Africa

Secret LGBT-friendly church offers communion. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Secret LGBT-friendly church welcomes and protects Kenyan worshippers
Sheila Lumumba (Photo courtesy of BBC / WhatsOnQueerBC.com/)
Killer of Kenyan lesbian sentenced to 30 years
People visit the JAV Christmas village during a "turning on the light" event in Abuja, Nigeria in December 2022. (Afolabi Sotunde photo courtesy of Reuters)
At Christmas time, many LGBTQ+ Nigerians dread returning to homophobic relatives
Qtalk: My ex is blackmailing me. What can I do?
Jann Halexander
Gabon: LGBT people worry that post-coup government may reinstate anti-gay laws
Frank Mugisha and other human rights activists await action from the Constitutional Court. (Photo courtesy Nicholas Opiyo / X)
Is harsh Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Law constitutional? Court is about to decide
Sam George, a leader of Ghana's anti-LGBTQ partisans in parliament (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web)
Ghana parliament might prohibit people from marrying their cars
7 steps the U.S. took to counter Uganda’s cruel Anti-Homosexuality Law
Qtalk: Gay Nigerian man seeks help with pain of family rejection
APHRC works with a wide variety of research participants. (Photo courtesy of APHRC)
Uganda medical researchers ordered to report homosexuals to the government
The first PrEPVacc volunteer participant receives an injection in Uganda in 2020. (Photo courtesy of PrEPVacc)
Hope for HIV vaccine falters as Africa-led project ends vaccine trial
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
U.S. tightens restrictions on Uganda, seeking end to repression
Nicholas Opiyo, the former executive director of Chapter Four Uganda
‘Gay or not gay, Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is coming for you,’ human rights lawyer warns
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Cameroon: Two school girls lose their right to education because of a lesbian love note
Cameroon: Foes of anti-LGBTI bias organize under the banner One Advocacy Africa
Human rights advocates condemn Uganda’s ongoing homophobic violence