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Meddie Ssentongo, Horst Backe, Christopher Nkambwe and Steven Kabuye appearing before a Canadian Parliamentary Committee to testify on the status of LGBTQI people in Uganda.
Canadian parliament hears plight of LGBTQI+ Ugandans
Parliament Speaker Anita Among and two supporters at Mothers Day Breakfast. (Photo courtesy of Parliament of Uganda)
U.S.-sanctioned for corruption, a Uganda leader cites anti-gay stance
President John Dramani Mahama speaks at Temple University Center for Anti-Racism on March 27. (Click the image to see video of his remarks, courtesy of Rightify Ghana)
Ghana’s president plays a double game on anti-LGBTQ bill
MP Asumani Basalirwa is the new face of homophobia in the Parliament of Uganda. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Uganda)
Anti-gay Ugandan parliament leader blames lawmaker’s defeat on his anti-gay stance
Cameroon President Paul Biya in 2024. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty)
Cameroon President Paul Biya must stop ignoring LGBTI youth
Senegal’s anti-colonial legacy turns homophobic
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How Nigeria cheers on homophobia while destroying young lives
Scene of wicker basket making (Photo: @benin_tourisme_vibrant)
West African viewpoint: Seeking jobs for LGBT+ youths in Benin
Billboard on a street in Lusaka, Zambia, celebrates the nation's mineral wealth . (Arlette Bashizi photo courtesy of The New York Times)
U.S. to halt HIV aid if Zambia won’t share mining wealth?
Illustration shows two cracked restroom symbols with a flow of blood between them. (Rex Opara illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
‘I thought I was bleeding to death’ — intersex life in Kenya
Ghana's parliament (Photo courtesy of ISSAfrica.org)
UNAIDS and faith leaders oppose anti-gay bills in Senegal and Ghana
Nnena’s story of love, betrayal, and prison
Ugandan cops in trouble over fake homosexuality charges
Arthur Schaper, the California Mass Resistance field director, speaks in opposition to a California high school's Wellness Center in 2023, claiming that it would encourage students to change their gender.(Vincent Medina photo courtesy of Norwalk Patriot)
Mass.-based U.S. ‘pro-family’ group pushed Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ+ law
Arua city official Job Richard Matua claims that the defendants will flee if they are released on bail. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Uganda: Two women yanked back into prison for kissing
Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Violence against Uganda’s LGBTQI+ community surges in new year