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Viktor Pylypenko, a combat medic and the first openly gay Ukrainian soldier, came out in 2018. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Both Russia and homophobia are in the crosshairs of Ukraine’s gay soldiers
The Francis Fola Ball, held recently in Lagos, Nigeria, provided a safe space for about 500 queer Nigerian party-goers. (Demola Mako photo courtesy of the BBC)
The glitter and the grit: Inside Nigeria’s queer ballroom subculture
Reporter/activist Steeves Winner (pseudonym) meets with the four newly released gay prisoners in Ebolowa. Their faces are blurred for their safety. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Project Not Alone’s donors set free 4 gay prisoners in Cameroon
Illustration for the commentary "Why backlash over Sharifa's tale makes the case for more inclusive textbooks" in The Business Standard (Illustration courtesy of The Business Standard)
Bangladesh education ministry censors story over trans character
Enioluwa Adeoluwa (Photo courtesy of Paper Magazine)
Nigerian online influencer condemns anti-LGBT violence
Goal: Boost trans leaders in a field dominated by gays and lesbians
The West fiddles while Uganda prepares a future of anti-LGBTQ horrors
Gay-obsessed Nigerian pastor denounces ‘intriguing’ homosexuality
Sheila Lumumba (Photo courtesy of BBC / WhatsOnQueerBC.com/)
Killer of Kenyan lesbian sentenced to 30 years
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Cameroon: Two school girls lose their right to education because of a lesbian love note
Uti Nwachukwu
Nigerian celebrity Uti urges women to stop bullying gay men
Cameroon: Gay man flees after enduring an exorcism for his homosexuality
Members of the Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities. (Photo courtesy of The Blade / Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities)
Eswatini rebuffs its Supreme Court, clings to anti-LGBT stance
Roger Ross Williams, director of "God Loves Uganda"
Homosexuality has always been African, but the term LGBT is new and divisive
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Cameroon: Money is tight, so LGBTI activists prepare to work smarter
Cameroon: She searches her husband’s phone and discovers he is gay