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Feds shift focus to safety, one year into Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan
Marci Ien, minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth, says with rise in anti-trans hate, the government has the potential to “save lives”
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Fola Francis makes history as the first trans model to walk Lagos Fashion Week
Labels Cute-Saint and Fruché showcase Francis despite industry “blacklist”
Of course Isabel Okoro wants the world to end
The Toronto-based Nigerian photographer thinks we deserve better than the world we’ve inherited
The U.K. has sent over 3,000 queer refugees back to countries with homophobic laws since 2017
U.K. activists are criticizing the government for “failing to stand up” for queer people seeking asylum following the publication of a damning new report
A record number of African youth support LGBTQ+ equality, according to new survey
Thirty-eight percent of young adults in sub-Saharan Africa said they want their governments to do more for LGBTQ+ rights
These 39 countries are still criminalizing people for transmitting HIV during sex
A new report finds that more than 270 people have been arrested for HIV transmission since 2019
Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, raises LGBTQ+ issues in Africa
Xtra catches up with the out gay Liberal MP on this initiative and more
Gina Yashere’s dream was to play a best friend on a sitcom. Now she’s writing for one of TV’s most popular shows and making other people famous
How comedian Gina Yashere, once shy about being out, became a Hollywood powerhouse with a little help from “Bob ❤️ Abishola”
Edafe Okporo on writing ‘Asylum’ and finding home as a Black gay man in America
The activist and founder of Refuge America shares his inspiring story in a new memoir
LGBTQ+ refugees fear for their safety as Canada faces asylum application backlog
With more than 100,000 refugees trapped in an immigration backlog, LGBTQ+ individuals face unique challenges
Spicy erotica, crying Nazis and the Badass Trans Women of Comedy
Plus other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning March 17
Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board updates guidelines for LGBTQ2S+ claimants—but there’s more work to be done
ANALYSIS: Board members’ reliance on stereotypes and a lack of oversight can often lead to “life or death stakes” for refugees
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Senegal rejects proposed law increasing prison sentences for gay sex
The legislation would have increased sentences for same-sex intercourse from five to 10 years in prison
Gay men convicted under U.K. laws criminalizing sodomy set to be pardoned
U.K.’s anti-gay laws, which date back to colonial times, remain on the books in dozens of countries
The best and worst social media moments of 2021
Here are 10 times queer and trans people broke the internet over the past year
Global Black Pride is coming to Toronto—and it’s bigger and better than ever
“Black Pride is a political act whether we’re protesting or dancing”
As anti-LGBTQ+ crackdowns persist across Africa, these activists continue to fight
From Ghana to Uganda, LGBTQ+ people are banding together to counter homophobic and transphobic violence with resilience
A conversation about African queerness and the writing life
Ghanaian writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Canadian-Nigerian novelist Francesca Ekwuyasi talk about sex, food and their literary influences
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