The image of two women kissing should not be news, unless One of them is the daughter of the president of Cameroon, a country where the LGTBIQ+ community is persecuted and punished.. In a photograph, published on her Instagram account, Brenda Biya declares her love, whatever it may be, towards the woman who accompanies her in the photo.

The photograph has become an icon, a historic gesture for human rights organisations in Cameroon.This courageous and historic speech marks a turning point in the fight for human rights. and the acceptance of sexual minorities in Cameroon,” said the LGTBIQ+ organisation in the African country.

Minorities who, unlike the daughter of the President of the Republic, who resides outside the country, face prison sentences of up to 5 years for having relations with people of the same sex. “It is not about people enjoying the same rights as everyone else”said Alice Nkom, a lawyer and activist for LGBTIQ+ rights in Cameroon.

And that is precisely the criticism that is made of Brenda Bía, that her activism, intentional or not, He does it from outside his country and in a privileged personal situation, as they recalled on television in 2019.

“While she is in the US living in a mansion, people have no food. People are going through this in Cameroon“, criticizes a journalist. For the moment, there is no official reaction from the Cameroonian government to this kiss that has already become history in its country.