Positive steps

A Youth Day parade in 2015 in Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of achelchaikof.com)
Cameroon: A merciful principal confronts two lesbian students
Apako Williams (Photo courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Uganda’s Global Fund coordinating board gets first Transman member
PLEASE DONATE: We helped free a lesbian couple in Cameroon
Secret LGBT-friendly church offers communion. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Secret LGBT-friendly church welcomes and protects Kenyan worshippers
PLEASE DONATE: We bring hope to abused Nigerian trans women
Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa
From taboo to truth: African queer positive films are challenging stereotypes
Qtalk: The mobile app transforming LGBT lives in Nigeria
Map of the 67 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 efforts to remove them. 
Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66
Abdool Ridwan Firaas (Ryan) Ah Seek (Photo courtesy of 5plus)
African island nation Mauritius overturns anti-sodomy law
Pan-Africanism: West African gathering will push for rights of LGBT French-speakers
Haiti: ‘Cultural awareness as a tool to heal psychological wounds’
Same-sex couple Karla Eggleton and Lara Sadaraka are mothers of Kayla Pouana Ngaroa Ki Ivanui Pafuti Sadaraka-Eggelton.. Eggleton is the CEO of Destination Cook Islands. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Maule-ffinch / Pink News)
How the Cook Islands freed its LGBTQ+ community
Comment: Niger’s new leader might be better for gay rights, couldn’t be worse
A warm welcome greets LGBT+ Ukrainians at Pride march in the U.K.
Cameroon: Readers’ generous gifts have set Alan and Otto free
Arc Essentiel provides a lifeline for LGBTQ+ refugees in France