Americas

Leïla from Secret’s Out (credit: @mytvcaraïbes)
LGBTQIA+ Kréyòl Pride to bring people together in Guadeloupe and beyond
Map of countries criminalizing homosexuality, June 2026
Homosexuality is now illegal in 66 nations
Haitian activists frustrated by diaspora groups speaking over them
USAID Cuts Protest
The costs of Trump’s USAID cuts keep rising
African and global figures by the dozens urge Senegal to talk, not enforce anti-gay law
Fighting hate on the ballot: Queer resistance in elections in 2026
Anita Among and-President Yoweri Museveni in happier times. (Photo courtesy of The Nation)
Uganda’s homophobic ex-leader of Parliament under house arrest
Ludovic Mbock (Photo courtesy of TanTV News)
Gay video-gaming champ fights U.S. plan to send him to Cameroon
Dominique X Saint-Vil is the undisputed leader of the transgender men's community in Haiti
Confronting the silence that kills transgender Haitians
Ugandan human rights defender Frank Mugisha appeals for support from allies abroad. (Photo courtesy of Twitter)
Ugandan LGBTI+ rights activist Frank Mugisha wins international award
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