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MPs urge government to help LGBTQ+ Ugandans fleeing ‘horrific’ anti-homosexuality bill

Mar 24
4 min read

Africa

Karine Jean-Pierre in the White House press room.

White House suggests Uganda could face sanctions if ‘extreme’ LGBTQ+ ban bill becomes law

Mar 23
2 min read

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni standing at a lecturn

Africa

UN urges Ugandan president to block ‘disturbing’ LGBTQ+ bill that introduces death penalty

Mar 23
2 min read

Police officer in front of Egyptian flag

World

Grindr sends every user in Egypt warning about police tricking and arresting queer men

Mar 23
2 min read

Uganda president Yoweri Museveni, pictured.

Africa

Uganda passes horrifying bill making LGBTQ+ lives illegal and punishable with jail time

Mar 22
1 min read

Africa

Uganda considers bill to outlaw identifying as LGBTQ+ – because ban on sex doesn’t go far enough

Mar 09
3 min read

A person writes "52 Gay men in prison in Egypt" on a red sign for a protest in Egypt against the detention of LGBTQ+ people.

News

Police using apps to lure, arrest and abuse LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Feb 22
3 min read

Collage of photos of Simon

History

Simon Nkoli: Revolutionary South African gay activist who fought apartheid and HIV stigma

Feb 10
4 min read

Africa

Edwin Chiloba

Edwin Chiloba: Friend denies murder of ‘loved’ Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist

Feb 09
1 min read

News

Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Chiloba

Who was Edwin Chiloba? Murdered Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist ‘spread love wherever he went’

Feb 09
3 min read

Rainbow painted park tower in Entebbe

Africa

Rainbow tower to be removed from Ugandan park after parents claimed it was ‘satanic’

Feb 04
2 min read

Laila, a trans person whose identity has been protected by masking technology, puts on makeup as she shares stories of being persecuted for being part of the LGBTQ+ community in Egypt

Film

Being LGBTQ+ in Egypt: Gang violence, death threats and police stings

Feb 02
5 min read

Queer Egypt Under Attack

Culture

This shocking new BBC doc reveals how Egyptian police hunt LGBTQ+ people on dating apps

Jan 31
1 min read

The flag of Ghana against a backdrop hued with the colours of the lesbian Pride flag

Crime

Lesbian who fled Ghana spared jail after working illegally as nurse during Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 18
4 min read

Edwin Chiloba

News

Edwin Chiloba: Murdered LGBTQ+ activist was smothered to death, official confirms

Jan 13
2 min read

An image of an Algerian flag overlaid with a Pride flag

Africa

Algerian authorities launch pathetic anti-rainbow campaign in bid to ban Pride flags

Jan 11
1 min read

Edwin Chiloba smiles at the camera while wearing round framed glasses and a dark top

Africa

Edwin Chiloba: ‘Close friend’ arrested after Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist’s body found stuffed in box

Jan 08
2 min read

Edwin Chiloba smiles at the camera while wearing round framed glasses and a dark top

News

Edwin Chiloba: LGBTQ+ activist brutally murdered and dumped in ‘metal box’ in Kenya

Jan 06
2 min read

An image designed like a postcard set in green showing a Black woman carrying a child. The image is illustrated with a stamp in the right hand side reading "PinkNews LGBTQ Refugees Welcome".

Community

Brave lesbian refugee raped by her own uncle says she’s now ‘ready to give love to the world’

Dec 15 2022
5 min read

An image of a Black man set against a red background on a postcard style with a stamp in the left top corner reading "LGBTQ Refugees Welcome".

Community

Gay asylum seeker recalls devastating moment he knew he had to flee: ‘My parents wanted to kill me’

Dec 15 2022
5 min read

An illustrated image set in orange of two women, one with her head leant against the other. In the top right hand corner is a stamp in a postcard style that reads "LGBTQ Refugees Welcome".

Community

Lesbian refugee on fleeing Zimbabwe, brave way she found acceptance and joy of finally being out

Dec 08 2022
5 min read

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wears a blue dress as she holds a copy of a book.

Trans

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie doubles down on anti-trans views

Dec 01 2022
4 min read

People walk in the streets during the Johannesburg Pride Parade on October 29, 2022 in Johannesburg.

Pride

Thousands march defiantly at Johannesburg Pride despite credible bomb threat

Oct 31 2022
2 min read

Nollywood actor Godwin Maduagu bravely comes out as gay

Africa

Nollywood actor Godwin Maduagu comes out as gay after being blackmailed over sex tape

Sep 29 2022
2 min read

Mvumisi Tshonepi, who was stabbed to death in Langa

Africa

Gay man stabbed to death by homophobic thug ‘just for being different’

Sep 29 2022
1 min read

A stock photo of children with their hands raised in a classroom, facing a teacher and a whiteboard

Education

Gay teen who died by suicide was ‘mocked by teacher over sexuality’

Aug 20 2022
1 min read

Model Louw Braytenbach posing for various Instagram photos

Law

Mr Gay World launches legal fight against winner who quit after falling out

Aug 16 2022
2 min read

Nigeria

Africa

Nigerian police investigating gay dating app scam could prosecute victims

Aug 13 2022
2 min read