Americas

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Try to grasp it: 6.3 million deaths from AIDS because of U.S. cuts
10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
Two people hold a rainbow flag. (Photo courtesy of USA Today)
Blaming LGBTQ+ people for anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is now all the rage
HIV advocates pile up hundred of mock coffins in front of the U.S. State Department. (Photo courtesy of Pink News / AFP / Getty)
Activists stack 200 coffins at U.S. state dept. to protest deadly AIDS relief cuts
Martinique armed robbery verdict ignores homophobia
How Trinidad lost the right to gay sex
Supporters of LGBT rights demonstrated in 2018 outside Trinidad's Hall of Justice. Jason Jones, who filed the original suit to overturn Trinidad's anti-gay laws, is in the center.
Tally of nations with anti-gay laws edges back up to 66
Queer Haitian migrants face uncertain future as U.S. revokes status
Astraeus O'Levin, a transgender woman living in Mombasa, Kenya, visits the the Hapa-Kenya resource centre last year in Mombasa. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
Students at Bethel Church's School of Supernatural Ministry students worship enthusiastically. (Max Whittaker photo courtesy of SFGate)
Exporting conversion therapy
In 2023, a medical clinic officer examines a transgender patient at a USAID-supported anti-AIDS clinic in Uganda. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters)
In Uganda, AIDS-fighting drop-in centers have closed, UN reports
Organization plans more social activities for Guadeloupe’s LGBT community
Haitian lesbians face dangers at home and in the U.S.
Woman in South Africa walks past a wall covered with ads supporting the fight against HIV/ AIDS. (Denis Farrell photo courtesy of AP / Cruxnow.com)
UN says US aid cuts are hurting global fight against AIDS