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Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by Vincent Kyabayinze, East Africa Visual Artists / EAVA Artists)
Slow pace of donations leaves 5 innocent LGBTI prisoners stuck in cells
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Your donation will help free Cam, an innocent 36-year-old gay cook
Help us free 3 women imprisoned for roles in a ‘lesbian network’
This site's activist journalists have laid the groundwork for Project Not Alone, which frees imprisoned victims of African homophobia. This illustration shows two gay men waiting for donations that will pay their fines and set them free.
We have freed 56 LGBTQ prisoners. We need help to free 8 more

Africa

Illustration depicting two of the innocent gay prisoners who can be released if readers support Project Not Alone. To DONATE, click the image. (Illustration by Vincent Kyabayinze, East Africa Visual Artists / EAVA Artists)
Slow pace of donations leaves 5 innocent LGBTI prisoners stuck in cells
Gabon President Brice Oligui Nguema in 2023. (Photo courtesy of The Cable)
Prediction: Gabon will make homosexuality a crime once again
Memorial for Dolorres on Instagram
Outrage over abuse of murdered trans woman even after her death
Alban Bagbin, the speaker of Ghana's parliament, announces the suspension of proceedings from June 3 to 6 to allow parliament members to attend the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, which will be held in the Parliamentary Chamber.
‘Imported hate’ is on the agenda for today’s African anti-gay conference

Caribbean

Haitian activists frustrated by diaspora groups speaking over them

Dominique X Saint-Vil is the undisputed leader of the transgender men's community in Haiti

Confronting the silence that kills transgender Haitians

How one nonbinary Haitian activist built community through micro-credit

Europe

African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law
Fighting hate on the ballot: Queer resistance in elections in 2026
Cameroon ‘murder music’ artist apologizes for anti-LGBTQ lyrics
Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive

Asia

Fighting hate on the ballot: Queer resistance in elections in 2026
Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
Bangladesh students expelled and jailed over alleged homosexuality
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
LGBTQ+ rights activists ask Canada to help restore what Trump devastated
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his buddy, Relarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic Council)
Belarus adopts law against positive accounts of gay sex

Middle East/North Africa

Cairo 52 Lawsuit
Egyptian court victory for trans people seeking gender transition
Two men holding hands. (Photo courtesy of Mimoun Kabdani)
Surviving hate: Gay man speaks out after street attack in Morocco
Spotlight on Mauritania, where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma
LGBTQ rights advocacy is only possible in secret in Libya. (Photo courtesy of Kuchu Times / Zoonar.com)
Spotlight on Libya, where the LGBTQ community hides in the shadows

Americas

Haitian activists frustrated by diaspora groups speaking over them

Diaspora’s activists can receive funding easily, unlike activists still in Haiti

USAID Cuts Protest
The costs of Trump’s USAID cuts keep rising
African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law
Fighting hate on the ballot: Queer resistance in elections in 2026

Oceania

Young participant at Coming Out's rally for LGBT* rights holds a sign that states "Let's Live in Peace." (Photo courtesy of Coming Out)

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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world

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