Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Programs
    • Journalist Development
    • Media Engagement
    • Media Monitoring & Response
  • Resources
  • Stories
    • LGBTQI+Faith in Africa
    • LGBTQI+Faith Globally
    • Religion in Myanmar
    • Combating Hate Online
  • Press
  • Contact

Taboom Media

By shining light on taboos, we aim to break their power.

Category: Stories

The following stories stem from Taboom’s regular workshops for journalists, editors and media professionals around the world. Since 2014 we have trained and mentored hundreds of journalists from more than 50 countries.

South Africa bill could end religion-based discrimination for same-sex marriages

Posted on March 12, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

JOHANNESBURG — A proposed amendment to South Africa’s Civil Union Act, which legalized same-sex marriage in 2006, would prevent civil servants from refusing to marry same-sex couples on the basis of conscience, religion or belief.

LGBTQI+ Tanzanians seek safety and solidarity in the shadows

Posted on March 10, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

ZANZIBAR — As Tanzania’s government continues its LGBTQI+ crackdown campaign, sexual and gender minorities devise new survival strategies to avoid arrest and discrimination.

In Cameroon, LGBTQ people struggle to reconcile faith and sexuality

Posted on February 23, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Human rights groups in the Central African country are working with religious leaders to discuss the consequences of homophobic attitudes and hate speech.

Au Cameroun, les personnes gays affirment qu’il est difficile de concilier leur foi et leur orientation sexuelle

Posted on February 22, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Quant au discours religieux, les leaders de toutes les confessions religieuses présentes au Cameroun ont le même discours, celui de la condamnation de l’homosexualité.

Mally Simelane

A mother fights queer bias in South Africa

Posted on February 4, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

JOHANNESBURG—Mally Simelane’s daughter was murdered for her sexual orientation, a tragic event that she has channeled into promoting LGBTI acceptance at her church and in KwaThema.

Zambia flag

In Zambia, transgender and intersex issues take center stage

Posted on February 3, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

LUSAKA, Zambia — The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia’s chairperson has welcomed the country’s intersex and transgender communities and said discriminating against them is a sin and insult to God.

South Sudan flag

Religious leaders encourage LGBT exclusion in South Sudan

Posted on February 2, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

JUBA, South Sudan — In socially conservative South Sudan, LGBT people face discrimination and abuse, their non-traditional sexualities and genders often considered taboo.

Zimbabwe Flag

For male sex workers in Zimbabwe, discrimination and abuse are the norm

Posted on January 21, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

HARARE, Zimbabwe — “You have not graduated into sex work if you are not raped,” Munashe said of what he has come to consider a terrible inevitability for male sex workers who have sex with men in Zimbabwe.

Madagascar flag

As faiths mix, Madagascar’s LGBTQ community faces harassment and discrimination

Posted on January 14, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — For LGBTQ people in Madagascar, backlash is still more common than tolerance or respect.

Togo flag

Au Togo, homosexualité et justice ne collent pas

Posted on January 12, 2018October 22, 2018 by Taboom Editor

LOME, Togo — Pour les personnes LGBT, des barrières d’accès à la justice sont renforcées par le regard de la société, qui ne tolère pas l’homosexualité et les pratiques y afférentes.

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Stories
  • Contact
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Cancel