Supporters of gay-friendly Ugandan Bishop Christopher Senyonjo are campaigning for the praiseworthy goal of keeping him out of a Ugandan prison, but it’s not clear that any of his work with LGBT Ugandans actually violates the country’s new anti-gay law. Senyonjo, 82, has previously been honored as grand marshal of the San Francisco pride parade … Continue reading
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A prayer for all LGBT prisoners
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle wrote this prayer last week after visiting LGBT people imprisoned in Cameroon for their sexual orientation/gender identity. His suggestion: Pope Francis should pray it. (This prayer is also available in French.) A prayer for all LGBT prisoners who remain the hidden victims of the church universal Holy Mary, Mother of … Continue reading
LGBT Cambodian activist, slain Cameroonian honored
The David Kato Vision & Voice Award announced today: Cambodian Transgender Activist Sou Sotheavy Wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award Renowned Ugandan activist Frank Mugisha will present Sou Sotheavy with the award on stage at the prestigious Teddy Awards ceremony in Berlin this Friday. 11 February 2014 [Berlin] – The David Kato Vision … Continue reading
Strategy: Let’s stop simply preaching to the gay choir
Excerpt from a commentary by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle in Yaounde, Cameroon: There are three of us visiting Cameroon this week as part of an invited delegation to support a local LGBT AIDS organization called CAMFAIDS. Their executive director, Eric Lembembe, was brutally murdered last summer and the gay media spyglass or our straight … Continue reading
What African LGBTs can learn from Tata Mandela
The Rev. Canon Dr. John Kapya Kaoma, formerly of Zambia and currently in the United States, describes here what the life of South Africa liberator Nelson Mandela means for LGBT people‘s ongoing struggle for equal human rights. Mandela is known affectionately as “Tata,” the Xhosa word for “father.” Long walk to freedom: What African sexual … Continue reading
‘Too little international outcry when LGBT champions are killed’
Will the murder of LGBT activist Eric Lembembe in Cameroon be forgotten, or will the world respond with support that leads to change in countries that persecute gay people, asks the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle. An excerpt from his Sept. 13 column in the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: We are not seeing enough … Continue reading
Crucifixion pained Mary; Easter protest pained Kato’s mom
Today, Easter Sunday, a group of Ugandan Christian leaders organized an anti-homosexuality parade near the home of the mother of slain LGBT activist David Kato. According to Pepe Julian Onziema, who was at the rally, one of the pastors used gay porn to demonstrate how homosexuals have sex. A man in the crowd shouted, “How … Continue reading
No Easter peace for Ugandan LGBTs
An anti-gay protest has broken the calm of Easter Sunday in Uganda. The producers of the film “Call Me Kuchu” reported earlier today on the protest at the grave site of Ugandan LGBT leader David Kato, who was murdered in 2011: Right now two anti-gay pastors (including the pastor who denounced David as evil at … Continue reading
Here we go again: Uganda tabloid lists alleged gays
The Ugandan tabloid Red Pepper has returned to a vicious, irresponsible journalistic practice that preceded the murder of gay activist David Kato — publication of names of people who are allegedly homosexual. This past weekend, the tabloid Red Pepper published names of people who it alleges “recruit” others into homosexuality. The front page of the … Continue reading
12 in prison for being gay, 13 more awaiting trial
Worldwide, at least 12 people are currently in prison for violating laws that punish those who are born gay, lesbian or bisexual. In addition, at least 13 other people are awaiting trial for homosexuality. The prison sentences vary from three months to five years — at the low end of punishments that are on the … Continue reading
