Americas

Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
LGBTQ+ rights activists ask Canada to help restore what Trump devastated
Zambia: One grim example of how Trump has slashed anti-AIDS efforts
How one nonbinary Haitian activist built community through micro-credit
After Trump cuts, 20 LGBT+ organizations in Haiti had to close
Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic in 2025 and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe (Photo by @merlinjean)
In mourning and under fire, Haitians mark International Trans Visibility Day
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
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