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Ghana Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, (Photo courtesy of Dennis Law News)

Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill

Ghana’s president won’t act on anti-LGBTQ bill until Supreme Court makes a ruling.

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Cameroon LGBTI activist benefits from leadership training at US program

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Africa

Ghana Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, (Photo courtesy of Dennis Law News)
Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill
Staff of Alternatives-Cameroon now face homosexuality charges
Hamlet Nkwain, executive director of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon (Photo courtesy of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon )
Cameroon LGBTI activist benefits from leadership training at US program
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Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award

Caribbean

Haiti: Youthful mob calls for violence against two gay students

Human rights march in Martinique in 2012, which was organized by the people who founded the LGBTQ+ rights organization Kap Caraïbe later that year.

Martinique: Dancer’s shimmy triggers town council into blocking Pride Month events

Evangelical Christians block proposed protections for LGBT Haitians

Europe

A Georgian Orthodox clergyman attends last spring's Family Purity Day in the conservative nation, which just adopted a Russian-style anti-LGBTQ law. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Georgian parliament adopts anti-LGBTQ+ law that president refused to sign
Salome Zourabichvili, president of Georgia, says she would veto anti-LGBT bill, but such a veto is likely to be overriden. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Russian-style anti-LGBTQ bill in nation of Georgia hits minor speed bump
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Billionaire and former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Europe: Georgian legislators unanimously adopt Russian-style bill to curb LGBT rights

Asia

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake: "We are dedicated to ... create a society where everyone is treated equally." (Photo courtesy of RevealInsidew.in)
The stage is set for Sri Lanka to repeal its anti-homosexuality law
Anti-LGBTQ protest in January 2024 in Bangladesh.
LGBTQI+ people face increasing violence in Bangladesh
A hijra household in Bangladesh. (Jack Taylor photo courtesy of the Telegraph)
Bangladesh: How are hijras and the LGBTQ+ community different?
Ho Chi Minh Islam (Photo courtesy of X/Twitter)
Bangladesh activist threatened with assault and death as Islamists gain clout

Middle East/North Africa

Website tracks legal rights for trans people in Middle East and North Africa
Morocco flag and rainbow flag
LGBTQ+ Moroccans endure widespread abuse: 83% were abused online
Qatar: Grindr ‘sting operation’ sees gay man arrested, deported
Supporters of Iraqi militai leader Muqtada al-Sadr burn an LGBT flag in Baghdad's Tahrir square in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Facebook via Middle East Eye)
New Iraqi law calls for prison for same-sex love, gender changes

Americas

Hamlet Nkwain, executive director of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon (Photo courtesy of Working for Our Wellbeing Cameroon )

Cameroon LGBTI activist benefits from leadership training at US program

Hamlet Nkwain is fighting discrimination in health care in Cameroon

Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Joy Ruth Aceng (Photo courtesy of Pulse Uganda)
Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy
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

Oceania

Tonga scene

Anti-gay lawyers seek to oust Tonga’s openly gay chief justice

Tupou VI, King of Tonga

Homophobic South Pacific nation of Tonga gets a gay chief justice

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