Africa

A residential street in the Biteng neigborhood of Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of Expedia)
Cameroon: Gay man lured into a violent trap
Alban Bagbin, speaker of Ghana's parliament
Haste left Ghana with flawed anti-LGBTQ+ bill, Speaker admits
George Freeman Browne and Edwin Bolaji Deen together in Spain (Photo by George Freeman).
Spain: Two LGBT+ activists who fled Sierra Leone share their stories
Anti-LGBT countries get to guard human rights for the U.N.
Nighttime arrests in Senegal. SeneNews used this image to illustrate its article about the 35 arrests.
Senegal adds 35 arrests to its ongoing anti-gay repression
Trans woman Daniela Fuentes, deported to the Central African Republic, where she has no connection and doesn't speak the language. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Trump deports trans woman to African nation where she’s at risk
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Left-wing French politicians dance around Senegal’s anti-gay repression
Chris Baryomunsi, Uganda’s minister for health, the the United Nations. (Photo courtesy of Chris Baryomunsi via X)
Rights activists condemn Ugandan minister’s homophobic post
These are some of the accounts blocked as "promoters of LGBT" by Turkey, according to the Turkish Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD)
Turkiye blocks news outlets and social media in widening anti-LGBT crackdown
Edwin Bolaji Deen (left) and his partner, George Reginald Freeman Browne, in happier times. (Photo courtesy of Daybreak Newspaper)
Sierra Leone activists reach Spain, fleeing arrest and death threats
For Global Black Pride a reported 10,000+ people gathered in Paris on Sept. 12 to celebrate and also combat LGBTphobia and racism. The march through Paris followed a banner proclaiming "We the People". (Photo courtesy of Global Black Pride via Instagram)
As funding drops, Global Black Pride is accused of financial misdeeds
Woman in Mozambique (Steve Evans photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Caught between silence and visibility: LGBTQ+ life in Mozambique
Publiity photo for "Living in Colors" (Photo courtesy of Prism House Studio)
Gay Nigerian web series returns to YouTube despite government threats
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A third of LGBTQ groups say 2025’s drastic cuts will force them to close
Uganda’s ‘Not Free’ rating partly due to anti-LGBT laws
The New Bell central prison in Douala, Cameroon. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
Analysis: Cameroon’s anti-gay raids violated Cameroon’s own rules