Africa

Protest in South Africa in April 2023 against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act (Themba Hadebe photo courtesy of AP / Lapresse)
First Ugandan who faced death penalty for gay sex is out on bail
Seychelles beach
Formerly an anti-gay haven, Seychelles becomes a protector of its LGBTQ citizens
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Newly liberated from prison, Ben poses for a photo without revealing his face. (Photo by Mike Daemon)
How a Nigerian man survived the harrowing experience of jail for being gay
Joy Ruth Aceng (Photo courtesy of Pulse Uganda)
Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Open letter urges World Bank not to resume lending in Uganda
Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe (Photo courtesy of New Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe: Dispute about money and infidelity leads to sodomy arrest
A crossdresser in a village in Northern Nigeria. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
Yan Daudu: Traditional femme man confronts Nigeria’s modern homophobia
Anti-LGBTQ sign online.
Ivory Coast: Human rights defenders seek to block wave of anti-LGBT hatred
Online image for petition seeking help for Charles Mwangi. (Click the image to see the appeal and the petition.)
Relief for bisexual Kenyan facing deportation from Canada
Cameroon: Church choir member suspended for a same-sex embrace
Uganda LGBTI activist honored by Canadian refugee organization
Jim Spire Ssentongo
Uganda Police accused of raping male prisoners
Campus ‘Love House’ is a safe space for queer Nigerian students
Qtalk: Gay hookup threatened to become a death trap
QTalk: Nigerian pastor fights for identity after church rejection