The European Parliament this week voted for a report which will outline its input in the global future development policy, which includes a strong commitment to protect LGBT people, and those living with HIV. In 2000 the UN adopted the Millennium Declaration, specifying concrete targets to be reached by 2015: the Millennium Development Goals. The report that was adopted on … Read More
BREAKING: LGBTI Ugandans launch Bombastic Magazine as a Christmas present
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22/DECEMBER/2014 Bombastic Magazine Press ReleaseView Online EditionDownload Now (PDF – 7 MB) Uganda’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) community launches Bombastic Magazine, the symbol of our ‘Reclaiming the Media’ Campaign today. Bombastic Magazine is a compilation of stories, testimonies and opinions by LGBTI Ugandans. The objective of this campaign is to end violence against lesbian, … Read More
ZAMBIA: A Familiar View from the Recent Past in Zambia as Regards the LGBTI Community
It is an all familiar situation where more than 75% of African countries’ laws and/or people’s attitudes prohibit, frown upon and criminalise same-sex relations and activity – Zambia not excluded. Despite the common denial trend in many African countries about the existence of gays and lesbians, the fact remains that they exist and remain part of the victimised and marginalised … Read More
UGANDA: When Love Becomes Harder than You Bargained for.
She was my first best friend and while we have now grown apart due to circumstances (read growing up and responsibilities); she remains a very special part of my life. Everything I know about friendship, she taught me. Her name is Crystal (not real name) and we were inseparable. We met when I was about 14 and she was 17. … Read More
KENYA: Let Me Introduce Myself.
I’m George Barasa (Jojibaro)24, openly HIV+Gay artist and activist based in Nairobi Kenya. Being a KUCHU a’ve had to go through what I can only term as “full gay cycle” I’ve gone through rejection from family and friends, outed by the media, dropped out of school and self educating myself, laid off at work, my house vandalised and vacated without … Read More
EGYPT:المبادرة المصرية تستنكر انتهاك حرمة الحياة الخاصة وتطالب بتوفير محاكمة عادلة للمتهمين
الحريات المدنية السبت 20 ديسمبر 2014 انتقدت المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية اليوم الملابسات والظروف الإجراءات المتعلقة بقيام إدارة مكافحة جرائم الآداب العامة في السابع من ديسمبر 2014 بإلقاء القبض على ٢٦ شخصًا داخل أحد الحمَّامات العامة في حي رمسيس بالقاهرة بتهمة ممارسة “الشذوذ” ودعت الى محاكمة عادلة في القضية التي يبدأ نظرها في أحد محاكم القاهرة غدًا الأحد. وبينما يمثل … Read More
IMMIGRATION: Life not easy for those who choose to seek asylum abroad.
When I left Uganda in February of 2014, for a speaking engagement in one of the most progressive states in the USA and home to Scott Lively the American Evangelical who sowed seeds of hate in Uganda, I didn’t know what was a two week visit was to become an indefinite stay. Today am protected by the US Government after … Read More
CAMEROON: Living in Africa as an LGBT person.
By Michael.S Africa was considered to be a dark continent by the early explorers and the missionaries; this was because of the skin colors of its occupants and the cultural practices which were considered inhuman and rigid (some). In Africa culture and beliefs come first and this has been the cause of misery to millions of people living in gay … Read More
IRELAND: Amnesty Disappointed with Ireland’s New Trans Bill
Amnesty International is calling the current draft of a promised and now-delivered gender-recognition bill in Ireland a missed opportunity to truly affirm the genders and human rights of trans Irish people, reports Pink News. “This is a missed opportunity to enshrine the rights of all transgender people in Irish law,” Denis Krivosheev of Amnesty told the U.K.-based news site. “This bill will … Read More
‘Words Of Hope’ Campaign Provides Support For LGBT Survivors Of Prison Rape Through Letter Writing
“Words of Hope” is a campaign spearheaded by Just Detention International that aims to remind survivors of prison rape that they are not alone or forgotten. Contributing to “Words of Hope” is easy — and completely virtual. The Huffington Post chatted with Just Detention International Communication Director Jesse Lerner-Kinglake about “Words of Hope” this week about why this project is … Read More