Homosexual acts won't be criminalized in the African country on Monday once the new Penal Code goes into effect.



The old provisions which date back to the 1800s when the country was a Portuguese colony contained vague language "committing vices against nature" that was used to incriminate gays. The new Penal Code removes that clause.



More grey

Small steps but we're getting there

I'm sorry, but I gagged

That's great.

Progress.

This wouldnt be a huge deal elsewhere but in Africa it is

Progression

What an amazing country

This is incredibly powerful, I am speechless.

True strenght and growth, amazing

progress

That great news. Is this the first country in Africa to legalize it?

actually every country on the map in the OP except for the ones in brown, red, orange, has legalized it.

Amazing

They've had a law protecting gay employees from discrimination since 2007 so long before they became legal they already had a national law that the US can't even pass today