Enrique Anarte Lazo

Most of the political parties running in Guyana's general election next week have promised to repeal a colonial-era law that bans consensual sex between men, South America's last remaining statute that outlaws same-sex relations.

Parties contesting Guyana's Sept. 1 election that are promising to end the prohibition on gay intercourse are also pledging to go further, including support for legislation to fight discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in the workplace.

The German government's decision this month to restrict the official use of gender-neutral language has sparked a national debate, with some federal ministries rebelling and LGBTQ+ activists saying the measure is a distraction from economic problems.

From Argentina to France and the United States, the use of inclusive variations of language has become increasingly contentious as the rights of transgender and non-binary people, who do not identify as either male nor female, are rolled back.

Life changed for Giselle when she started posting videos to TikTok a year ago. In a few months, the 21-year-old Ghanaian built a following of more than 375,000 with a mix of lip-syncs, vlogs, dances and brand collaborations.

"There's nothing more meaningful than doing what you love, but then also using it as a source of income for yourself," Giselle told Context.

Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that legalised gay marriage, the White House is reversing a raft of LGBTQ+ rights and Republicans in at least six states are scrambling to ban same-sex weddings.

LGBTQ+ advocates say the right to marry a person of the same sex could be at risk, should judges vote to overturn the Supreme Court's historic 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

Proposed legislation to restrict the rights of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender in Ghana undermines all citizens' rights, a popular Ghanaian musician and LGBTQ+ ally said.

The bill, which was resubmitted to parliament in February after the former president did not sign it into law before his term ended, would toughen existing colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex relations.

Six months after U.S. President Donald Trump slashed funds for HIV prevention across the world, health advocates say decades of progress against the virus are at stake and millions of lives could be lost.

After freezing all U.S. foreign aid in January, the Trump administration issued a waiver the following month that allowed the two-decade-old President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to resume funding "life-saving" services and part of existing HIV prevention efforts.

U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts have had a severe impact on HIV prevention efforts worldwide, said health experts who feared new infections might already be surging and millions more could die of AIDS as a result.

A July report by UNAIDS said that if the Trump administration's HIV cuts remain permanent, there could be six million extra infections and four million more deaths by 2029.

Pride marches are increasingly targeted by right-wing extremists and neo-Nazi protesters in Germany, with LGBTQ+ activists blaming the rise of the far-right and anti-LGBTQ+ voices in politics.

Germany is ranked among the highest in Europe for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights by ILGA World, a worldwide federation of organisations campaigning on such issues.

Indonesia's parliament is debating a bill to ban LGBTQ+ content online which, if passed, could lead to job losses in the media and social media industries, while also restricting the community's access to specialised services such as health.

The third-largest democracy in the world is a big market for digital platforms with 143 million active social media users, more than half of its population. While LGBTQ+ visibility on social media has increased in Indonesia over the past few years, activists say digital threats are on the rise.

Spooked by President Donald Trump's crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), some corporate sponsors have shunned Pride marches across the United States this year, and European LGBTQ+ campaigners say they are also taking a hit.

Pride organisers from Greece and Bulgaria, to Estonia and Denmark told Context they had also lost financial support, at a time when LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly under attack across the continent.