Exclusive-US 'pro-family' group worked with Senegal activists pushing anti-LGBT law

Ababacar Mboup, president of the collective Non a l'Homosexualite (Against Homosexuality) and former coordinator and honorary president of And Samm Jikko Yi, a Senegalese network of Islamic and civil society organizations that pushed for anti-LGBT law, talks to journalists at his house in Dakar, Senegal, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

DAKAR, March 16 (Reuters) - Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign ⁠strategy and mobilization tactics with a U.S.-based "pro-family" group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters.

The U.S. group MassResistance, known for its work at ⁠home pushing legislation against same-sex marriage and denouncing "the transgender war on cultural norms", has advised like-minded African activists for years.