Gambian security forces have arrested even more LGBTI people, reports Fatou Camara, a journalist and former Gambian official who fled to the United States: Right now about 16 are in detention; they have still not been released nor charged. The president’s personal doctor was named by the teenager, [a gay youth who is being taken … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Gambia: “ungodly” gays “detrimental to human existence”
The Gambian Foreign Affairs minister, Bala Garba Jahumpa, said last night on live TV that there is no chance of any negotiation between Gambia and any other country “on the need for the liberty of homosexuals in The Gambia” even if Gambia would lose international aid. He vowed not to engage with any ‘ungodly’ gays because … Continue reading
World AIDS Day, December 1st 2014
Leave no one behind. The fight against HIV/AIDS cannot be won until gays and other MSM are decriminalized by all nations. MSM in Sub-Saharan Africa… 30 out of 48 countries in the sub-Saharan region criminalize same sex sexual acts – thus severely impacting the ability of gays and other MSM to access health-care services, the … Continue reading
Seethingly angry at anti-gay distortions of Christian teachings
The Rev. Colin Coward, MBE, director of Changing Attitude England, writes on Facebook: I feel incredibly angry today. I’ve been chatting for the last hour and a half with a gay Nigerian friend, a quiet, thoughtful, stable young man who allowed himself to trust a ‘friend’ who invited him to a café this morning. It … Continue reading
Uganda: Mob attacks activist, rushed to hospital
Blogger, activist and human rights advocate Melanie Nathan reported today that a Ugandan activist and human rights defender, Kelly Mukwano, was brutally beaten by a mob and taken to Nsambya hospital in Kampala. He suffered multiple injuries, blood loss and an injured eye. Mr. Mukwano received treatment; he got deep stitches and was sent home. … Continue reading
Greeting the Pope, European official urges him to speak up
Christian Today reports: A top member of the European Parliament [on Nov. 25] handed over a symbolic gift to Pope Francis – a rainbow-patterned scarf. Ulrike Lunacek, head of delegation of the Austrian Green party, said she offered the Pope the present “for gays, lesbians, and for peace” during the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg … Continue reading
Asia-Pacific: Inadequate funds for HIV help for gays
The Jakarta Post in Indonesia, reported yesterday on the recent report by the World Health Organisation that urges nations to put key populations at the heart of their HIV/AIDS response. In the article, an activist comments there is inadequate financial resources allocated by most countries in the Asia-Pacific region. While this article does refer to MSM, it … Continue reading
167 transgender women detained, then released in India
NLS Queer Alliance reported that some 167 members of the transgender community have been detained in two days in Karnataka state in South West India. The community quickly responded and organised a protest in response yesterday, November 26, at the Town Hall, against the illegality of police action against transgender persons. Perhaps it is no … Continue reading
Two gay men executed by the Islamic State in Syria
The GayMaroc.com portal, based in Morocco, reported today that the jihadist organization Islamic State, on Tuesday, November 25th, conducted the stoning of two young gays in Syria. GayMaroc.com reports that: “The Syrian Human Rights Observer, an organization close to the opposition Syrian regime based in London, reported the execution on Tuesday of two suspected homosexuals by the Islamic … Continue reading
Slew of arrests in Egypt
In a much longer blog, “a paper bird,” published today by human rights activist Scott Long, he writes that a teacher and several of his students were arrested in Egypt last week. We re-publish Scott’s account of these arrests below: “If you are a lesbian, gay, or trans Egyptian, your life is not your own. … Continue reading
