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Raymond Suttner
2010-02-05, Issue 468
At the moment Jon Qwelane is in the middle of controversy for being appointed Ambassador to Uganda. Before focusing on the present, let us rewind to the 1980s when Qwelane was a reporter for the Star. At that time a fake priest, Ebenezer Maqina, purp...
Uganda: Gay bill 'will be changed'
2010-02-05, Issue 468
Uganda's controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill is likely to be changed, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem. However, he did not give details of how he thought the final bill would be different to the current proposals....
Zimbabwe: UNDP study targets sexual minorities
2010-02-05, Issue 468
Rights of Zimbabwean sexual minorities to HIV treatment and prevention could see light as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently coordinating a study that will characterise sexual minorities, their association to HIV and identif...
Kenya: Living in the shadows
2010-02-05, Issue 468
A documentary reflecting the issues of ‘Being gay in Kenya’ is in the pipeline and with it, producers say they want to break the myth that gays and lesbians do not exist in the country, as believed by some members of society. Comprising of first hand...
Malawi: Constitutional court to decide fate of detained gay couple
2010-02-05, Issue 468
All eyes are on the February 5 court appearance of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, where the Malawian constitutional court is expected to consider the legality of the country’s anti-gay laws and the validity of their prosecution. Meanwhile ga...
Uganda: Kill the gays or kill the bill?
A Compilation by the Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law
2010-01-28, Issue 467
This is compilation by the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law of recent articles, opinions and press statements related to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before Uganda's Parliament....
Uganda: Bill 'latest chapter in long story of fight and flight for LGBT protection'
2010-01-28, Issue 467
From the opinion pages of the world's most influential newspapers to the hallways of high schools in Oregon and beyond, globally people are taking a fresh look at an old problem - the persistent and pervasive discrimination faced by the world's lesbi...
Southern Africa: Condemnation of Malawi's discriminatory laws
2010-01-29, Issue 467
Civil society organisations have expressed strong opposition to the imprisonment of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a gay couple, in Malawi. More than 40 African civil society organisations have called for the immediate release of this couple...
Global: Urgency Required: Gay and lesbianrights are human rights
2010-01-29, Issue 467
The book Urgency Required focuses on urgent issues of gay and lesbian liberation, taking a historical perspective and reflecting worldwide geographic diversity. Employing the term ‘LGBT-persons’, the acronym used for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transg...
Ethiopia: Conference to tackle sexuality
2010-01-29, Issue 467
Gender based violence, sexual orientation, gender equality and sexuality of people living with HIV/AIDS will be issues discussed at the upcoming Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, 8-12 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This fourth confer...
Kenya: Gays embrace inclusive Aids plan
2010-01-29, Issue 467
Gay rights groups are pleased with the third National Aids Stategic Plan by the National Aids Control Council (NACC), which caters for men who have sex with men (MSM) as most at risk populations, launched by Prime Minister Raila Odinga on 12 January ...
Uganda: Anti-gay bill may change, says MP Bahati
2010-01-22, Issue 466
A Ugandan MP who proposed introducing the death penalty for some gay people has told a newspaper he is willing to change his draft legislation. In an interview with the Daily Monitor, David Bahati said he had talked to the cabinet about the bill and ...
Uganda: One-million march for anti-gay draft law
2010-01-22, Issue 466
A Ugandan preacher said on Friday he planned a “million-man” march to support an anti-gay draft law which the United Nations top human rights official called “blatantly discriminatory”....
South Africa: Withdraw Qwelane's appointment - Gey rights groups
2010-01-22, Issue 466
While lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) groups are up in arms against the alleged appointment of controversial columnist John Qwelane as South African ambassador to Uganda, the Department of International Relations and Cooperat...
Africa: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer
2010-01-22, Issue 466
More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response....
Uganda: President Museveni wary of anti-gay bill
2010-01-15, Issue 465
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from a bill proposing execution for some gay people. He stressed that the MP who proposed the bill, who is a member of the ruling party, did so as an individual and was not following government ...
Malawi: Drop charges against same-sex couple
2010-01-15, Issue 465
Malawi's government should drop all criminal charges against a same-sex couple who are facing up to 14 years in prison, Human Rights Watch has said in a letter to high-level justice and home affairs officials....
North Africa: Egypt jails two journalists over homosexuality claims
2010-01-15, Issue 465
An Egyptian court has sentenced two journalists to one year in prison after finding them guilty of printing a report in their newspaper about the alleged homosexuality of three celebrities....
Uganda: Pastor plans "million-man" anti-gay march
2010-01-15, Issue 465
A Ugandan preacher with close ties to U.S. evangelicals and President Yoweri Museveni's family said on Friday he planned to organise a "million-man" march in February to support a proposed anti-gay law in parliament....
Swaziland: Lesbian murder condemned
2010-01-15, Issue 465
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has accused the media and the public of ‘trying and convicting’ Thulani Rudd, accused of murdering the woman she was engaged to, before the investigation has even been completed....
Uganda: The strange geometry of an anti-gay rumpus
2010-01-08, Issue 464
Uganda is making global headlines again, this time with a proposed law to execute citizens found guilty of ‘aggravated homosexuality.’Nick young explores the broader gender implications....
Southern Africa: Homophobia heightens in Swaziland
2010-01-08, Issue 464
On the 29th of December 2009 a lesbian woman and human rights activist, Thuli Rudd, also known as Thulani, was arrested on her way back home in Swaziland at the border from South Africa. She was charged with the murder of her partner, the late Pitsen...
Uganda: Minister says gay death penalty 'unnecessary'
2010-01-08, Issue 464
A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is "not necessary"....
Malawi: Defenders of gay couple arrested
2010-01-08, Issue 464
Three human rights workers involved in the defense of the famous Malawi gay couple have been arrested, according to a release from the UK-based Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) equality group, OutRage! The couple are in police custody an...
Africa: More gay Africans seek asylum abroad
2009-12-18, Issue 462
The number of successful applications for gay asylum seekers in France is about 15% above average of successful applications in the general population but, an organisation in the country that helps persecuted people with asylum, says it processes abo...
South Africa: Night clubs urged to facilitate safe sex during 2010
2009-12-18, Issue 462
As the 2010 Soccer World Cup approaches, expected to bring an influx of gay tourists to South Africa, Health4Men, a health centre for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Soweto has urged entertainment venues in all cities to promote responsible sex am...
Southern Africa: Violence against lesbians, gays, bi- and trans-sexuals
Vicci Tallis
2009-12-09, Issue 461
Homophobia, hate crimes, and the fear of violence, are part of the daily experience of gay men, lesbian and bi women and trans diverse communities in Southern Africa....
Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009
Pan Africa ILGA statement
2009-12-11, Issue 461
On behalf of the Pan Africa ILGA part of the global Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). We write to express our concern about THE UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL, NO 18, 2009....
Gambia: President roars at gays
2009-12-11, Issue 461
Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, is once again on the offensive against homosexuality, describing the practice as an act of 'indecency' which has no place in the country's military....
Global: GLBTIQ issues make inroads at Commonwealth Summit
2009-12-04, Issue 460
For the first time at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, at CHOGM in Trinidad & Tobago, there was significant representation of GLBTQ (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer) activists among civil society participants, and a concerted effort...
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