Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)
HIV and LGBTQ rights activists reeling from Trump’s barrage of executive orders
Qtalk: Despairing lesbian’s journey toward hope after forced marriage and rape
The Messamendongo crossroads in Yaounde, Cameroon. (Tontonjer photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Cameroon: Narrow escape by a trans woman
John Dramani Mahama, Ghana's new president. (Photo courtesy of Bloomberg)
Ghana’s new president says anti-LGBTQ bill not needed if schools teach family values
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba (Photo courtesy of Chimp Reports)
What to believe? Uganda’s possible next president vows to repeal Kill the Gays Law
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them. 
West African nation of Mali becomes the world’s 65th to criminalize homosexuality
Graphic from the 2020 report “Hate Speech Spreads Like Wildfire” on hate speech in social media in the Middle East and North Africa.
Facebook opens the door to more anti-LGBTQ lies and hate speech
Over the years, Uganda murals keep fighting gender-based violence
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Nigeria’s first androgynous model Prina Boo is changing the narrative
Cameroonian LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom responds to accusations against her.
‘I am not afraid’, says LGBTI rights attorney accused of financing terrorism in Cameroon
Housemate of LGBTQ+ activist sentenced to 50 years for murdering him
French groups join Africans in lawsuits against murder music singer
Human rights lawyer Alice Nkom, who founded the Association for the Defence of Homosexual Rights (ADEFHO), is seen in her office in Douala, Cameroon. (Zacharie Ngnogue photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
In a Cameroon jail, gay youth tells how police exploit homophobia to seek bribes
Illustration shows a jigsaw puzzle in the form of a transwoman. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
She was bullied — again — for attending a women-only event as a trans woman
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
BBC lists Ugandan lesbian activist among world’s 100 inspiring and influential women