Just weeks after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, the LGBT community has won another major victory. In Botswana, a country in southern Africa, high court judges ruled that laws criminalizing same-sex relations are unconstitutional and should be struck down.
Jubilant activists in the packed courtroom cheered the unanimous decision, which came a month after a setback in Kenya when a court rejected an attempt to repeal similar colonial-era laws. The ruling was welcomed enthusiastically by campaigners across the African continent, where homosexuality is illegal in most countries. In several, gay people face life imprisonment or the death penalty. Could this be the start of a wave of legalization across Africa?
