Positive steps

Gauri Sawant (Photo courtesy of India Times)
As India election nears, officials urge trans Indians to vote
Generous donors paid for this supplementary food and hygiene items which will have to last for two months for three gay prisoners in Cameroon: rice, detergent, pasta, packets of peanuts, cooking oil, sugar, anti-septic soap, bags of tomatoes, tapioca, bleach, shrimp flavor cubes, salt and toilet paper. (Photo by AJFG)
We need $50 to feed gay victims of Cameroon’s homophobia
Kenyan queer refugees win freedom; hunger strike ends
Kenyan court rejects anti-gay, anti-lesbian appeal
Meet the young Nigerian running an LGBT clothing brand
Erasing 76 Crimes blog: More than 4 million served
Nigeria: Free training in media and public speaking
LGBT Angolans demonstrate for their rights. The Angola LGBT advocacy group Iris Angola, founded in 2015 and granted government recognition in 2018, now has about 200 members. (Photo courtesy of Iris Angola)
Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
Gay-friendly cartoons outrage homophobic Indonesians
Stop hating gay people, says Nigerian actress Tonto Dikeh
Food purchased for gay Muslim prisoners in northern Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of AJSG)
Generous readers donate to feed 3 gay Muslim prisoners
LGBT Angolans demonstrate for their rights. The Angola LGBT advocacy group Iris Angola, founded in 2015 and granted government recognition in 2018, now has about 200 members. (Photo courtesy of Iris Angola)
Angola: Another African nation nixes colonial masters’ anti-gay law
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Botswana president speaks up for LGBTI rights
Pastor Omar Oliphant (Photo courtesy of Spectrum Magazine)
Minor breakthrough for Jamaica’s powerful Adventists
Stella Nyanzi remains a devoted mother as well as an outspoken political activist. (Photo courtesy of Voice of America)
Stella Nyanzi: Activist mom’s writings from prison
How to fight homophobia: A partial success story from Jamaica