Kenya

Astraeus O'Levin, a transgender woman living in Mombasa, Kenya, visits the the Hapa-Kenya resource centre last year in Mombasa. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
Edwin Chiloba
Edwin Chiloba, my first love
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)
UN says US aid cuts are hurting global fight against AIDS
Marchers celebrate Intersex Awareness Day (Photo courtesy of The Star of Kenya)
Intersex Kenyans seek distance from LGBTQ as they gain legal status
Illustration of a patient standing in a hospital hallway between two doors—one marked with the male symbol and the other with the female symbol. The patient appears translucent, revealing the intersex flag painted on the wall where a door should be.
Kenya’s intersex people vs. its healthcare system
A doctor at Family Health Options Kenya serves a patient. Eight years ago, the organization decided to continued its counseling services even though that meant it would lose U.S. aid and force it to cut its health-care services in half. (Photo courtesy of The Star)
Trump’s ‘gag order’ again bars doctors from giving pregnant patients the facts
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Housemate of LGBTQ+ activist sentenced to 50 years for murdering him
Ibrahim-Kabizwe-Kenya
Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada
Ashton Laurence at the Eleganza Extravaganza Ball
‘To be seen, have unabashed fun and be liberated’: A Kenyan party celebrates queer joy
Online image for petition seeking help for Charles Mwangi. (Click the image to see the appeal and the petition.)
Relief for bisexual Kenyan facing deportation from Canada
Njeri Gateru, head of legal affairs for the NGLHRC Kenyan LGBTI rights advocacy group. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
10 queer Kenyans caught in Grindr blackmail scheme fight back in court
The Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue".
Is it wrong to ask former colonial powers to help Haiti?
Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society (Max Mason-Hubers photo courtesy of IAS)
Upsurge of African anti-gay laws risks upsurge of AIDS
Roman Catholic Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Cameroon: ".'Marriage is the union between a man and a woman, and anything outside of that is witchcraft." (Photo courtesy of Vatican News)
African clergy balk as the Pope okays blessings for same-sex couples
Secret LGBT-friendly church offers communion. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Secret LGBT-friendly church welcomes and protects Kenyan worshippers