Positive steps

Saint Lucia carnival scene (Photo courtesy of Saint Lucia Tourist Authority)
St. Lucia election mirrors an increasing acceptance of island’s LGBTQ community
Word cloud showing the names (pseudonyms) of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.
Readers’ donations have freed a total of 56 victims of African homophobia
This new illustration of Sully was created with the help of ChatGPT and PhotoShop.
Imprisoned gay Nigerian goes free, thanks to readers’ donations
Illustration created by ChatGPT and PhotoShop, based on the description in this article.
Generous readers helped free two imprisoned LGBTQ truck drivers
Transgender Ghanaian artist Angel Maxine has released a new video, "Coward."
Trans Ghanaian artist releases protest song ‘Coward’
Image from Mawaleh in 2012
Supporters of LGBTQ Syrians aim to revive Mawaleh, ‘a defiant glitterbomb of resistance’
Ukrainian flag
Ukraine moves closer to enacting a law against anti-LGBTI bias
Bob doing construction work shortly after his release. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Betrayed by gay lover, then imprisoned, Bob has finally been set free
Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true
Self-portrait by Adeline Rapon (Instagram: @adelinerapon).
Martinique: Photographer Adeline Rapon celebrates Afro-Caribbean queer visibility
Shieys Chepkosgei (Photo courtesy of The Star)
Transgender Kenyans win a major court victory
Here’s how a lesbian couple regained their dignity in Cameroon
Clare Byarugaba outside Uganda House in London (Photo courtesy of Diva Magazine and Clare Byarugaba)
Meet the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist bringing visibility in a time of crisis
Q Bee Chihera-Meki, programs director of Trans and Intersex Rising Zimbabwe (Photo courtesy of IAS)
Zimbabwean government backs plan to protect rights of intersex people
From fear to freedom: A quiet rebellion on Qtalk
The 2019 Pride parade in Kyiv, Ukraine, included Western diplomats and a group of uniformed soldiers from the war with Russia-backed separatists in the east. (Photo courtesy of DW)
Ukraine government introduces bill to combat anti-LGBT discrimination, hate speech