There are 32 African countries that criminalize LGBTQIA+ individuals. Legalframeworks that criminalize individuals has affected the global state of LGBTQIA+organising and networks in Africa. In South Africa, our constitutional amendmentwhich liberates the space, place and belonging of LGBTQIA+ individuals in post-apartheid South Africa, was made possible by a separate, local and smallorganisation. Small organizations which followed, showcase the nature of queeractivism - functioning as separate entities which lead to a democratic andinclusive constitution. In fact, during the healing practices that South Africaincepted in the form of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the queercommunity, was not invited to give their narratives of the homophobic violencethat is deeply entrenched in an oppressive regime such as Apartheid (Lupindo2020). The presence of the queer community would have helped in capturing thetruest picture as possible of not only the heinousness of homophobic violenceduring Apartheid by various institutions such as the church, police and schools,but the necessary resources and proactiveness needed by these institutions tocorrect South Africa's homophobic past. The promise of broader forms of queeractivism through LGBTQIA+ organisations is constrained by a prejudicial ethosthat is endorsed by a collusion of right- wing religious organisations from theWest, African states and cultural groups. This gives rise to a predominantexpression of religiosity particularly Christianity, that is inherently violent andincompatible with other decolonial humanitarian approaches with an expansiveview of black subjectivities. The continuities of homophobic treatment towardsLGBTQ individuals saw the rise of religious 'safety nets' which not only creates anopportunity for queer individuals to be free but the need for social justice andchange, which healing processes such as the TRC failed to provide for queervictims of apartheid.