Positive steps

Nigeria bans their love, but same-sex couples persist
Colors of the Transgender Legal Defense Project banner. (Image courtesy of the Transgender Legal Defense Project)
Trans activists welcome new Russian gender rules
Meet Frankie Edozien, writer of Nigeria’s first gay memoir
Trans model: ‘I fight every day to look more feminine’
Police officers trying to stop HRAPF staff and partners from participating in the sit-in. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Sit-in success: Uganda police promise armed guards
New focus on LGBTI rights journalism at St. Paul’s Foundation
Location of Tanzania in East Africa. (Map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Donors take aim at Tanzania’s ban on LGBTI health care
Pride parade in Delhi (Photo courtesy of Delhi Queer Pride via Qnews)
India is moving fast toward a ruling on anti-gay law
Tika: "I had to persevere to gain my autonomy. (Photo courtesy of Jacks Oke, published with Tika'spermission.)
Cameroon: Gay dancer shrugs off attacks, gains respect
A moment of reflection in the Camfaids shelter. (Photo by Jacks Oke used with permission of the photo subject.)
4 rooms shelter LGBTI abuse victims in Cameroon
Justice Geoffrey Nthomiwa (Photo courtesy of the Sunday Standard)
In Botswana, trans folk can get their ID cards fixed
Tunisia: LGBT online radio undaunted by 5,000 threats
Scene from "Love Is Love"
African activists’ new song promotes LGBT equality
Kurdish refugee Saleh Al-Bayati played Baba Noel this month in San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Linda Miles)
Christmas cheer: Refugees helping refugees
The Rev. Jide Macaulay (Photo by Colin Stewart)
Distributing condoms at church
Kakuma refugees gain supporters, need more help