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Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines
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Africa

Evan Anzoo, age 5, who died of HIV in South Sudan. (Nicholas Kristof photo courtesy of The New York TImes.)
Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m lying about the kids dying under Trump?
Advocates believe they found new allies for LGBTI rights in Cameroon
From trauma to hope: Chikezie’s healing journey on Qtalk
WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)
Whose Pride is it, anyway?

Caribbean

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash

Europe

Photo illustration by Reporters Without Borders
Russian court fines Apple $130,000 for ‘LGBT content’
Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)
Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary
10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France
Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

Asia

Evan Anzoo, age 5, who died of HIV in South Sudan. (Nicholas Kristof photo courtesy of The New York TImes.)
Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m lying about the kids dying under Trump?
WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)
Whose Pride is it, anyway?
Sarjis Alam of the National Citizens Party (Photo courtesy of The Report)
Bangladesh politician labels LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill,’ ‘cancer to society’
Report: Attacks on queer Bangladeshis have skyrocketed

Middle East/North Africa

Influencer says ‘detransition’ made her straight, male and anti-gay
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
Update: Delay of court rejection of Trump on foreign aid; possible appeal of refugee ruling
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Two courts reject Trump’s foreign aid freeze and refugee ban
Scene lasf month at famine relief program in Gaza (Hatem Khaled photo courtesy of Reuters)
Millions learn that U.S. promise to continue life-saving foreign aid was false

Americas

Evan Anzoo, age 5, who died of HIV in South Sudan. (Nicholas Kristof photo courtesy of The New York TImes.)

Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m lying about the kids dying under Trump?

Commentary seeks to pierce U.S. denial of fatal impacts of aid freeze

WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)
Whose Pride is it, anyway?
Readers’ donations set free a lesbian couple in Cameroon
This illustration of Fleur and Wanda was created using PhotoShop and ChatGPT with the descriptors "medium-round build", "slightly angry", "taller", "sad" and others.
Cameroon lesbian couple forced to remain in prison by unjust fines

Oceania

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

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Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

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Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’