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Africa

Ugandan police arrest serial blackmailer of LGBTQI+ people
Shieys Chepkosgei (Photo courtesy of The Star)
Transgender Kenyans win a major court victory
‘This isn’t home for me anymore’: A decade under Nigeria’s anti-gay law
Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, head of the Anglican Church of Uganda. (Photo courtesy Sexual Minorities of Uganda)
Archbishop of Uganda under fire for homophobic comments against Archbishop of Wales

Caribbean

Whipped and held captive in Haiti: Ovide’s ordeal

Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia

ICE agents at immigration court in New York City on July 23. (Michael M. Santiago photo courtesy of Getty / MSNBC)

He fled Jamaica after surviving an anti-gay shooting. U.S. is trying to send him back.

Europe

Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group
A scene from last month's Euro-Mediterranean Summer Universities of Homosexualities (UEEH) human rights gathering in Vic-en-Bigorre, France. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
In Bangladesh, anti-gay intimidation, violence and persecution are escalating
Scene from Kharkiv Pride in Ukraine.
Homophobic groups try to disrupt Kharkiv Pride; police stop them
Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia

Asia

A scene from last month's Euro-Mediterranean Summer Universities of Homosexualities (UEEH) human rights gathering in Vic-en-Bigorre, France. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
In Bangladesh, anti-gay intimidation, violence and persecution are escalating
Sahara Chowdhury (Photo illustration courtesy of X)
Bangladesh academics protest expulsion of transgender student
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Bangladesh university students tortured, expelled over alleged sexuality
This image was used on the scammers’ website. An Xtra investigation determined it is a photo of a real event that was altered to include the name and logo of a fake charity. (Photo courtesy of Xtra)
Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada

Middle East/North Africa

Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group
Tunisian LGBTQ rights protest.
Tunisia and Malaysia arrest dozens of queer people in escalating crackdowns
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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

Americas

Whipped and held captive in Haiti: Ovide’s ordeal

Ovide suffered a homophobic ambush in Haiti

Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia
Kilmar Albrego Garcia arrives today at ICE office, where he was arrested. (Photo courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America
This image was used on the scammers’ website. An Xtra investigation determined it is a photo of a real event that was altered to include the name and logo of a fake charity. (Photo courtesy of Xtra)
Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada

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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