Positive steps

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake: "We are dedicated to ... create a society where everyone is treated equally." (Photo courtesy of RevealInsidew.in)
The stage is set for Sri Lanka to repeal its anti-homosexuality law
Newly liberated from prison, Ben poses for a photo without revealing his face. (Photo by Mike Daemon)
How a Nigerian man survived the harrowing experience of jail for being gay
Online image for petition seeking help for Charles Mwangi. (Click the image to see the appeal and the petition.)
Relief for bisexual Kenyan facing deportation from Canada
Uganda LGBTI activist honored by Canadian refugee organization
Campus ‘Love House’ is a safe space for queer Nigerian students
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
Pope meets African activists, supports their struggle for LGBTIQ rights
A panel discussion during the SOS Solidarity launch celebration focused on the impact of a new Cameroonian law that prohibits broadcasts that show "deviant practices."
Cameroon’s SOS Solidarity launches sexual health and legal services project
Brenda Biya: (Olivier Corsan photo courtesy of Le Parisien)
Cameroon’s lesbian First Daughter: ‘Let my story change the law’
Brenda Biya published this photo of her kissing Layyons Valença (@Laoncita) on Instagram.
Will Cameroon repeal anti-LGBT law after First Daughter came out as a lesbian?
Online drama series highlights the realities of LGBT Nigerians
Two lesbian women from Ebolowa, Cameroon, were released from prison through the efforts of Project Not Alone.
Cameroon: Readers’ donations free 3 innocent lesbians from prison
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them. 
In a reversal, homosexuality is now illegal in 65 nations
Members of the LGBT community marched in Kyiv Pride on Sunday, June 16. (Photo courtesy of EPA-EFE)
Kyiv Pride returns for the first time since Russian invasion
Martinique : Christian lesbian finds growing acceptance
Lexxicon and the gay-friendly transformation of Caribbean dancehall music
Carelle and Garal prepare an activity for children.
Two therapists turn to voodoo roots for the benefit of LGBT+ Haitians