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Africa:
People's Pride Against a Brutal Backlash
Gender Links, 10 October 2013
The recent Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer (LGBTIAQ) marches held across Gauteng, South Africa, culminating in Pride Month came at a contentious and opportune… Read more »
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Africa:
Africa's New Colonists - Rabid, Anti-Gay, American Evangelical Christians
Daily Maverick, 16 September 2013
Opponents of gay rights in Africa often suggest that homosexuality is "un-African". But over the past few years, scholars and activists have warned with growing urgency that it is… Read more »
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Uganda:
Second Annual Gay Pride Parade Held
VOA, 4 August 2013
On Saturday, August 3, Uganda's homosexual community stepped out of the shadows in red wigs and glittering stilettos. Read more »
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Uganda:
City Dude - Dude's Stand On Homosexuality
Observer, 1 August 2013
I was struggling with a way to describe it till she came to my rescue. NTV's Patrick Kamara 'unveiled' Owobusobozi Bisaka. To his followers, he is god. His following has continued… Read more »
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Uganda:
Journalist Kadoda Comes Out on TV Show
Observer, 23 July 2013
He recently quit his NTV job for greener pastures; he left to occupy an office at the United Nations Mission in South Africa. Read more »
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Africa:
Political Cost of Defending Gay Rights in Africa
UNIRIN, 18 July 2013
US President Barack Obama's recent call for equality for gays during his Africa tour drew assurances by his Senegalese counterpart that the country was not homophobic. Yet… Read more »
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Africa:
Human Rights v Homophobia - Who Is Winning Africa's Cultural Wars
OSISA, 1 July 2013
Last October, I sat in the medieval gilt-and-velvet chamber of the House of Lords listening to an historic first-ever debate on LGBT issues in the British parliament. Read more »
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Africa:
Stop Punishing People for Their Sexual Orientation, Ugandan Bishop Says
AlertNet, 27 June 2013
Ugandans living with HIV/AIDS are being denied access to treatment and healthcare because of their sexual orientation, a Ugandan bishop who campaigns for the rights of the lesbian,… Read more »
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Africa:
African Activists Fight Homophobia
AI London, 26 June 2013
Many of his compatriots would not hesitate to say Dismus Aine Kevin is a criminal, even though he has never actually committed a crime. Read more »
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Africa:
Homophobia On the Rise Across Africa
OSISA, 25 June 2013
Few people in southern Africa would be surprised by the findings of a new report by Amnesty International on criminalising homosexuality - but that doesn't make them any less… Read more »
