There are 32 African countries that criminalize LGBTQIA+ individuals. Legal frameworks that criminalize individuals has affected the global state of LGBTQIA+ organising and networks in Africa. In South Africa, our constitutional amendment which liberates the space, place and belonging of LGBTQIA+ individuals in post-apartheid South Africa, was made possible by a separate, local and small organisation. Small organizations which followed, showcase the nature of queer activism - functioning as separate entities which lead to a democratic and inclusive constitution. In fact, during the healing practices that South Africa incepted in the form of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the queer community, was not invited to give their narratives of the homophobic violence that is deeply entrenched in an oppressive regime such as Apartheid (Lupindo 2020). The presence of the queer community would have helped in capturing the truest picture as possible of not only the heinousness of homophobic violence during Apartheid by various institutions such as the church, police and schools, but the necessary resources and proactiveness needed by these institutions to correct South Africa's homophobic past. The promise of broader forms of queer activism through LGBTQIA+ organisations is constrained by a prejudicial ethos that is endorsed by a collusion of right- wing religious organisations from the West, African states and cultural groups. This gives rise to a predominant expression of religiosity particularly Christianity, that is inherently violent and incompatible with other decolonial humanitarian approaches with an expansive view of black subjectivities. The continuities of homophobic treatment towards LGBTQ individuals saw the rise of religious 'safety nets' which not only creates an opportunity for queer individuals to be free but the need for social justice and change, which healing processes such as the TRC failed to provide for queer victims of apartheid.