Alice Nkom is a prominent defense lawyer in Cameroon and a campaigner for the decriminalization of same sex relationships. She took up the cause having been incensed by reports of young LGBT people being killed, persecuted and driven to suicide. "Can you tell someone not to be happy?", she asks. "After all, what are we doing on Earth, what are we looking for? To be happy -- and to be loved!" Ms. Nkom has faced down a barrage of insults and threats to defend dozens of young Cameroonians charged with gay-related offences. As she says, "This is a fight as noble as fighting for women and all the other fights. It concerns our common humanity."
