Tanzania’s ongoing anti-gay crackdown has led to a series of arrests based on an online video of an event described as a lesbian engagement party. Continue reading
Tag Archives: AIDS
Interfaith activists seek stronger role in fighting AIDS
Interfaith activists at last week’s anti-AIDS conference in Ivory Coast pushed for an expanded role for progressive faith-based groups in combating HIV and AIDS. Continue reading
Ivory Coast: Anti-gay vandals hit anti-AIDS conference
Anti-gay vandals at last week’s anti-AIDS conference in Ivory Coast temporarily disrupted the work of activists fighting AIDS among men who have sex with men. But “the conference was thronged with energetic African AIDS activists of all ages, and civil society participation was present in force,” scholar/activist Meg Davis reported. Continue reading
Distributing condoms at church
The House of Rainbow, a gay-friendly church, takes the ministry of HIV prevention seriously. Continue reading
Secrecy, depression, glimmers of hope: HIV+ life in Nigeria
Secrecy, thoughts of suicide, fears of discrimination, support from a few trusted confidantes — those have been the experiences of four gay Nigerian men who were willing to describe their lives after testing positive for HIV. Continue reading
Homophobia helps HIV in Russia and Malaysia
In its Equal Eyes recaps of the world’s LGBTI news, UNAIDS reports: In Russia, the head of the Russian Federal AIDS Center, Vadim Pokrovskiy, is calling attention to Russia’s escalating AIDS epidemic that saw over 100,000 new infections in 2016. Pokrovsky and other experts say homophobia, a “negative view” of drug users, and a refusal by officials to … Continue reading
Working to boost African rights advocacy in words and pictures
UNAIDS’s Equal Eyes recap of the world’s LGBT news has highlighted ways people are using written and visual communication to advocate for recognition of human rights, especially LGBT people’s rights, in South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda: Continue reading
Tanzania deports 3 anti-AIDS lawyers for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Tanzanian yesterday deported three lawyers it accused of “promoting homosexuality,” although what they actually did was consult Tanzanian activists about a planned lawsuit to restore health services for the LGBT community there. Continue reading
Trump ‘gag rule’ hurts AIDS battle in Kenya, Uganda
The fight against AIDS in Uganda and Kenya is suffering from U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Global Gag Rule,” which cuts off U.S. aid from any organization that even mentions abortions as an option for unwanted pregnancies, Human Rights Watch says. Organizations serving sex workers — an occupation that some LGBT people adopt after being excluded … Continue reading
Protests surge as Tanzania jails anti-HIV lawyers; no charges
Tanzania is facing widespread protests over the arrest and ongoing detention of a dozen lawyers and activists supporting health care services for HIV-positive Tanzanians. They have been charged with no crime, but are accused of “promoting homosexuality” when they met to discuss a planned lawsuit seeking to restore anti-AIDS programs for LGBTI people. Continue reading
