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Children at Nikivale Refugee Settlement in southwest Uganda.

Refugee camp in Uganda plagued with anti-LGBT violence

Homophobes target LGBTQI refugees in Nakivale settlement in Uganda

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New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Anti-AIDS worker sentenced to 5 years in a Cameroon prison for homosexuality

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LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
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‘I don’t belong anywhere’: Intersex man in crisis finds a lifeline on Qtalk
Qtalk: Despairing lesbian’s journey toward hope after forced marriage and rape
Revealing the background of the Erasing 76 Crimes news site and its editor

Africa

Children at Nikivale Refugee Settlement in southwest Uganda.
Refugee camp in Uganda plagued with anti-LGBT violence
New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Anti-AIDS worker sentenced to 5 years in a Cameroon prison for homosexuality
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash

Caribbean

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash

Martinique armed robbery verdict ignores homophobia

Europe

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France
Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia
Russia introduces ‘ideological’ visa for homophobic Westerners
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis

Asia

Scene of Khulna, Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy of the World Health Organization)
Lesbian ‘Lady Biker’ arrested and imprisoned in Bangladesh
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Bill in Georgia’s parliament would ban Pride marches and rainbow flags
Bangladesh activists demand justice after two queer men are attacked
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Prospects for reviving U.S. foreign aid grow even darker

Middle East/North Africa

Influencer says ‘detransition’ made her straight, male and anti-gay
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
Update: Delay of court rejection of Trump on foreign aid; possible appeal of refugee ruling
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Two courts reject Trump’s foreign aid freeze and refugee ban
Scene lasf month at famine relief program in Gaza (Hatem Khaled photo courtesy of Reuters)
Millions learn that U.S. promise to continue life-saving foreign aid was false

Americas

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

Activists want Guadeloupe artist’s murder music removed from streaming services

Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
Two people hold a rainbow flag. (Photo courtesy of USA Today)
Blaming LGBTQ+ people for anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is now all the rage
HIV advocates pile up hundred of mock coffins in front of the U.S. State Department. (Photo courtesy of Pink News / AFP / Getty)
Activists stack 200 coffins at U.S. state dept. to protest deadly AIDS relief cuts

Oceania

Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

Metroweekly used this photo to illustrate its article about the Feb. 1 police raid in Indonesia (Zeferli photo courtesy of 123rf and Metroweekly)

Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’

Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections

2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia