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Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng
Transgender in the U.S.? Trans people in Chile are treated better
Abandoned by the U.S., African HIV fighters must revise their strategies
U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of Reuters/Al Jazeera)
For Trump, ignorance about Africa is a joking matter
This Cameroonian woman is a patient at the KIDSS anti-AIDS program, which had been funded by USAID and run by Catholic Relief Services and the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of CRS)
LGBTI in Cameroon: U.S. ends anti-HIV programs, leaving only homophobic clinics
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