Pan Africa ILGA

Pan Africa ILGA
Formation2007
HeadquartersJohannesburg, Guateng
Location
  • South Africa
Co-Chair
Barbara Wangare
Co-Chair
Star Rugori
Executive Director
Nate Brown
Parent organization
ILGA
Staff
11 - 50
Websitehttps://panafricailga.org/

Pan Africa ILGA (PAI) is the African region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).

Pan Africa ILGA is based in South Africa but holds annual regional conferences in different locations in Africa. Its third regional conference was held in Botswana in June 2018.[1] Pan Africa ILGA planned to hold its 2020 conference in West Africa, scheduling the conference to take place in Accra, Ghana in July 2020.[2] However, they faced religious opposition. An Ashanti regional chief and imam voiced opposition,[3] and Christian groups also voiced protest,[4] leading the government of Ghana to ban the conference.[5][6]

  1. ^ Tanya Mohn, The Shifting Global Terrain of L.G.B.T.Q., The New York Times, June 21, 2018. Accessed July 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Daring lesbians, gays insist conference will be held in Ghana; ask for donor support, MyNews.gh, March 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Lily Wakefield, A regional chief Imam in Ghana has said that homosexuality is “evil” and he will not allow a “demonic” LGBT+ conference to “even step foot” in the country, Pink News, February 27, 2020. Accessed July 30, 3030.
  4. ^ Haruna Yussif Wunpini, Coalition kicks against gay conference, Graphic Online, March 4, 2020. Accessed July 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Ghana bans LGBT+ conference after Christian groups protest, Reuters, March 12, 2020. Accessed July 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Lily Wakefield, A historic LGBT+ rights conference that was planned to be held in Ghana has been banned by the country’s government, and it’s not because of coronavirus, Pink News, March 13, 2020. Accessed July 30, 2020.