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Manaouda Malachielm, Cakerooj's minister of health. (Photo courtesy of Xinhuanet)
Cameroon needs new donors after US cancels HIV funds
A patient and the medical machinery keeping him alive. (Blake Farmer photo courtesy of WPLN News / Oregon Live)
Commentary: Cutting off USAID is like unplugging life support
Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N’Diaye were honoured by Spanish city A Coruña for the heroic act (Photo courtesy of A Coruña City Hall/Twitter/LGBTQ Nation)
Senegal immigrants honored for intervening to stop a gay bashing in Spain
Imam Muhsin Hendricks, South Africa's first gay imam, who was murdered Feb. 15. (Rodger Bosch photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images/ HyphenOnline)
Why was South Africa’s gay imam assassinated?
Cross-dressed attendees on the red carpet at the AJP music competition received harsh online criticism for their attire. (Photos courtesy of TRP)
Malaysian fashion influencers inflame critics by cross-dressing at music competition
Illustration of a patient standing in a hospital hallway between two doors—one marked with the male symbol and the other with the female symbol. The patient appears translucent, revealing the intersex flag painted on the wall where a door should be.
Kenya’s intersex people vs. its healthcare system
Eden Knight (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Saudi trans refugee tricked by lawyer into returning home. (Trigger warning)
Clubgoers detained by Russian security forces (Photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation)
Russia is creating a database of LGBTQ+ citizens, report says
U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a decade and a half of support for advancing the safety, equality, and inclusion of LGBTIQ people.
Report: LGBTIQ people are particularly vulnerable to U.S. aid cuts
Children helped by World Vision (Photo from the World Vision website)
Pro- and anti-LGBTQ Christian charities are gutted as Trump slashes funds
Transgender activist Shila (Photo courtesy of The Chittagong Hill Tracts)
Bangladesh trans activist brutally murdered
USAID food delivery in South Sudan (Jim Huylebroek photo courtesy of the New York Times)
U.S. diplomats: Don’t recall USAID workers; they’re needed to avoid waste and abuse
Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Chris Unger photo courtesy of Zuffa / Rolling Stone)
‘The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children’
Gay tourists pictured on the GoThaiBeFree website, which promotes gay tourism in Thailand.
Uganda’s anti-gay law has huge costs; Thailand’s equal marriage pays dividends
Anti-gay campaigner Moses Foh-Amoaning was expelled from the Association of African Albinos in 2021 for fomenting hatred. (Photo courtesy of MyJoyOnline.com)
Trump presidency encourages backer of Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill
Protesters in Red Square, Moscow, in 2013 carry a banner declaring "Homophobia is the religion of bullies". (Evgeny Feldman photo courtesy of AP)
LGBTQ+ Russians live in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say