Affirmative Action/Alternative Cameroon organised a series of IDAHOT events in Yaoundé, including a film screening followed by a round table discussion on LGBTI youth, a football match between an LGBTI team and a straight team and a Gala and Pride evening and party where 250 people, straight and gay, celebrated diversity. LGBT organisations from Douala and Garoua, two main cities of …

Cameroon In Cameroon, despite laws criminalising same sex relationships and a recent uptick in violent hate crimes against LGBTI communities, various actions were held in commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014. Sexual, gender and human rights communities came together to coordinate a meeting which brought together religious and political leaders to discuss homosexuality. An exhibition on …

Activists will organise meetings with religious and political leaders to discuss homosexuality. An exhibition on human rights violations against LGBT people will be displayed. A special training session on media and legal affairs will be held for Lesbians, in order to empower them more within the LGBT community. The Day will close with a long awaited community evening, which will gather over …

One year after a violent mob attacked a peaceful commemoration, Cameroon saw one of the largest mobilisations in the African continent, for May 17 this

Human rights activists based in Cameroon advised that on May 13, 2013 Benoit K. a 27-year old Cameroonian man, was tortured and beaten by a local family who