Africa

Angel Maxine (Photo courtesy of AfricanArguments.org)
Ghana: Anti-LGBTQ lawmaker wants two trans women arrested
Homeless transgender woman Yas
Cameroon: Trans woman targeted in attempted public assault
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his buddy, Relarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic Council)
Belarus adopts law against positive accounts of gay sex
Cameroon trans beauty pageant attacked on Trans Visibility Day
Ethiopian LGBTQ activist Robel Meseret Hailu. (Photo courtesy of Fatteh / Robel Hailu)
Ethiopia’s fearless gay activist chooses to keep the faith
Senegal's gendarmerie released this photo of 12 men arrested on homosexuality charges.
Wave of arrests of gay men in Senegal fuels hysteria about HIV
Four pastors who have reacted to President Mahama's comments on LGBTQ+ issues. (Photos courtesy of GhanaWeb)
Ghana president takes heat for saying anti-LGBTQ bill ‘not a priority’
National Identity Cards are required to access public services and jobs in Cameroon. (Image courtesy idcam.cm)
Cameroon won’t allow trans people to update gender on national ID
Courtroom scene in the Pikine-Guédiawaye courthouse in Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Dakar Poste)
Young man agrees to sex act for $3.57, instead gets 6 years in Senegal prison
Photo used by Marie Claire for illustrative purposes. (Photo courtesy of FreePic and Marie Claire -- Nigeria)
Nigerian feminism’s unfinished business: queer women’s safety
A young, queer Nigerian’s journey from shame to healing
Senegal: Anti-gay crackdown nets celebrities in religion, media, fashion
Uganda's Constitutional Court
Uganda Supreme Court delays action on anti-gay law
The launch of the Malawi coalition (Photo courtesy of Africa Brief)
LGBTIQ+ coalition launches in Malawi, vows to push legal reforms
Brenda Biya (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien)
Does the law apply to Cameroon president’s lesbian daughter?
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Senegal president signs harsh anti-gay bill into law