Positive steps

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
House of Colours uses fashion to rewrite anti-LGBT stereotypes
Generous readers help two trans Nigerians avoid 7 years in prison
Preparing to celebrate Pride in a meal at the Zambian Transit Camp. (Photo courtesy of the African Human Rights Coalition)
LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously
YouTube deletes popular channel of loud-mouthed French homophobe
Engaging U.S. Embassies: A guide for LGBTQI+ human rights defenders
Scene from Canada Pride (Photo courtesy of HousingAnywhere.com)
Canada turns to Rainbow Railroad to rescue LGBTQ refugees worldwide
Cameroon: U.S. ambassador tours LGBTI safe house