ETHIOPIA TO TACKLE SEXUALITY IN ALL ITS FORMS ETHIOPIA – 29 January 2010: 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. [more]
GAY KENYANS EMBRACE INCLUSIVE AIDS PLAN KENYA – 28 January 2009: 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 2010.
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GAY COUPLE FACE 14 YEARS IN MALAWI PRISON MALAWI – 25 January 2010: A new crackdown on homosexuality in parts of Africa has forced gay communities into hiding, fearing for their lives. In Malawi, two men who dared to go public with their relationship [more]
SA SOAPIE AT WAR WITH CULTURE Nelspruit - 25 January 2010: The Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania (Payco) has come under fire from human rights and gay and lesbian organisations for its statement calling for the abolishment of homosexual practices.
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OPEN CLOSET LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE – EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN JUST FUN SOUTH AFRICA – 22 January 2010: Concerned about high levels of hate crimes among gays and lesbians, particularly at places of entertainment, a group of lesbian women, has established an exclusively gay entertainment [more]
WITHDRAW QWELANE’S APPOINTMENT – GAY RIGHTS GROUPS SOUTH AFRICA – 19 January 2010: 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 Cooperation’s remains ambiguous about his appointment. [more]
ZIMBABWE’S NEW CONSTITUTION MISTERY ZIMBABWE – 19 January 2010: Efforts to have gay rights integrated in Zimbabwe’s new constitution appear bleak as government wraps up final stages of the draft constitution without any positive indication. [more]
MILLION MEN MARCH AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY IN UGANDA UGANDA – 19 January 2010: Anti-gay Pastor Martin Ssempa will be spearheading a million-man march on 17 February, in support of the proposed Anti Homosexuality Bill, an event he says will give Ugandans a chance to show how they feel about homosexuality. [more]
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IS QWELANE GOOD FOR UGANDA?
There must be a better ambassador for SA, write Liesl Gerntholtz and Dipika Nath
South Africa is rightfully proud of its Constitution. It is hailed as one of the most rights - respecting in the world. It was also the first in the world, and still one of very few, to explicitly prohibit unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
As the health minister of the time, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, told the UN World Conference on Women in 1995: "After the long history of discrimination in South Africa, we decided that, when we were the government, we would not discriminate against any group of persons, no matter how small their proportion in the population." more..
French Reporter/Translator Position
Behind the Mask, a leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) news publication is seeking the services of an experienced and energetic French reporter/translator at its offices in Johannesburg.
The candidate will be expected to report LGBTI news as it happens throughout the African Continent and translate English articles to French.
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strengthen counselling services — nsibambi UGANDA - March 22, 2006: Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi has called for strengthening of systems of counselling students, warning that they were falling victims of unacceptable practices and vices like homosexuality. [more]
gays and lesbians to pressure un on recognition GENEVA - March 20, 2006: A global body representing gays and lesbians said on Monday it would seek to bring pressure on the United Nations for full recognition of their human rights at a conference in Geneva next week. [more]
Cathy Crimmins, author of How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization
