Africa

Illustration by Rex Opara shows the young musicians with soundwaves.
The queer Zimbabwean artist whose music outlived him
African asylum seekers in Toronto in 2023. (Richard Lautens photo courtesy of Toronto Star / Getty)
Canada gives Ugandans facing deportation a second chance to stay
Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth, new speaker of Uganda's parliament. (Photo courtesy of CEO East Africa)
Can LGBTQ Ugandans hope for relief from the new leader of Parliament?
Ousmane Sonko (center) was elected speaker of Senegal's National Assembly on May 26, four days after President President Bassirou ⁠⁠Diomaye Faye dismissed him as prime minister. (Photo courtesy of AFP)
Senegal amends its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage
In October 2024, anti-LGBTQ protesters demanded a ruling from the Ghana Supreme Court on the anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. The bill expired without a presidential signature. (Photo courtesy of X/Twitter)
Trump drops US support for human rights of LGBTQ Africans
‘Witch-hunt’ in Niger as military regime rounds up LGBT people
Letsweletse Motshidiemang
Meet the Botswana teacher who brought down its sodomy laws
Double your donation to set free innocent LGBT prisoners
This month's 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, held at the Ghana Parliament House.
African homophobes prep expansion of anti-LGBT conferences in 2027
Flag of the Republic of Cameroon
Mob chases LGBTQ+ rights defender from his Cameroon home
Kenyan trans rights advocate Audrey Mbugua (Photo NTV / YouTube)
Kenyan trans advocate named ‘Defender of the Month’ by Fatteh magazine
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U.S. rejects United Nations resolution against AIDS
Eswatini’s top court demands official recognition of LGBT advocacy group
Luc Agblakou, president of Hirondelle International Benin (Photo courtesy of Hirondelle International Benin)
Pride Social Forum to unite LGBTQ African activists in Benin
Ethiopian market (Lesly Deksen photo courtesy of Pambazuka News)
Gay Ethiopian journalist assaulted in horrifying attack
Muslim nations add anti-gay laws as Christian nations repeal them