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APHRC works with a wide variety of research participants. (Photo courtesy of APHRC)
Uganda medical researchers ordered to report homosexuals to the government
Lesbian activist: It’s time for LGBT people to pay more attention to faith
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
U.S. tightens restrictions on Uganda, seeking end to repression
Lesbian prisoners behind bars.
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Sint Maarten MP Melissa Gumbs welcomes conference-goers.
Caribbean conference focuses on needs of LBTQ people assigned female at birth
Maurice Tomlinson (Marnie Luke photo courtesy of CBC)
Jamaican court again rejects LGBT rights; Jamaican activist bows out
A Ugandan man begs for his life at the hands of Uganda Police. (Photo courtesy of the Daily Monitor)
U.S. warns about dangers of doing business in Uganda
31 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex
Map of the 67 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 efforts to remove them. 
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations
Map of the 67 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 efforts to remove them. 
Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66
Obituary: Eric Scharf, 65, longtime LGBTQ rights advocate
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. (Photo courtesy of Parliament Magazine)
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.
Haiti: ‘Cultural awareness as a tool to heal psychological wounds’
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Guadeloupe: The challenge of bringing together the LGBT+ community