Africa

Members of Congress Mark Takano (left) and Joyce Beatty (right)
U.S. Democrats’ resolution rachets up pressure on Ugandan homophobes
Cover illustration from the latest report on human rights abuses in Uganda.
Landlords now leading abusers of LGBTQI+ persons in Uganda
Brenda Biya: (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien)
Cameroon’s lesbian First Daughter: ‘Let my story change the law’
Brenda Biya published this photo of her kissing Layyons Valença (@Laoncita) on Instagram.
Will Cameroon repeal anti-LGBT law after First Daughter came out as a lesbian?
Religious leaders carry anti-LGBTQ signs during July 2023 march against same-sex marriage in Malawi. (Photo courtesy of VOA)
Malawi court refuses to overturn anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Gay, homeless and depressed: The journey of a Nigerian man
Senegal lesbian activists fighting for visibility in a hostile nation
Online drama series highlights the realities of LGBT Nigerians
Two lesbian women from Ebolowa, Cameroon, were released from prison through the efforts of Project Not Alone.
Cameroon: Readers’ donations free 3 innocent lesbians from prison
Namibia decriminalizes sodomy
Joy in Namibia as court decriminalizes gay sex
Map of 66 countries that criminalize homosexuality
Homosexuality is now illegal in 65 nations
Enioluwa Adeoluwa (Photo courtesy of Paper Magazine)
Nigerian online influencer condemns anti-LGBT violence
Congo has no anti-gay law, but justice minister demands crackdown anyway
How a queer Nigerian fought his family’s homophobia
Ronald Agaba after being released from a Ugandan prison.
Ugandan prison a hell for gay inmates
Photo for illustrative purposes only.
Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K .