South Africa

High Court of Kenya
Commentary: Victory for trans and intersex people at Kenya High Court
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
LGBTQ+ rights activists ask Canada to help restore what Trump devastated
Ethiopian LGBTQ activist Robel Meseret Hailu. (Photo courtesy of Fatteh / Robel Hailu)
Ethiopia’s fearless gay activist chooses to keep the faith
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
‘No legal prescription’: How trans women in Cameroon access hormones
Spotlight on queer African writing and fashion
Graeme Reid, U.N. Independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. (Photo courtesy of Arcus and YouTube)
Kenya and South Africa lone African votes to support UN expert on sexual orientation
AIDS clinic in Mozambique (Photo courtesy of the UN)
Mozambique could see thousands dead from HIV due to USAID funding cuts
Queer couple’s ‘love-bomb’ campaign sparks backlash in Ghana
A vial of lenacapavir (Photo courtesy of Gilead Sciences)
U.S. aid cuts eliminate the prospect of defeating H.I.V. / AIDS soon
Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees
Queer Place Madagascar is one of a handful of organizations working to promote acceptance of LGBT people in the African island nation
Madagascar: Activism remains difficult due to sex and gender taboos
Students at Bethel Church's School of Supernatural Ministry students worship enthusiastically. (Max Whittaker photo courtesy of SFGate)
Exporting conversion therapy
Woman in South Africa walks past a wall covered with ads supporting the fight against HIV/ AIDS. (Denis Farrell photo courtesy of AP / Cruxnow.com)
UN says US aid cuts are hurting global fight against AIDS
Abandoned by the U.S., African HIV fighters must revise their strategies
Imam Muhsin Hendricks, South Africa's first gay imam, who was murdered Feb. 15. (Rodger Bosch photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images/ HyphenOnline)
Why was South Africa’s gay imam assassinated?