Africa

Logo of ICASA 2017, the International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa.
Interfaith activists seek stronger role in fighting AIDS
Ivory Coast: Anti-gay vandals hit anti-AIDS conference
Police raid Queer Kampala International Film Festival (Photo courtesy of Queer KIFF via Gay Star News)
Police raid shuts down Ugandan LGBT film festival
Rural communities in Uganda unfortunately aren't the only places where residents' uninformed fears and hatred of their LGBTI neighbors leads to the type of human rights violations frequently called "mob justice." (Artwork courtesy of Vincent Kyabayinze)
'Mob justice': Ugandan artist’s appeal for human rights
A hidden face of HIV in Africa. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)
Secrecy, depression, glimmers of hope: HIV+ life in Nigeria
Kakuma refugees gain supporters, need more help
Location of Nigeria in Africa
Not bisexual enough: Nigerian faces deportation from Sweden
Novel explores cruelty of Gambia's anti-LGBTQ laws
Working to boost African rights advocacy in words and pictures
Entrance way to the University of Ado Ekiti in southwest Nigeria (Photo courtey of Facebook)
Nigerian police arrest campus leader of secret men’s group
Rainbow-colored hand print accompanies the "Pride Dairies" podcast episode about religion and sexuality.
‘Pride Diaries’ podcasts explore lives of gay Nigerians
Nollywood gay film starts well, even sex scenes, but then…
(Photo courtesy of United Hindu Congress of Canada)
Anti-gay blackmail in Nigeria: ‘I was forced to cooperate'
Burundi announces ‘official hunt’ for LGBTI people
Kakuma Camp food distribution site
Food shortages, violence still plague LGBTI refugees
Olumide Makanjuola (Photo courtesy of GLAAD)
Nigerian activist: Being gay is beyond sex