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A year later: End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical condition Last year, reporting on what the U.S. anti-AIDS program PEPFAR had accomplished in Cameroon before it was defunded by the Trump administration, the U.S.

A year later: End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical condition

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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world

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Kenya court overturns ban on lesbian love story The Kenyan Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 overturned a ban on the film "Rafiki", which the Kenya Film Classification Board in 2018 had claimed promoted illegal

Kenya court overturns ban on lesbian love story

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After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay Nearly a year after the U.S. cut much of its health funding to Kenya as part of worldwide foreign aid cuts, Kenya's unpaid community health workers still

After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay

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African LBQ women face structural, state-supported violence, report says A new African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) report reveals how lesbian, bisexual, and queer women experience systematic violence that begins within families

The pattern of structural violence against African LBQ women

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Trump regime takes its anti-transgender campaign global Ramping up its anti-transgender campaign targeting U.S. citizens, the Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies to issue reports on nations that allow

Trump regime takes its anti-transgender campaign global

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Spotlight on Mauritania, where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma This article about Mauritania is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ rights in nations with anti-gay laws.

Spotlight on Mauritania, a West African nation where LGBT people hide their identities for fear of stigma

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Queer Cameroonians speak out about desire to become parents In Cameroon, having a child is perceived as a social obligation, a condition of acceptance and respectability. But for queer people, this universal desire

Queer Africans speak out about their desire to become parents

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LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview In this article, LGBTQ rights journalist Rob Salerno, an editor for Erasing 76 Crimes, completes his surveys the status of LGBTQ rights and marriage equality

LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview

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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Anti-trans hysteria mars Europe's LGBTQ gains One of a series of updates about LGBTQ rights internationally, region by region

2025 LGBTQ rights update: Anti-trans hysteria mars Europe’s LGBTQ gains

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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom One of a series of updates about LGBTQ rights internationally, region by region

2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom

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2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean One of a series of updates about LGBTQ rights internationally, region by region

2025 LGBTQ rights update: Progress and backsliding in Latin America and Caribbean

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Anti-gay police crackdown expands in Senegal Five men arrested on homosexuality charges as they prepare for a fashion show in Senegal.

Anti-gay police crackdown expands in Senegal

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Kazakhstan Senate approves ban on positive depictions of LGBTQ people A bill to ban so-called LGBTQ propaganda won approval from the Kazakhstan Senate yesterday, which sent it on to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for his

Kazakhstan Senate approves ban on positive depictions of LGBTQ people, just like in Russia and Uganda

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Uganda: Study finds religious attitudes impeding fight against HIV While Uganda has been hailed as a model in the fight against HIV/AIDS, religious and faith driven homophobic attitudes towards LGBTQI+ persons have undermined

Ugandan study finds religious attitudes impeding fight against HIV

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Marriage was a gay man's shield. Exposure forced him to start again His counselor read and waited. What followed were days of sessions that peeled back years of fear and grief. Kenechukwu had grown up knowing he was gay, but

For one gay man, marriage to a woman was his shield. Exposure forced him to start again

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Ghana Parliament welcomes anti-LGBTQ lawmakers from Uganda Ghana is close to enacting a harsh anti-LGBTQI+ law similar to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, threatening the country's long-held reputation as

Ghana Parliament welcomes homophobic lawmakers from Uganda who hope Ghana will host region-wide anti-LGBTQ conference

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Readers' donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia Donations needed: Please help us replenish funds supporting our advocacy journalism.

Readers’ donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia. Now please help us replenish funds supporting our LGBT rights advocacy journalism.

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Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers' donations Beaten unconscious by homophobic attackers in Nigeria, Sully was imprisoned because he couldn't pay a $620 bribe.

We paid $2,878 to free an innocent gay man from prison. Please donate to help replenish our funds.

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Hunting for gays, Russian police find clowns instead; raid of costume party falls flat.

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Ghana president pledges to sign repressive anti-LGBTQ bill Ghana bill calls for three years in prison for every LGBTQ person in the nation.

President of Ghana backs bill to imprison every LGBTQ citizen

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More than 70 arrested in Tunisia's anti-LGBT crackdown Tunisia has launched a campaign of arrests targeting  the nation's queer citizens.

More than 70 arrested in Tunisia’s anti-LGBT crackdown

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Generous readers helped free two imprisoned LGBTQ truck drivers They came to the attention of an Erasing 76 Crimes journalist / LGBTQ rights activist who traveled to Maroua and Bertoua prisons in the spring to deliver food

Generous readers helped free two innocent LGBTQ truck drivers from African prison

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Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026 Global Black Pride is a cultural, political, artistic, and festive event that, since 2020, has aimed to promote the legacy and visibility of Afroqueer communities, particularly those from diasporas or...

Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026

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NYC mayoral front runner under fire over backing from Uganda homophobe. 'Good luck', says ‘Kill the Gays’ leader Rebecca Kadaga to Zohran Mamdani.

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Mamdani #Kadaga #AHA #Uganda

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Russian police raid ‘kissing party‘

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Cameroon LGBT people detained amid post-election unrest The tensions following the Oct. 12 presidential election in Cameroon plunged the country into a spiral of repression. Under the guise of maintaining order,

LGBT people imprisoned amid post-election unrest in Cameroon

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Lesotho project aims to stop gender-based violence An international commission of lawyers and court officials has kicked off an initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and LGBTQI+ people in the

Women and queer people face violence and discrimination across Lesotho in southern Africa.

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Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh, 'a defiant glitterbomb of resistance' Queer Syrians have survived war, persecution, and exile. Yet their voices remain almost entirely absent from recovery efforts and public dialogue, say

Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh magazine, ‘a defiant glitterbomb of resistance’

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Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says A new report by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has revealed a significant increase in the number of cases in Uganda in which

Anti-LGBTIQ violence in Uganda continues to worsen, report says

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