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Africa

Senegal demands cancellation of LGBTQ event

World Bank President Ajay Banga (left) and Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Pepe Onziema (right)

World Bank defends decision to resume funding to Uganda

This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.

Sully was attacked because he’s gay. Police in Nigeria arrested him, not the attackers.

Winnie Byanyima, a Ugandan national and the global executive director of UNAIDS, is urging the United States to continue its support of Pepfar's fight against HIV / AIDS. (Photo courtesy of Eagle News)

UNAIDS chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by U.S. cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Caribbean

Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean

Jason Jones (Photo courtesy of Daily Express)

Challenge to Trinidad anti-gay law heads toward climactic ruling

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

Europe

Senegal demands cancellation of LGBTQ event

In mid-June, Kyiv saw the first Equality March since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022. More than 1,500 people joined. (Anastasiia Shepielieva photo courtesy of DW)

LGBTQ+ soldiers fight for Ukraine and for respect

Employee of the LGBT bar Pace in custody in Russia. (Alexander Klimov photo courtesy of Ural56.ru)

Toll of Russia’s LGBT ‘extremism’ prosecutions: 101 convictions

Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Asia

Winnie Byanyima, a Ugandan national and the global executive director of UNAIDS, is urging the United States to continue its support of Pepfar's fight against HIV / AIDS. (Photo courtesy of Eagle News)

UNAIDS chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by U.S. cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Employee of the LGBT bar Pace in custody in Russia. (Alexander Klimov photo courtesy of Ural56.ru)

Toll of Russia’s LGBT ‘extremism’ prosecutions: 101 convictions

Bangladesh third-gender person suffers arson attack

Lesbian couple in India can form a family, judge rules

Middle East/North Africa

Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Article 230 of the Tunisian penal code provides for up to three years in prison for same-sex intimacy. (Illustration courtesy of HRW)

Queer people suffer double punishment in Tunisian prisons

The Southwest Asia and Northern Africa (SWANA) region

LGBTQ advocacy group creates online safety guide for Middle East and North Africa

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Americas

Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean

New penal code allows anti-LGBT+ discrimination without penalty

This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.

Sully was attacked because he’s gay. Police in Nigeria arrested him, not the attackers.

Winnie Byanyima, a Ugandan national and the global executive director of UNAIDS, is urging the United States to continue its support of Pepfar's fight against HIV / AIDS. (Photo courtesy of Eagle News)

UNAIDS chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by U.S. cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Oceania

Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Pride marcher in New Zealand poses with the flag of the tiny island nation Niue. (Claire-Eastham-Farrelly photo courtesy of NZTV)

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