HIV responses in Africa increasingly include attention to key populations. This has helped create political space to discuss LGBTI+ issues, as well as increasing funding, especially for groups focused on men who have sex with men and trans women. Nevertheless, many LGBTI+ activists express concerns about the implications of key population thinking and funding. These include the lack of attention in HIV work to LBQ women or to health and rights issues beyond HIV, and the implications of uneven funding. The two movements also sometimes use different tactics to drive change, with key population activists often having significant skills and impressive track records at working “within the system” while LGBTI+ activists may use more adversarial, “outsider”, approaches. What lessons have been learned from each of these movements, working on their own and with each other, and why and how could they work together most effectively in the years ahead?

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