The Biden Administration’s new face toward Africa has revived a raft of priorities from the Obama years, including conditioning U.S. foreign aid on protections for gays and lesbians. On Feb. 2 President Joe Biden announced to African leaders in a virtual summit conference by zoom that the United States was “promoting” the rights of LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex) individuals. On Feb. 4 Biden told State Department employees, “America is back, Diplomacy is back,” as he indicated he would be halting or reversing a wide range of foreign policy initiatives by former President Donald Trump. An Executive Memorandum issued on Feb. 4 spelled out that undergirding his administration’s broader vision would be conditioning foreign aid on protecting the rights of LGBTQI individuals. “Agencies involved with foreign aid, assistance, and development programs should consider the impact of programs funded by the Federal Government on human rights, including the rights of …