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Ibtissam (Betty) Lachgar wore her "Allah is lesbian shirt in in a 2022 Facebook post as an act of solidarity with two LGBTQ activists in Iran who were sentenced to death after being accused of promoting homosexuality, promoting Christianity, and communicating with media hostile to the Islamic Republic. (Photo courtesy of Ibtissam Lachgar)
Moroccan activist jailed for ‘Allah Is a Lesbian’ shirt may lose arm
Uganda releases two women arrested for kissing
Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda now leads the anti-gay church coalition Gafcon, the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans. (Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty/BBC)
Anti-gay Anglicans ease off their challenge to female archbishop
A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP)
U.S. deports lesbian asylum-seeker to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal
Ugandan police arrest 2 women for kissing in public
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters)
Uganda: Don’t see good news in latest election results
Red ribbon logo in the fight against HIV/AIDS
U.S. retreat from WHO harms global health and the HIV response
Illuatration shows Ugandan police breaking up a Pride celebration. East Africa Visual Artists used this artwork as an illustration of its article about the court ruling on the ban of the 2014 LGBTQ rights workshop.
Uganda court upholds ban on LGBTQI+ advocacy workshop
HUNGARY-LGBT-PRIDE-ANNIVERSARY
LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Uganda drops the first case brought under its Anti-Homosexuality Act
Kenya court overturns ban on lesbian love story
Kojo, who has survived two attacks after being approached on dating apps. (Carlotta Dotto photo courtesy of The Guardian)
Torture, blackmail, extortion: the dangers of queer online dating in Ghana
Nigeria: 94% of educated queer professionals are preparing to emigrate
An anti-LGBT briefing at an Indonesian air base in December 2024. (Photo courtesy of New Mandala and the Indonesian Air Force)
Indonesia’s two homophobias
Rex Opara.
Is my love queer enough for you?
New report reveals pattern of structural violence against African LBQ women