BREAKING NEWS: “More than 20 ZRP officers deployed in two trucks have swarmed and are currently raiding GALZ offices in Harare,” according to the Crisis in Zimbabwe page on Facebook. A later report stated, “Zimbabwean police have begun searching the offices of GALZ in Milton Park for undisclosed ‘data.’ ” This raid was the second … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Who will replace Ethiopian Church’s anti-gay patriarch?
Activists in Ethiopia are hoping the country will become less hostile to LGBTI people after a replacement is chosen for Abune Paulos, the homophobic patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who died last week at age 76. LGBTI advocates know, however, that an equally anti-gay religious leader might be installed in his place. Abune Paulos, … Continue reading
LGBTs seek equal rights? Zimbabwe counterattacks
Powerful anti-gay forces in Zimbabwe have launched a counterattack against one of the 26 LGBT rights activists who traveled to Washington, D.C., last month during the International AIDS Conference, where they told how 76 countries’ laws against homosexuality are sabotaging the fight against AIDS. The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, who spearheaded the Spirit of 76 … Continue reading
LGBT activists to hackers: Lay off Uganda websites
LGBT activists in Uganda have condemned the recent defacing of Ugandan government websites by hackers associated with the group Anonymous. The hackers said they acted in protest of Uganda’s treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, but Ugandan activists denounced the action as counterproductive and potentially dangerous to LGBTIs. Sexual Minorities Uganda, or … Continue reading
How the church oppresses Zimbabwe’s faithful LGBTs
Fourth of four articles about the treatment of LGBTI people in Zimbabwe. Religion is both the oppressor and the consolation of many LGBTI people in Zimbabwe, says a newly released report from the advocacy group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, or GALZ. The report said: Without doubt one of the main issues facing LGBTI people … Continue reading
Taking the AIDS battle to LGBT youths in Cameroon
They call it the Excellent Life AIDS Awareness Agency, or ELAAA. In the four months since Cameroon’s Affirmative Action Association, or ACT, launched that project at its new headquarters, the ELAAA center has helped about 150 youths, ages 16 to 24. Altogether, those youths have made nearly 550 visits there, learning about behavioral changes that … Continue reading
Anti-gay myths in media create Zimbabwe prejudice
Third of four articles about the treatment of LGBTI people in Zimbabwe. News media in Zimbabwe fuel frequent attacks and widespread discrimination against LGBTI people, says a newly released “Violations Report” issued by Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, or GALZ. The report states: “The media in Zimbabwe contributes to and exacerbates public prejudices against LGBTI … Continue reading
Organizing opposition to African ‘Gay Hate Day’
The pro-LGBT group All Out (allout.org) is planning a protest against human rights violations in Cameroon. It is timed to coincide with both a planned anti-homosexuality rally in Cameroon on Aug. 21 and the scheduled court appeal on Aug. 20 of a gay man who was sentenced to three years in prison in Cameroon for … Continue reading
Pro-LGBT hackers attack Uganda again
The homophobic government of Uganda continues to be pestered by pro-LGBT computer hackers. Members of the hacker group Anonymous said today that, in retaliation for Uganda’s anti-gay policies, they seized control of the website of the Office of the Prime Minister and the database of the government’s Justice Law and Order Sector. They added a photo … Continue reading
18+ cases of violence and repression of LGBTs in Zimbabwe
Second of four articles about the treatment of LGBTIs in Zimbabwe, this one describing 18 incidents of violence, harassment and extortion by police and others. 18-PLUS VIOLATIONS LGBTI activists in Zimbabwe say they have documented more than 30 cases of people who were arrested or detained last year because of their real or perceived sexual … Continue reading
