Nigeria

Nnena’s story of love, betrayal, and prison
How one Nigerian woman risked everything to be herself
Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda now leads the anti-gay church coalition Gafcon, the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans. (Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty/BBC)
Anti-gay Anglicans ease off their challenge to female archbishop
A year later: End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical condition
Nigeria: 94% of educated queer professionals are preparing to emigrate
Rex Opara.
Is my love queer enough for you?
The challenge of coming out in Nigeria. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
Coming out in Nigeria is a difficult journey
Group Therapy nightclub scene in Lagos, Nigeria (Photo courtesy of Instagram)
Queer Lagosians made alté cool. Now they’re being pushed out.
Veteran LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom remains locked in a legal dispute with Cameroonian authorities who accuse her of “financing terrorism” — a charge she vehemently denies, declaring that her principled stand is in defense of the rule of law in Cameroon.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: African activists resist growing repression
Marriage was a gay man’s shield. Exposure forced him to start again
Word cloud showing the names (pseudonyms) of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.
Readers’ donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia
This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers’ donations
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.
2024 promotion for the previous Global Black Pride in Atlanta. (Photo courtesy of GO Magazine)
Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026
llustration by Rex Opara shows a young man wearing a red HIV awareness ribbon. In the background is shattered glass with a bright white light showing in  the cracks.
Secret health care: A way queer Nigerians get tested for HIV
‘This isn’t home for me anymore’: A decade under Nigeria’s anti-gay law