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In Angola, the law that prohibited the sexual relations of people of the same gender was extinguished this February, being a legacy from the time when the country was a colony of Portugal. The information came from Southern African LGBT activist Jean-Luc Romero-Michel in a tweet on February 9, 2021.
La loi dépénalisant l’homosexualité adoptée en #Angola en 2019 a pris effet aujourd’hui.
👉 La discrimination sur la base de l’orientation sexuelle est désormais répréhensible et même passible de prison.
Une belle avancée pour les #DroitsHumains qui en appelle d'autres 🇦🇴🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/lplesllEl5
— Jean-Luc Romero-Michel (@JeanLucRomero) February 9, 2021
“The law that decriminalizes homosexuality adopted in Angola in 2019 came into force today. Discrimination based on sexual orientation is now reprehensible and can be punished with imprisonment. A big step ahead of human rights that appeal to others” – he said.
Pages of LGBT activist groups around the world celebrated the country’s new legislation. In Kenya, activists from the Repeal 162 group posted on Twitter that they expect this to be repeated in their nation.
We are excited & join #LGBTQ persons in #Angola to celebrate the decriminalization of homosexuality. This is surely a stride that continues to encourage & motivate us to advocate for the #Repeal162 here in Kenya! Aluta Continua!
👏🏿👏🏿✊🏿✊🏿#LoveIsHuman pic.twitter.com/mHdhBvrmZU— #Repeal162 because #LoveIsHuman (@NGLHRC) February 11, 2021
“We are happy with the LGBTQ of Angola who can now celebrate the decriminalization of homosexuality. This is a big step that continues to encourage and motivate us from Repeal162 here in Kenya! The fight continues!”
The changes were approved in January 2019 after 155 lawmakers updated the penal code. However, the approval of the country’s president was only in November 2020.
There, homosexuals had their civil union approved since 2010 and the law that criminalized relations did not come into force, even if ILGA classified the practice of homosexuality as illegal in Angola. In other words, the law existed, people could (in theory) be punished for the “immoral act”, but there were no delimitations of the penalty and it had not been in force for decades.
When the removal of the law was passed in 2019, the LGBT rights expert at Humans Right Watch, Neela Ghoshal, said that such movement prohibits discrimination against this social cut: “The Government has not only decriminalized the relationship between people of the same sex, but has also prohibited discrimination. This demonstrates that it is not just passive acceptance of LGBT rights, but active protection, which is not something we have seen in many other countries. It is quite unusual. “
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