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Senegal police arrest 15 LGBT people who shared a WhatsApp group

Homophobic raids in Senegal have continued since August.

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Transgender Ghanaian artist Angel Maxine has released a new video, "Coward."
Trans Ghanaian artist releases protest song ‘Coward’
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Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh, ‘a defiant glitterbomb of resistance’

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This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers’ donations
Illustration created by ChatGPT and PhotoShop, based on the description in this article.
Generous readers helped free two imprisoned LGBTQ truck drivers

Africa

The Grand Mosque of Dakar (Photo courtesy of Le Monde)
Senegal police arrest 15 LGBT people who shared a WhatsApp group
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Ten LGBTI youth arrested in Cameroon, released for small ransom
We freed four Muslim men imprisoned when their imam called them gay

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Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe (Photo by @merlinjean)

Queer Haitian migrants need support amid mass deportations

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Europe

Costume party in Tomsk, Siberia. (Photo courtesy of Novaya Gazeta Europe)
Russia’s police hunt for gays, but find clowns
Photographer recording the World Health Summit.
Lawmakers from across the globe meet to fight HIV/AIDS
As Europe’s AIDS rate climbs, LGBT+ immigrant advocates seek to boost use of PrEP
Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP)
Archbishop of Uganda protests appointment of LGBTQ+ ally to lead Anglican Church

Asia

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Mohammad Alamgir (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
Bangladesh police carry out midnight raid against LGBT rights defender
Ershad Halim (Photo courtesy of the University of Dhaka)
Gay teacher at Dhaka University pleads innocent after arrest on sex harassment charges
Costume party in Tomsk, Siberia. (Photo courtesy of Novaya Gazeta Europe)
Russia’s police hunt for gays, but find clowns

Middle East/North Africa

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Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar (Photo courtesy of Chnge.org)
Coalition demands release of Morocco LGBT activist after 100 days in prison
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More than 70 arrested in Tunisia’s anti-LGBT crackdown
Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar (Photo courtesy of Chnge.org)
Morocco upholds 30-month sentence for activist’s blasphemous T-shirt

Americas

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This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
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Sharon Slater, president of Family Watch International, meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of X)
Anti-gay Family Watch denies ‘any role’ in Uganda’s harsh law. But it fed Uganda’s homophobia.
The new U.S. global health plan calls for assigning staff in each U.S. foreign mission whose job would be watching for disease outbreaks and responding to them within 72 hours so they would not reach the United States.
HIV services cut back in America’s new global health strategy

Oceania

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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)

Niue: Tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws drops to 65

WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)

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