Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic’ climate

New UK envoy Lord Collins will champion LGBT+ rights globally, strengthening partnerships to tackle discrimination, violence and persecution.

Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality. An adviser to the justice minister confirmed on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday.

Actor among protesters in central London highlighting laws in 29 countries where same-sex relationships remain illegal

UK to serve as host nation for the European International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT+) Forum in London in May 2027.

DAKAR, April 29 (Reuters) - Fewer patients are visiting some HIV treatment centres in Senegal amid a wave of arrests targeting LGBTQ people, according to health officials and government data seen by R...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Un tribunal en Senegal ha dictado la primera condena en virtud de una nueva ley que endurece el castigo por la homosexualidad.

Rooted in colonialism, legislation backed by governments eager for popularity is obstructing real progress for queer minorities

Senegal has enacted a new law that doubles prison sentences for same-sex relations and extends penalties to those accused of promoting homosexuality. The move has drawn strong international criticism…

Maximum prison term will double from five to ten years and reported new offences against the ‘glorification’ and ‘financing’ of same-sex intimacy will be introduced

Governments must ‘accelerate action’ to eradicate discriminatory laws, says HDT

Over 500 years of outlawing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

“The petitioner (Mr Kasibante), dissatisfied and aggrieved by the conduct of the elections held on January 15, 2026 for the position of President of the Republic of Uganda, hereby challenges the...

The U.S. and other countries cut funding for LGBTQ+ rights as a global backlash spreads, but activists vow to keep up their work

HIV transmission has falsely been used as justification to maintain laws criminalising LGBT people

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Religious police have arrested 25 young people accused of organising a gay wedding in socially conservative northern Nigeria

Police detained 34 men in Surabaya, the country's second largest city, on October 19 and later paraded them publicly.

Ghana rsquo;s Parliament is set for a charged session today as ten Members of Parliament debate the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 widely known as the LGBTQ Bill .

The slashing of foreign aid and closure of HIV programmes earlier this year is continuing to impact people living with HIV, writes Nick Ferris in Nairobi, causing serious damage to long-term efforts t...

Executive Summary The 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana were marked by an unprecedented surge in anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric, hate speech, and misinformation. Political leaders and c…

Quentin, like others in Burkina Faso, fears a new anti-gay law will spark a "witch hunt" against the already at-risk LGBTQ community, which has been forced even further underground."People will feel i...

Two men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the "crime" of being gay.

LGBTI Community Up in Arms Over Alleged Homophobic Murders   Two sexual rights groups have turned on the government for “structural lack of support” for sexual minorities and survivors of GBV after tw...

We use the law to defend the human rights of LGBT people globally

The ruling issued 29 July overturns laws of the Criminal Code 2004 that criminalised acts of “buggery” and “gross indecency"

Country’s High Court strikes down law criminalising same-sex intimacy

Tunisian authorities arrested 14 LGBTQ people under Article 230, sparking outrage over abuse and calls to end the crackdown on gender and sexual identities.

The U.N. and the Dutch foreign ministry said on Friday they had cancelled an LGBTQ-themed event in Senegal after the West African nation warned of repercussions for organisers and voiced opposition to all "promotion of the LGBTQI phenomenon".

Pan-African Conference on Family Values took place in Nairobi in May