Trump's executive orders on gender draw mixed reaction across Africa

FILE - Activists commiserate in Nairobi on May 24, 2019, after the Kenyan High Court upheld laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Reactions in Africa to U.S. President Donald Trump's Jan. 20, 2025, executive orders regarding LGBTQ people ranged from "excited" to defiant.

Conservatives across Africa applauded U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders Monday regarding gender and diversity, while gay rights activists and the LGBTQ community on the continent are expressing deep concern.