Daniel Itai is a journalist, podcaster, philanthropist, and human rights activist based in Botswana. His writing has appeared in outlets such as the Washington Blade, the Los Angeles Blade, Connecting Africa, Out, and more.
South Africa made history as the first African country to legalize same-sex marriage. A new bill has reinvigorated its loudest critics.
South Africa and Lesotho have passed important LGBT protections, but without changing attitudes, these laws are paper-thin.
The Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values was nothing if not a monument to the homophobia raging across the continent.
Nigeria’s harsh anti-LGBT laws are fueling violence, but if they chose a different path, other African nations might follow.
