You got to be kidding? The terrifying and heartbreaking legislation is making its way back to Uganda's consideration committees. Details after the jump.

Not even us overly optimistic bunch at Instinct expected a trend like this to appear this fall. Just last week, former Botswana President came out for the decriminalization of homosexuality and now another major political player in Africa is saying the same thing! After the jump, read about what is being called Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangira's surprising "gay rights u-turn."

HRC is continuing to develop campaigns to gain public support for our community. This time, it's a series of promos featuring prominent Americans who support same-sex marriage. Find out what makes this campaign significant and groundbreaking  after the jump.

Former President Mogae, who heads the Botswana government-backed AIDS Council, wants to see the decriminalization of gays even though he doesn't "understand it." Details after the jump.

After the jump, prepare to start thinking twice before you sign into Grindr, Manhunt and A4A ever again.

The countless hordes of Western tourists planning their vactaions to Ghana take notice: one member of the Afrianc nation's parliament is chastising tourism "for the indoctrination of homosexuality" in the country.

Kaleidoscope, a just-launched effort seeking to make British Commonwealth countries more gay-friendly, has received the support of leaders from all three major parties (and a few celebrities) in the motherland. Details follow.

While Uganda continues to breathe new life into its horrific "Kill the Gays" bill, the U.S. State Department has come out to condemn the pending legislation while pledging to keep an active eye on the situation in the Sub-Saharan African nation. Details follow.

Not wanting to be out of the homophobic headline spotlight that Ghana has been attempting to steal the past few weeks, authorities in Zimbabwe have detained five men for being gay.

Well, it's a step up from imprisoning or lynching its LGBT citizens, but still, the proposal to install "ex gay" centers throughout Ghana so that the country can process and "convert" its homosexual population is enraging. 

RuPaul might have invited "Cameroooon" into the gay vernacular a few years back, but the central African nation is by no means a gay-friendly bastion of tolerance. In fact, the country is known to be so dangerous for openly-gay citizens that Air France stepped up to the peace plate over the weekend by refusing to deport a gay asylum seeker back to the African country.

Once a region of the world on the low end of the reported HIV infection rate, the North Africa and the Middle East regions are seeing a surging epidemic among its gay male population. Details follow.