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Africa

Illustration of Bob was created with ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
Will you help Bob, whose gay love affair ended with betrayal and prison?
Apako Williams (Photo courtesy of Kuchu Times)
USAID cuts push Uganda’s trans community to the brink
Gaëlle (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Trans man on the run from Cameroon to Dubai to Ukraine, still seeking dignity
Uganda Supreme Court moves ahead (slowly) on LGBTQI+ rights cases

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Challenge to Trinidad anti-gay law heads toward climactic ruling

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

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Europe

Gaëlle (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Trans man on the run from Cameroon to Dubai to Ukraine, still seeking dignity
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repression
Photo illustration by Reporters Without Borders
Russian court fines Apple $130,000 for ‘LGBT content’
Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)
Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary

Asia

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Sarjis Alam of the National Citizens Party (Photo courtesy of The Report)
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Middle East/North Africa

The Southwest Asia and Northern Africa (SWANA) region
LGBTQ advocacy group creates online safety guide for Middle East and North Africa
Gaëlle (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Trans man on the run from Cameroon to Dubai to Ukraine, still seeking dignity
Influencer says ‘detransition’ made her straight, male and anti-gay
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
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Americas

Illustration of Bob was created with ChatGPT and PhotoShop.

Will you help Bob, whose gay love affair ended with betrayal and prison?

With readers’ help, Project Not Alone aims to free 12 imprisoned, innocent queer Africans

Jason Jones (Photo courtesy of Daily Express)
Challenge to Trinidad anti-gay law heads toward climactic ruling
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repression
Illustration created by ChatGPT and PhotoShop, based on the description in this article.
Cameroon holding queer couple in prison. You can help.

Oceania

WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)

Whose Pride is it, anyway?

Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

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Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’