Africa

Winnie Byanyima with here son, Anselm Besigye. (Photo courtesy of Winnie Byanyima via X/Twitter)
UN anti-AIDS leader tells off Ugandan homophobes trolling her son online
Brenda Biya (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien)
Cameroon president’s lesbian daughter refuses to vote for him
‘No legal prescription’: How trans women in Cameroon access hormones
The world cannot afford to lose UNAIDS
Illustration from the cover of the Rightify Ghana report "Weaponising Homophobia in Ghana’s 2024 Elections".
Ghana politicians fomented anti-LGBTQ violence during election, report says
llustration by Rex Opara shows a young man wearing a red HIV awareness ribbon. In the background is shattered glass with a bright white light showing in  the cracks.
Secret health care: A way queer Nigerians get tested for HIV
Bob doing construction work shortly after his release. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Betrayed by gay lover, then imprisoned, Bob has finally been set free
Flag of Cameroon
Rape of minor reveals how unprepared Cameroon is for male-on-male crime
Ugandan police arrest serial blackmailer of LGBTQI+ people
Shieys Chepkosgei (Photo courtesy of The Star)
Transgender Kenyans win a major court victory
‘This isn’t home for me anymore’: A decade under Nigeria’s anti-gay law
Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, head of the Anglican Church of Uganda. (Photo courtesy Sexual Minorities of Uganda)
Archbishop of Uganda under fire for homophobic comments against Archbishop of Wales
Ntare School entrance gate (Photo courtesy of Monitor.co.ug)
Ugandan students escape attack by peers over homosexuality claims
Davis Mac-Iyalla (Photo courtesy of Mamba Online)
W. African human rights activists oppose Burkina Faso’s new anti-gay law
Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traore (Photo courtesy of SamePass.org)
West Africa pushes tally of nations with anti-gay laws to 65
Here’s how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon