Resources

OVERVIEWS

African Sexualities: A Reader, Edited by Dr. Sylvia Tamale

Struggle for equality: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Human Rights in Africa. Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sexual orientation under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This paper by Pambazuka discusses the relevance of the issue of sexual orientation to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, while recognising the controversial nature of the subject, and suggests ways in which the commission can proceed.

Thematic Resolutions of the Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights. Resolutions to end all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Africa.

The Yogyakarta Principles. The Yogyakarta Principles address a broad range of human rights standards and their application to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Activists Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles. This guide will allow those working for Human Rights based on sexual orientation and gender identity to determine how other activists have used the Yogyakarta Principles to further their work.

Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People. The document, prepared by the intergovernmental EU body in consultation with civil society organisations, outlines what the European Union should be doing abroad to defend the human rights of LGBT people.

The Outlawed Among Us: A Study of the LGBTI Community's Search for Equality and Non-Discrimination in Kenya. A study and recommendations from the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC).

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ASYLUM

Asylum Country-by-Country, ILGA-Europe (2010). This country-by-country section is a legal tool and a practical resource on LGBTI asylum in Europe.

AUTHORS AND ACADEMICS

Petition by Writers and Academics Against Homophobia. This petition was signed by Nigerian author Wole Soyinka, the winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986.

COUNTRY STUDIES

Pan-African

Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on research from 2007 to the present, this volume by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) features articles and research by leading African activists and academics on the prevalence, severity and impact of these human rights violations on LGBT people in Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.

Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity References U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports for 2009. References to sexual orientation and gender identity in the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports for 2009.

Cameroon

Criminalizing Identities: Rights Abuses in Cameroon Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. This report was compiled by Alternatives-Cameroun, Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Kenya

The Outlawed Among Us: A Study of the LGBTI Community's Search for Equality and Non-Discrimination in Kenya. A study and recommendations from the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC).

Senegal

Fear for Life: Violence against Gay Men and Men Perceived as Gay in Senegal. This report was compiled by the Human Rights Watch.

Senegal: Land of Impunity. This report was compiled by Amnesty International.

South Africa

Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today. Atlantic Philanthropies study by Marian Nell and Janet Shapiro.

Hate Crimes: The Rise of 'Corrective' Rape in South Africa, This report was compiled by Actionaid.

The Country We Want to Live in: Hate Crimes and Homophobia in the Lives of Black Lesbian South Africans, This is a preview of a book published by HSBC Publishing.

Sudan

LGBT in Sudan Under Islamic Law, Freedom Sudan

HISTORY

This Alien Legacy: The Origins of "Sodomy" Laws in British Colonialism. Human Rights Watch.

Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities. As the first work of its kind on the subject, Boy-Wives and Female-Husbands answers an urgent need for accurate, well-researched, and balanced work on African sexuality.

HIV/AIDS

Men Who have Sex with Men: Homophobia and HIV in Africa. Presentations from XVIII International AIDS Conference.

Sexual Diversity Presentations. Presentations from the 4th. African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights.

Reasoned Analysis of Uganda's HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill.

Technical Guidance on Combination HIV Prevention (pfd), US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender People: Recommendations for a public health approach. World Health Organisation.

Men who have Sex with Men: An Introductory Guide for Health Care Workers in Africa, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation based in Cape Town, South Africa and KEMRI based in Kilifi, Kenya


PSYCHOLOGY

An Open Statement from the Psychological Society of South Africa to the People and Leaders of Uganda Concerning The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. The scientific view of sexual orientation.

LAW

South African Constitution's Bill of Rights. The bill of rights in the South African constitution specifically mentions sexual orientation.

MEDIA

Behind the Mask. The voice of Africa's LGBTI community.

Outspoken. Africa's only LGBTI radio show.

 How to deal with Transgender issues - for media, Gender DynamiX

RELIGION

Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's research on religion in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Ending Violence and Criminal Sanctions on the Basis of Sexual Orientation. This was Archbishop Desmond Tutu's presentation at a United Nations panel on September 17, 2010.

Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Revised and Expanded Edition: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church. This book was written by Jack Rogers, a Presbyterian Evangelical Christian. There is a free study guide available for the book.

The Belhar Confession. This reformed South African confession outlined a Christian response to apartheid. It can also be used a framework for a Christian response to the segregation and mistreatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons in Africa.

The Charter of Compassion. The Charter for Compassion is a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national difference. Supported by leading thinkers from many traditions, the Charter inspires worldwide community-based acts of compassion.

YOUTH

Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today. Atlantic Philanthropies study by Marian Nell and Janet Shapiro.