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 […]
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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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
By country correspondent: Although the many achievements and success of the on-going and previous LGBTQI movements and organizations in the West, and Europe the LGBTQI communities in other parts such as Africa still deprived of basic human and social rights. Intolerance and discrimination towards homosexuality is especially in conservative religious countries, such as Sudan […]
The oldest biological child of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, named Shiloh and assigned female at birth, has for years been stepping out at red-carpet events and family outings with the multicultural family in sharp suits, boyish attire, and ever-shorter haircuts. Around the age of 3, the now-8-year-old informed the family that they want to […]
A Chinese psychological clinic has been ordered to pay compensation to a gay man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual, in what is believed to be China’s first case involving so-called conversion therapy. Lawyer Li Duilong said the Haidian District People’s Court in Beijing on Friday ordered the clinic to pay $560 to […]