Africa

New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Anti-AIDS worker sentenced to 5 years in a Cameroon prison for homosexuality
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash
YouTube ‘humorist’ Greg Toussaint convicted of incitement to homophobia
Murder of trans woman shakes Ivory Coast
Queer Place Madagascar is one of a handful of organizations working to promote acceptance of LGBT people in the African island nation
Madagascar: Activism remains difficult due to sex and gender taboos
About 50 refugees seeking asylum in Europe died last year when this rickety boat capsized during their northward journey across the Mediterranean Sea. They were a few of at least 25,500 deaths and disappearances during such refugee crossings since 2014 according to the UN.(Photo courtesy of AP and AfricaNews)
Queer Cameroon asylum seeker dies in Mediterranean crossing
Surviving in silence: Qtalk provides guidance for trans woman in northern Nigeria
British officials meet Ugandan and Kenyan activists to target far-right homophobia
‘I don’t belong anywhere’: Intersex man in crisis finds a lifeline on Qtalk
David Kato (Photo courtesy of AP)
EU leader in Uganda pays tribute to murdered gay-rights activist David Kato
Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court, where the two SMUG activists faced assault charges, isn't always a tranquil place. This is the scene last August when the court took up the case of 36 members of Uganda's politcal opposition who were charged with terrorism.
Ugandan court dismisses assault case against LGBTQI+ activists
Two staff members of Alternatives Cameroon chat during an idle moment long before the 2024 police raid. (Photo courtesy of HumanRightsWarrior.com)
Police raid on Alternatives Cameroon leaves 1,800 HIV patients in the lurch
Astraeus O'Levin, a transgender woman living in Mombasa, Kenya, visits the the Hapa-Kenya resource centre last year in Mombasa. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
Students at Bethel Church's School of Supernatural Ministry students worship enthusiastically. (Max Whittaker photo courtesy of SFGate)
Exporting conversion therapy
In 2023, a medical clinic officer examines a transgender Ugandan patient at an anti-AIDS clinic that at the time was supported by U.S. foreign aid funds. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters)
In Uganda, AIDS-fighting drop-in centers have closed, UN reports