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Red ribbon logo in the fight against HIV/AIDS
U.S. retreat from WHO harms global health and the HIV response
HUNGARY-LGBT-PRIDE-ANNIVERSARY
LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
Kenya health worker
After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group MSI Reproductive Choices. That group lost $15 million in funding the last time Trump enforced the Mexico City policy. (Samantha Reinders photo courtesy of NPR)
Trump administration to block LGBTQIA+ and DEI-related foreign aid
U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.
Trump regime takes its anti-transgender campaign global
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Governmental leaders of North America, clockwise from top left: Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada; Claudia Scheinbaum, president of Mexico; Donald Trump, president of the United States; and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland. (Photos courtesy of Canada, Wikipedia, Reuters and PBS)
2025 LGBTQ rights global update: In North America, one nation raged alone
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Annus Horribilis: After the grim revelations of 2025, what next?
Iran, captained by Alireza Jahanbakhsh (pictured), is scheduled to face Egypt in what's set to be a pride match in Seattle at the FIFA World Cup. (Etsuo Hara photo courtesy of ABC / Getty)
Iran and Egypt protest World Cup match scheduled amid Pride celebrations
This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers’ donations
Sharon Slater, president of Family Watch International, meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of X)
Anti-gay Family Watch denies ‘any role’ in Uganda’s harsh law. But it fed Uganda’s homophobia.
The new U.S. global health plan calls for assigning staff in each U.S. foreign mission whose job would be watching for disease outbreaks and responding to them within 72 hours so they would not reach the United States.
HIV services cut back in America’s new global health strategy
Photographer recording the World Health Summit.
Lawmakers from across the globe meet to fight HIV/AIDS
REFUGEE cadrrying food -kakuma Baz Ratner Reuters
Kenyan LGBTQ+ safe houses ‘overwhelmed’ as cuts hit refugee camps
Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP)
Archbishop of Uganda protests appointment of LGBTQ+ ally to lead Anglican Church
NYC mayoral front runner under fire over backing from Uganda homophobe