Americas

Haiti: Youthful mob calls for violence against two gay students
Human rights march in Martinique in 2012, which was organized by the people who founded the LGBTQ+ rights organization Kap Caraïbe later that year.
Martinique: Dancer’s shimmy triggers town council into blocking Pride Month events
Evangelical Christians block proposed protections for LGBT Haitians
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. 
In a reversal, homosexuality is now illegal in 65 nations
Guadeloupe photographer challenges assumptions about LGBTQ people and faith
Martinique : Christian lesbian finds growing acceptance
Manuel Guerrero Aviña was was released in August 2024 after being detained since February 2024 in Qatar in connection with his use of the Grindr gay dating app.
Qatar: Grindr ‘sting operation’ sees gay man arrested, deported
Legislators in ex-Soviet Georgia push for anti-LGBT law like Russia’s
Lexxicon and the gay-friendly transformation of Caribbean dancehall music
Carelle and Garal prepare an activity for children.
Two therapists turn to voodoo roots for the benefit of LGBT+ Haitians
Dominica LGBT activist says queer people still aren’t free
Kristin Moore
Sint Maarten’s first openly trans woman says attitudes are changing
Shortages of doctors and drugs bedevil LGBT+ Haitians — and everyone else
Attorney Cara Shillingford won the case for the plaintiffs. (Photo courtesy of DominicaNewsOnline)
Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law
U.S. Supreme Court in May 2022
U.S. Supreme Court laid foundation for Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ ruling
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
Ugandan court widely condemned for upholding harsh anti-LGBTQ law