Africa

Activist speaks out as Senegal’s LGBTQI community is stricken by fear
Sierra Leone queer people forced to margins of economy
Senegal’s anti-colonial legacy turns homophobic
Senegal government proposes harsh new laws against homosexuality
2024 promotion for the previous Global Black Pride in Atlanta. (Photo courtesy of GO Magazine)
Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026
Their love affair was private, but it landed 2 women in jail in Niger for ‘public indecency’
Murder of trans woman shakes Ivory Coast
Queer Place Madagascar is one of a handful of organizations working to promote acceptance of LGBT people in the African island nation
Madagascar: Activism remains difficult due to sex and gender taboos
U.S. Senator Cory Booker addresses protest in Washington, D.C., against President Trump's cuts in foreign aid and destruction of USAID. (Photo courtesy of Devex)
Beyond rallies and rhetoric, what can be done to block deadly foreign aid cuts?
Anti-HIV program in Malawi teaches patients how to protect themselves with antiretroviral medications. (Robbie Flick photo courtesy of Creative Commons license.)
American-made catastrophe: Growing toll of losses and deaths from USAID demolition
Protesters outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., demand a reversal of Trump administration moves to eliminate foreign aid and the agency that oversees it. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
A catastrophe made in the U.S.A. — the deadly foreign aid cutoff
Peter Marocco in 2019.. (Gabriel Aponte/Getty)
Here’s the Trump ally who’s destroying USAID
Woman in South Africa walks past a wall covered with ads supporting the fight against HIV/ AIDS. (Denis Farrell photo courtesy of AP / Cruxnow.com)
Fight against HIV in Africa put in jeopardy by suspension of U.S. funding
Congo activist wants to ‘De-Westernize’ the LGBT struggle
Mali: ‘LGBT+ people are just asking for security’
Cedric Pulliam in Munich (@Fabian Vogl)
Black gay men remain at the forefront of the fight against HIV