UNAIDS

Opposition politician Kissa Besigye has run for president of Uganda multiple times. (Isaac Kasamani photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images/Washington Post)
Uganda: Husband of LGBTQ rights backer Byanyima arrested in Kenya
Cover illustration from the latest report on human rights abuses in Uganda.
Landlords now leading abusers of LGBTQI+ persons in Uganda
LGBTQ rights supporters celebrate decriminalization of sodomy in 2025. (Photo courtesy of @EqualNamibia on X)
Joy in Namibia as court decriminalizes gay sex
UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima says that to protect LGBTQ+ people’s health, we must protect LGBTQ+ people’s rights. (Courtesy UNAIDS/Youtube)
UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima denounces anti-LGBTQ+ laws
UgandaUganda President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda) President Yoweri Museveni signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2022, turning it into the Homosexuality Act Law 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda)
Immediate backlash after Uganda president signs cruel anti-gay bill into law
Pride Barbados 2018 declaration: "My Love Is NOT Up 4 Debate" (Photo courtesy of Pride Barbados)
Barbados High Court strikes down anti-gay laws
AIDS fighters at U.N. urge Russia to drop anti-‘gay propaganda’ law
Logo of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UN agency: Gay and trans criminalization fuels HIV / AIDS
Ugandan President Museveni hints he may not sign new anti-gay bill
U.N. agencies object to Uganda’s new anti-gay bill
Trans Ugandans cheer new UNAIDS film about tolerance
Winnie Byanyima, a Ugandan national and the global executive director of UNAIDS, is urging the United States to continue its support of Pepfar's fight against HIV / AIDS. (Photo courtesy of Eagle News)
Businesses of at-risk Ugandans will get Covid-19 aid
Cameroon activists say their goodbyes to Yves Yomb
UNAIDS chief: We must focus anti-AIDS efforts on stigmatised minorities
U.N. warning: Don’t use pandemic as excuse for anti-LGBT repression
Ugandan activists welcome new UNAIDS leader, Ugandan Winnie Byanyima