LGBTQ Africans

A blog which focuses on individuals who are African and identify as LGBTQ+. Also highlights queer celebrities that are African or of African descent. Twitter Instagram

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Audrey Mbugua: activist and co-founder of Transgender Education and Advocacy group

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LA PETITE DERNIERE (2025) - Hafsia Herzi

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MAHMOOD 2026 | Luke Abby ph. for ButtMagazine

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In a conversation with OkayAfrica, Saleh delves into their Sudanese heritage and how it helps them use music as a tool to release grief and maintain hope.

Dua Saleh’s 'Of Earth and Wires' Continues to Search for Hope Amidst the Apocalypse

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A government that wants to lead on reparative justice for slavery while legislating modern oppression is vulnerable. Why isn't the queer movement exploiting the contradiction?

Ghana’s queer movement is losing a fight it could be ‘winning’

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At a time when conditions are becoming more restrictive for LGBTQ+ people in some parts of Africa, the Republic of Botswana has taken an important step in protecting LGBTQ+ rights by officially removing old colonial-era laws that banned same-sex relationships from its statute books.

This move places Botswana alongside other African countries that have decriminalised same-sex relations, including South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Seychelles, Cape Verde, and Lesotho.

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Dr. Simi Pam: NHS doctor and professional rugby union player for the Bristol Bears. 

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Ceechynaa: rapper

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Mona Tougaard by Luigi & Iango for Double Vision Magazine April 2026

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“The Queer Arab Glossary is, first and foremost, an act of presence. In a world that often paints Arab societies with a broad brush of conservatism, this book insists that queerness has always existed, painfully and joyfully, in Arabic-speaking worlds”

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Sara Tavares (1978-2023): singer, composer, guitarist and percussionist. 

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"sever the blight" / hemlocke springs may 2, 2023

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Dua Saleh for NME (2025)

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Visit Original Link

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A is for Annahstasia 

#ToryStories: our Summer ‘21 collection through the lens of @vinceaungfeaturing rising stars around L.A. @annahstasia is wearing our button-front sundress, Lee Radziwill Petite Double Bag and #TheTorySneaker. #ToryBurch #ToryBurchPreFall21

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Thembi Kgatlana: footballer; the first to score for South Africa at the FIFA Women's World Cup (2019) and the first to play for two different NWSL sides.