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Behind the Mask | The Voice of Africa's LGBTI Community

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KENYAN LGBTI DEMONSTRATE OVER BRUTAL ATTACK ON BOY BY NAIROBI CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS

by Melissa Wainaina posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:14

A brutal attack on an 11-year-old boy by Nairobi City Council Inspectorate officers was not homophobic, but it spurred members of the LGBTI community to demonstrate on the streets against brutality. Continue…

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CAPE TOWN NIGHTCLUB OWNER FOUND DEAD, POLICE INVESTIGATING

by ADMIN posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:52

Police in Cape Town are invesitgating the death of Bruno Bronn, the owner of popular Cape Town gay nightclub Bronx who was on Tuesday found dead in his house with his hands bound. Continue…

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NEWSPAPER LABELS LIBERIAN CITY OF MONROVIA “A HOTBED OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITIES”

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 13:15

The Liberian newspaper News Day recently labelled the city of Monrovia in Liberia “a hotbed of homosexual activities.” Continue…

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HOMOPHOBIC PROTESTORS STAGE DEMOS IN SIERRA LEONEAN CAPITAL

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 12:52

A group of Muslims held the third anti-gay protest of recent weeks in the Lumley district of Freetown, Sierra Leone last Friday, saying they were committed to combating the promotion of LGBT rights. Continue…

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UGANDA’S “KILL THE GAYS” BILL FIRMLY BACK ON PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA

by Kikonyogo Kivumbi posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 12:36

Despite assurances made yesterday by Uganda’s Information Minister Karooro Okurut, the dreaded Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009 that seeks the death penalty for gays is back on parliament’s agenda. Continue…

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