Labels Cute-Saint and Fruché showcase Francis despite industry “blacklist”

There is reason to be hopeful, despite the country’s history of homophobia

Nigeria’s anti-gay laws continue to make the country unsafe for the LGBTQ+ community

OPINION: To vote or note to vote? What LGBTQ+ voters in Zimbabwe need to consider

The Toronto-based Nigerian photographer thinks we deserve better than the world we’ve inherited

Sexual Minorities Uganda has been forced to halt its LGBTQ+ advocacy following the decision

LGBTQ+ groups are going to court to contest arbitrary arrests and abuse in custody

Thirty-eight percent of young adults in sub-Saharan Africa said they want their governments to do more for LGBTQ+ rights

A new report finds that more than 270 people have been arrested for HIV transmission since 2019

Xtra catches up with the out gay Liberal MP on this initiative and more

The U.S. Supreme Court may be threatening to reverse progress on LGBTQ2S+ rights, but countries the world over are pushing marriage equality forward

The sentence follows reports of a gay man being executed in Iran over “sodomy” charges

Even with strict conservative laws, the queer community in Nigeria’s most populated city prepares for a week-long community celebration

The activist and founder of Refuge America shares his inspiring story in a new memoir

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim and Wapah Ezeigwe make art that pushes back against homophobic norms in Nollywood

Boris Johnson’s scheme to send “illegal” migrants to a country with noted anti-LGBTQ+ persecution has been criticized by politicians, charities and the U.N.

Activists have called on the country to repeal other anti-LGBTQ+ laws that make it more difficult to address the ongoing HIV epidemic

Issah Habib fled his home country in 2016. He is now missing

Africa

Fola Francis makes history as the first trans model to walk Lagos Fashion Week

Change is on the horizon in Kenya as a new movement to legalize homosexuality begins

LGBTQ+ Nigerians oppose a proposed bill on crossdressing, say the issue is being used as an election distraction

Why are LGBTQ+ voters being marginalized when it comes to the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe?

Of course Isabel Okoro wants the world to end

It’s a ‘witch hunt.’ Uganda’s largest LGBTQ+ group speaks out after being shut down by government

Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community fights back against bigotry

A record number of African youth support LGBTQ+ equality, according to new survey

These 39 countries are still criminalizing people for transmitting HIV during sex

Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, raises LGBTQ+ issues in Africa

10 same-sex marriage battlegrounds around the globe

Three Nigerian men will be stoned to death following homosexuality conviction

Lagos, Nigeria, prepares for the country’s first-ever Pride

Edafe Okporo on writing ‘Asylum’ and finding home as a Black gay man in America

Two Nigerian filmmakers discuss the future of queer cinema in Nollywood

LGBTQ+ advocates slam ‘deeply concerning’ U.K. plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Zimbabwe decriminalizes HIV transmission in major step forward for LGBTQ+ equality

LGBTQ+ Ghanaian refugee in Canada faces ‘cruel’ deportation after asylum claim denied