When I read Africa I assumed they would be hosting it in South Africa which would be a much better choice for LGBT. Pretty much every other country would be a bad choice.

Note that for a lot of people (me included), Africa is a social and legal black box and that is a major cause of concern for such issues (justified or not). Some countries have unreliable courts and/or people/tribal justice on the street is common, other are more modern, and except for a few specific countries I don't know which ones falls into which group.

(what I'm saying is, you're more scared of the unknown, and the various countries of Africa is much less known by the average hn'er than the american system)

I’m afraid I was misunderstood. I didn’t intend to minimize the threat to LGBT people in Ethiopia. I meant to point out that the threat is also still potentially just around the corner in many places.

Those laws have been overturned. That they’re still on the books means nothing.

That’s precisely the Supreme Court case I was referring to. The fact that the laws are still on the books in many states is certainly an indicator the priority those state governments give to protecting LGBT rights.

It means nothing. Repealing those laws would be a nice symbolic gesture but it’s also a waste of time. It’s normal to leave overturned laws on the books.

Source?