美国反LGBT团体帮助塞内加尔通过了一项更严厉的法律,将同性恋定为犯罪,引起全球卫生关切。 A U.S. anti-LGBT group helped pass a harsher Senegalese law criminalizing homosexuality, raising global health concerns.

美国"亲家庭"组织MassResistance与塞内加尔活动人士合作, 推动2025年3月通过的更严格的反LGBT法律, A U.S. "pro-family" group, MassResistance, collaborated with Senegalese activists to advance a stricter anti-LGBT law passed in March 2025, which doubles prison sentences for same-sex acts to 10 years and criminalizes the promotion of homosexuality. 认为同性恋是一种公共健康威胁, 声称特朗普政府的转变使得在国外促进LGBT权利成为可能. The group, which opposes LGBTQ+ rights and views homosexuality as a public health threat, claims the Trump administration’s shift away from promoting LGBT rights abroad has enabled such efforts. 它还与加纳推动类似立法的活动分子进行了接触。 It has also engaged with activists in Ghana pushing similar legislation. 虽然对法律通过的确切影响尚不清楚,但这是自特朗普2025年上任以来第一个已知的美国集团协助非洲成功制定反LGBT法律的案例。 While the exact influence on the law’s passage remains unclear, this marks the first known case of a U.S. group aiding a successful anti-LGBT law in Africa since Trump’s 2025 return to office. 批评者,包括卫生专家,警告法律可能会使艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病恶化,阻止弱势人口寻求护理,特别是在逮捕人数增加和公共卫生外援减少的情况下。 Critics, including health experts, warn the law may worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic by deterring vulnerable populations from seeking care, especially amid rising arrests and reduced foreign aid for public health.