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Africa

Queer couple’s ‘love-bomb’ campaign sparks backlash in Ghana
‘We don’t rent to people like you’: A trans woman’s search for a home in Nigeria
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Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country
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U.S. aid cuts eliminate the prospect of defeating H.I.V. / AIDS soon

Caribbean

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Challenge to Trinidad anti-gay law heads toward climactic ruling

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

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

Europe

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Trans man on the run from Cameroon to Dubai to Ukraine, still seeking dignity
World Bank President Ajay Banga (Photo courtesy of AP)
World Bank ends Ugandan loan ban that sought to end LGBTQ repression
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Russian court fines Apple $130,000 for ‘LGBT content’

Asia

Lesbian couple in India can form a family, judge rules
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In Bangladesh, third-gender citizen hospitalized after armed attack
Evan Anzoo, age 5, who died of HIV in South Sudan. (Nicholas Kristof photo courtesy of The New York TImes.)
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Middle East/North Africa

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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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Trans man on the run from Cameroon to Dubai to Ukraine, still seeking dignity

Americas

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U.S. aid cuts eliminate the prospect of defeating H.I.V. / AIDS soon
Western anti-LGBTQ groups exert growing influence in Africa
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Oceania

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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

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