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Armed security guard protects Haiti's acting prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aime, center, after an event in July that marked one year since a severely outgunned Multinational Security Support Mission began trying to restore order in the capital city. (Odelyn Joseph photo courtesy of AP and NPR)
Haiti’s wary LGBT+ activists brace for first elections in 10 years
Olana Otunnu (Photo courtesy of the Daily Nation)
Will Uganda’s candidate for top UN post speak out against homophobia?
LGBTQ rights protest (Gary Ashe photo courtesy of Picture Alliance/dpa/PA Wire)
Ukraine LGBTQ people face sexual violence in Russia-occupied territories
Ethiopian market (Lesly Deksen photo courtesy of Pambazuka News)
Gay Ethiopian journalist assaulted in horrifying attack
Ibtissam (Betty) Lachgar wore her "Allah is lesbian shirt in in a 2022 Facebook post as an act of solidarity with two LGBTQ activists in Iran who were sentenced to death after being accused of promoting homosexuality, promoting Christianity, and communicating with media hostile to the Islamic Republic. (Photo courtesy of Ibtissam Lachgar)
Moroccan activist jailed for ‘Allah Is a Lesbian’ shirt may lose arm
Two Tanzanian men with rainbow flags. (Photo courtesy of LGBT Voice Tanzania)
Report shows impact of anti-LGBT laws on queer Tanzanians
The world cannot afford to lose UNAIDS
Senegal demands cancellation of LGBTQ event
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
Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng
Transgender in the U.S.? Trans people in Chile are treated better
Trans activist endures gang hell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The U.N. human rights office in Gulu, Uganda, was closed in June. (Photo courtesy of Business Insider Africa)
U.N. forced to close its Ugandan human rights offices
Europe’s Parliament seeks wider role in global fight against anti-gay laws
My Caribbean life, marred by LGBT+ racism, classism, neocolonialism and white supremacy
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends
Fighting for change in Senegal, lesbian activist sees a long, difficult road ahead