Cape Town Pride
invites our partner organisations, friends and comrades, human rights and LGBTI activists,
and all those who are distressed and angered by the apparent appointment of Jon Qwelane as
South Africa's Ambassador to Uganda,
to join us in a peaceful protest action.
When 13h00, Friday, 12 FEBRUARY 2010
Where Outside Parliament (Plein Street, Cape Town)
What Please bring placards and completed petitions, and water!
A document will be handed over to a representative (as yet unnamed) of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Contact persons: Laura Aukamp 072 512 1886 / Glenn de Swardt 021 425 6463
Members mailing list
Members@jwg.org.za
http://jwg.org.za/mailman/listinfo/members_jwg.org.za
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Sexual Minorities Uganda is a network of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & Intersex Human Rights Organisations
Justice and Equality
January 18, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) is Non Partisan
We are a Network of LGBTI Human Rights Organizations
In reference to the article published in the Associated Press and The New York Times on
January 7, 2010 ‘Uganda President Urges Softening of Anti-gay Bill’
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/07/world/AP-AF-Uganda-Gay-Death-
Penalty.html?_r=3,
We would like to state categorically straight that Sexual MinoritiesUganda is an advocacy network of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights
organisations in Uganda. Since 2004, SMUG has worked on human rights in the areas of
sexual orientation and sexual health rights advocacy.
Sexual Minorities Uganda is non-partisan. As a network we do not have any political
affiliation. However, there are individuals who may support a party of their choice and are
free to exercise their right to vote.
We reiterate that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 is inherently discriminatory. Our position
and recommendation as Sexual Minorities Uganda is that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill should
be withdrawn in its entirety and that same sex relationships between consenting adults
should be decriminalized.
Press contacts:
1. Pepe Julian Onziema 2. David Kato
Tel: +256 772 370 674 Tel: +256 773 104 971
Email: jpepe@sexualminoritiesuganda.org Email: davidkisule@gmail.com
by Mask Admin 24/11/2009
NGOs partner to celebrate the World AIDS Day in Lagos, Nigeria on December 1st, 2009. The Independent Project (TIP) for Equal Rights in collaboration with Youth Are Taking (YAT), Leaders with New Dimensions( LEND) and Gbagyi Child entertainment brings people from all walks to life to mark this day as it is tradition all the over the world on December 1st of every year.
by Mask Admin 23/10/2009
Most people have the luxury of taking gender for granted; but for more and more people whose gender either challenges them or challenges others, gender is a wellspring of thought-provoking experience. The reflections on the experience of gender contained in this book will enrich readers’ understanding and deepen their awareness of the kind of very human quest that transgender people and those who love them have been undertaking for centuries.”
by Mask Admin 4/2/2009
PRESS RELEASE: NEW APPOINTMENTS AT SMUG.
February 2nd, 2009
Dear Partners and Friends,
by Mask Admin 5/2/2008
AFRICA ABROAD - February 4, 2008: In a letter to Senegalese Minister of Justice, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and PAN-Africa ILGA have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of up to 20 gay men believed to have been arrested on suspicion of homosexuality in Senegal in the past week.