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Russian court fines Apple $130,000 for ‘LGBT content’

Apple penalized for refusing to censor so-called ‘LGBT propaganda’

Activists demand Malaysian city remove anti‑LGBT billboards
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Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines

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This illustration of Fleur and Wanda was created using PhotoShop and ChatGPT with the descriptors "medium-round build", "slightly angry", "taller", "sad" and others.
Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines
We have freed 46 LGBTQ prisoners. We need help to free 12 more
Surviving in silence: Qtalk provides guidance for trans woman in northern Nigeria
‘I don’t belong anywhere’: Intersex man in crisis finds a lifeline on Qtalk

Africa

This illustration of Fleur and Wanda was created using PhotoShop and ChatGPT with the descriptors "medium-round build", "slightly angry", "taller", "sad" and others.
Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines
Illustration courtesy of LGBT Voice Tanzania / LinkedIn
From suffering LGBT Tanzanians, a ‘cry for help, demand for recognition, call to action’
Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Chris Unger photo courtesy of Zuffa / Rolling Stone)
Following U.S. aid cuts, vulnerable Ugandans are dying, providers say
Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees

Caribbean

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash

Europe

Photo illustration by Reporters Without Borders
Russian court fines Apple $130,000 for ‘LGBT content’
Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)
Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary
10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France
Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

Asia

Activists demand Malaysian city remove anti‑LGBT billboards
Nepali lesbian couple, as illustrated in the Kathmandu Post.
Lesbian couple in Nepal tried to record their marriage. Police jailed them.
Xulhaz Mannan (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
U.S. dismantles USAID memorial honoring Bangladeshi LGBTQ rights activist
Kaleidoscope Trust photo accompanying article about Botswana.
USAID cuts have dire impact on LGBTQ services in Nepal and Botswana

Middle East/North Africa

Influencer says ‘detransition’ made her straight, male and anti-gay
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
Update: Delay of court rejection of Trump on foreign aid; possible appeal of refugee ruling
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Two courts reject Trump’s foreign aid freeze and refugee ban
Scene lasf month at famine relief program in Gaza (Hatem Khaled photo courtesy of Reuters)
Millions learn that U.S. promise to continue life-saving foreign aid was false

Americas

This illustration of Fleur and Wanda was created using PhotoShop and ChatGPT with the descriptors "medium-round build", "slightly angry", "taller", "sad" and others.

Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines

Project Not Alone aims to free imprisoned queer Cameroonians by raising money for their fines

Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Chris Unger photo courtesy of Zuffa / Rolling Stone)
Following U.S. aid cuts, vulnerable Ugandans are dying, providers say
Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)
Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary
Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees

Oceania

Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

Metroweekly used this photo to illustrate its article about the Feb. 1 police raid in Indonesia (Zeferli photo courtesy of 123rf and Metroweekly)

Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’

Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections

2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia