Africa: "Hard-won Gains Are Being Made"

"If all you ever read about gay people in Africa is in the western media (including gay media), you would be forgiven for thinking it's one endless horror story. This year, we've had the anti-gay riot in the Kenyan town of Mtwapa, the arrest and subsequent pardoning of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga in Malawi and, of course, the "gay executions" bill in Uganda.
Largely unnoticed amid all that has been the quickening development of gay communities and movements in many parts of Africa..."

Paul Canning, editor of LGBT Asylum News, writes for The Guardian's CiF; 'Gay Rights in Africa: now for the good news - Although times are still hard for gays and lesbians in many African countries, hard-won gains are being made'