “Today, the U.S. Department of State announced the winners of the Secretary of State’s (Anthony Blinken) … More Secretary of State Honors Human Rights Defenders on Human Rights Day

Ghana’s LGBTQI+ Political Pawns Flee Country in Wake of Violence

December 3, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, December 02, 2023 On December 07, 2024, Ghana will elect a new President. On December 18, the Ghanaian Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on a controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill that passed Parliament in February, 2024. All the while LGBTQI+ Ghanaians, typical to country conditions all across Africa, are the scapegoats for dueling … More Ghana’s LGBTQI+ Political Pawns Flee Country in Wake of Violence

On Giving Tuesday AHRC Prepares for the Anti- LGBTQI+ Refugee Trump Admin

December 2, 2024

Giving Tuesday is the day the world comes together to show it cares. Our fellow NGO’s participate in so many creative ways to bring attention to the important and challenging work we are all doing, to tell stories and express needs. You will be receiving many an email in these days. Your contributions are life-saving … More On Giving Tuesday AHRC Prepares for the Anti- LGBTQI+ Refugee Trump Admin

Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Old Anti Gay Penal Code as Constitutional as Violence Persists

July 24, 2024

Supreme Court Upholds Law Against Unnatural Carnal Knowledge By Melanie Nathan, July 24, 2024, Ghana’s Penal Code inherited during the Colonial era which Criminalizes anal and oral Sex, and mostly directed against LGBTI people who engage in same-sex intimacy, has been upheld as Constitutional by the Supreme Court in Ghana. The Supreme Court has ruled … More Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Old Anti Gay Penal Code as Constitutional as Violence Persists

Queers for Palestine weaponized while Palestinian Hamas orders LGBTQ Kill List

July 22, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 22, 2024. While Pro Palestinian and Pro Hamas agitators, and organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace, JVP, continued to enlist U.S. College students, promoting the notion that Israel’s only interest in providing same-sex and LGBTQI+ equality was to “PINK WASH” alleged human rights abuses, they succeeded in creating a climate … More Queers for Palestine weaponized while Palestinian Hamas orders LGBTQ Kill List

Trump’s Running Mate J.D. Vance ensures a Presidential Ticket for Killing LGBTQI Rights

July 21, 2024

The record of J.D. Vance, the looming Project 2025 , and Trump revenge, which fosters Heritage Foundation and Evangelical homophobia, yields the perfect storm – a symbiotic convergence of draconian ideals and agenda that will send all LGBTQI+ rights into the sewers! Lucy Middleton, writing for CONTEXT ask: What is Trump running mate J.D. Vance’s … More Trump’s Running Mate J.D. Vance ensures a Presidential Ticket for Killing LGBTQI Rights

Nigerian Police Arrest Two Men In Sharia Law Gombe State for Homosexuality

July 18, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, 7/17/24 The Gombe State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts in Kanbariki, Kumo Local Government Area of the stateSpokesperson of the Command ASP Buhari Abdullahi disclosed this to newsmen while parading the suspects, Hassan Abubakar, 25, and Jibrin Ibrahim, 22, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. According … More Nigerian Police Arrest Two Men In Sharia Law Gombe State for Homosexuality

Ugandans Consolidate Appeal against the Anti-Homosexuality Act to Supreme Court amidst Many Fleeing

July 12, 2024

Advocates representing Ugandan LGBTQI+ and Human Rights interests have consolidated their  Supreme Court appeals after the Ugandan Court’s decision to uphold the vile and dangerous Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 (AHA), once dubbed The Kill the Gays Bill. Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) reports that as appeal has formally been lodged at the Supreme … More Ugandans Consolidate Appeal against the Anti-Homosexuality Act to Supreme Court amidst Many Fleeing

Burkina Faso adopts draft law to criminalize Homosexuality

July 11, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 11, 2024 Burkina Faso’s military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations. Homosexuality is heavily stigmatized and considered taboo in the conservative West African country, but it has never been previously outlawed. This is in keeping with the … More Burkina Faso adopts draft law to criminalize Homosexuality

Since passage of Anti LGBT Act Violence and Persecution on Rise in Uganda

July 11, 2024

AHRC Staff , July 11, 2024 KAMPALA- From Uganda, HRAPF reports each month on the state of persecution and violence against LGBTI Ugandans, following the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, otherwise known as “The Kill the gays Bill” . Here is the Report for June 2024: We handled a total of 81 cases in … More Since passage of Anti LGBT Act Violence and Persecution on Rise in Uganda

Nigeria Ratifies Samoa Agreement stirs Anti-LGBTQI+ Hostility

July 6, 2024

Nigeria Signs Samoa Agreement triggering Anti-LGBTQI+ Panic By Melanie Nathan, July 05, 2023 In recent years Africa has seen a trend to heighten anti-homosexuality legislation, especially in the East and West African regions, with only few countries decriminalizing, and those mostly in the Southern part of Africa. Nigeria has one of the worst anti-Homosexuality laws … More Nigeria Ratifies Samoa Agreement stirs Anti-LGBTQI+ Hostility

Malawi Court Rules in Favor of Anti Homosexuality Law

July 4, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 01, 2024. Malawi’s Constitutional Court has dismissed the case of two applicants who wanted it to legalize same-sex relationships. The judgment means homosexuality remains an offense in Malawi, punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. Malawi State lawyers welcomed the ruling while lawyers for the applicants expressed disappointment. Minority … More Malawi Court Rules in Favor of Anti Homosexuality Law

CAIR Crosses the Red Line against Mayor Karen Bass

June 29, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, June 29, 2024 CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations, has also drawn controversy for its stances on LGBTQ+ issues, including its opposition to pro-LGBTQ+ materials in public school classrooms. Damn I got sidetracked again! G-d forbid – right, especially when I had designated my limited hours this morning to preparation for an asylum … More CAIR Crosses the Red Line against Mayor Karen Bass

ALL OUT Petition climbs calling South Africa out for ignoring LGBTQI+ Human Rights in Africa

June 27, 2024

Please consider signing this critical African Human Rights Coalition petition on the ALL OUT PLATFORM, where many thanks are due:  The South African government’s silence in the face of escalating anti-LGBTQI+ violence and legislation in African countries contradicts its commitment to human rights. South Africa has a duty to its past and to its future … More ALL OUT Petition climbs calling South Africa out for ignoring LGBTQI+ Human Rights in Africa

Advisory LGBTQI+ Refugees face danger in Kenya during Riots

June 26, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, June 26, 2024. African Human Rights Coalition has addressed a warning to LGBTQI+ refugees in Kenya: Firstly we urge refugees to remain calm during this very dangerous period, as there are measures you can take to best protect yourselves. Stay away from Kenyan protests and below the warnings, see the CNN Report … More Advisory LGBTQI+ Refugees face danger in Kenya during Riots