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LGBTQ+ refugees from Uganda and other African countries walk together outside while they are living in Kenya and waving a rainbow flag

Gay
Dec 15 2023

Gay man to be deported to Uganda after refugee status rejected: ‘I’ve run out of options’

Activism
Nov 11 2023

‘What am I leaving behind?’: Queer Ugandans on the run from anti-homosexuality law speak out

A person holds up a sign reading 'No homophobia, transphobia, hate speech' during a protest against Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Africa
Sep 10 2023

EU’s continued funding of Uganda sparks backlash from LGBTQ+ campaigners

Burkina Faso flag

Africa
Sep 02 2025

Burkina Faso passes law banning homosexuality

Protestors stand next to a uniformed officer, holding red signs that read "drop the anti-gay bill."

Africa
Aug 22 2023

Four arrested at massage parlour in Uganda under new anti-homosexuality law

Africa
Aug 09 2023

World Bank cuts off finance to Uganda over ‘deeply repressive’ anti-LGBTQ+ law

President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni

News
Aug 29 2023

Uganda man faces death penalty over ‘aggravated homosexuality’ charge under anti-gay law

Africa
Oct 29 2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans in wake of Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Politics
Jul 12 2023

LGBTQ+ Democrats push for America to stop funding Uganda over anti-homosexuality law

Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni wears a suit and tie as he sits down for an interview about the country's latest attempts to attack the LGBTQ+ community via the Anti-Homosexuality Act

Africa
May 29 2023

Uganda’s president Museveni signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law: ‘How many will die?’

A person in Uganda wears an LGBTQ+ Progressive Pride flag draped around their shoulders as they hold their hands in front of them in prayer

World
Dec 01 2023

Alarming spike in arrests and prosecutions of LGBTQ+ people in 2023

Protestors stand next to a uniformed officer, holding red signs that read "drop the anti-gay bill."

US
Jun 14 2023

US officially warns LGBTQ+ people against travel to Uganda

Lady Phyll is weraing a sparkly necklace and jumper and smiling for the camera.

Activism
Dec 07 2023

Lady Phyll warns UK government ‘must go faster’ to protect LGBTQ+ lives

Drag Race UK's Elle Vosque

Exclusive
Sep 25 2025

Drag Race UK’s Elle Vosque reveals the disastrous way she hid her casting from friends

Jill Biden, wearing a yellow suit, speaks into a microphone.

US
Apr 15 2024

Trump ‘dangerous’ for the LGBTQ+ community and the US, says Jill Biden

A person looking at a blood sample under a microscope.

Health
Nov 26 2025

HIV prevention sees the worst setback in decades, UN report warns

Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Africa
Jul 18 2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court delays decision on draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Africa
May 30 2023

Uganda condemned by Joe Biden, UK government and world leaders over lethal anti-gay law

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Religion
May 08 2025

New pope Robert Prevost has expressed anti-LGBTQ+ views

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

Africa
Apr 21 2023

Uganda’s president rejects horrific anti-gay bill as it’s not extreme enough