Americas

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
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
Vincent McDoom lifts the lid on homophobia in France’s Caribbean entertainment industry
Microcredit and LGBT+ inclusion: Urgent need for innovation in economic aid
A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP)
U.S. deports lesbian asylum-seeker to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal
Red ribbon logo in the fight against HIV/AIDS
U.S. retreat from WHO harms global health and the HIV response
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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
Kenya health worker
After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group MSI Reproductive Choices. That group lost $15 million in funding the last time Trump enforced the Mexico City policy. (Samantha Reinders photo courtesy of NPR)
Trump administration to block LGBTQIA+ and DEI-related foreign aid
U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.
Trump regime takes its anti-transgender campaign global
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.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Governmental leaders of North America, clockwise from top left: Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada; Claudia Scheinbaum, president of Mexico; Donald Trump, president of the United States; and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland. (Photos courtesy of Canada, Wikipedia, Reuters and PBS)
2025 LGBTQ rights global update: In North America, one nation raged alone
Guadeloupean performer Admiral T is known for his homophobic lyrics.
Homophobic song by Guadeloupe artist Admiral T removed from streaming platforms
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Annus Horribilis: After the grim revelations of 2025, what next?
Biphobia is an issue when viewing new Guadeloupe film ‘Dream On’