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Male singer in a dress? Zambia freaks out, cracks down
Flamboyant attire and provocative behavior on a Zambian reality TV show caught the eye of the country’s religious affairs minister, who declared that the show promotes homosexuality and should be...
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Trans woman’s naked protest roils Zambia
A Zambian trans woman stripped herself naked and walked along a busy public road in protest against mistreatment of transgender people by Zambian society and her family. From the African Human Rights...
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Zambian farmer and youth in court on gay sex charges
A 53-year-old Zambian farmer and a 17-year-old student appeared in court yesterday to face charges of homosexuality, which in Zambia is punishable by up to a life sentence. From the African Human...
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More homosexuality arrests in Zambia
Zambian police last week arrested another couple on homosexuality charges. From the African Human Rights Media Network Magistrate’s Court in Lusaka, Zambia This time, the two men accused of homosexual...
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Zambia frees gay couple serving 15-year sentence
Zambia has freed two men who since 2018 have been serving a 15-year prison sentence for same-sex intimacy. From the African Human Rights Media Network After their conviction in Zambia in August 2018...
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Amid repression, Zambian First Lady opposes anti-LGBT bias
Dr. Christine Kaseba-Sata, physician and wife of Zambian President Michael Sata. (Photo courtesy of Lusaka Times) Dr. Christine Kaseba-Sata, the wife of Zambian President Michael Sata, has appealed for...
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Zambia’s growing intolerance towards LGBTI persons
From Zambian human rights activist Juliet Mphande: Dr. Christine Kaseba-Sata, Zambia’s First Lady, whose comments about homosexuality had seemed encouraging in November. They now seem to have been a...
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Attacked by Zambian mob, 2 lesbians must leave home
Street scene in Marapodi Compound, Lusaka, Zambia. (Photo courtesy of Muvi TV) Two alleged lesbians have been forced out of their home in the Marapodi area of Lusaka, Zambia, an activist leader of the...
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Dissent weakens anti-gay coalition in Anglican Communion
Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of the Anglican Church of Kenya. (Photo courtesy of WestFM.co.ke) Cracks are showing in the formerly united front of anti-gay Anglicans who oppose steps toward acceptance of...
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Zambia: Archbishop’s anti-LGBTQ+ appeal comes under fire from all sides
LGBTIQ+ rights advocates in Zambia fear that a recent anti-LGBTQ+ proclamation by the local Roman Catholic archbishop will escalate the ongoing anti-gay violence that already puts the LGBTIQ+ community...
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