LGBTI Africa: A Trans Woman in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — I was born a boy, Ceasar Kambugu, in a bourgeois suburb called Bakuli, on the outskirts…
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LGBTI Africa: Cameroon’s “Gay Scare”
Editor's note: We are saddened to report that the author of this article, Eric O. Lembembe, was violently murdered and found…
Africa’s Small Steps Toward LGBTI Equality
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — I first met Saidi W., a 20-year-old gay Tanzanian university student, in a cramped,…
New Poster Series: Edward Snowden
Click here to see or download the first Indypendent Whistleblower Poster in full. DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1983 HOMETOWN…
Unions Launch One-Day General Strike in Brazil Brazil’s anti-government protest movement took a new turn on July 11 as…
In May 2013, French president Francois Hollande signed a bill that made France the 14th country in the world…
Avoiding Online Surveillance: Tips & Tricks
If you’re worried about the privacy of your online activities, be they website browsing, chats, voice calls, emails or…
Glenn Greenwald Reflects on Meeting Snowden
Author, lawyer and fierce defender of civil liberties, Glenn Greenwald became a household name after he used documents provided…
As the NSA Follows You, We Follow the Money
Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States has witnessed the rapid growth of an intelligence-industrial complex that fuses government…
June 2011 — Five men got into a car. Akram Shah, a pharmacist, picked up his cousin Sherzada, a…