Press release, modestly edited: London Pride 2015 The African LGBTI organisation Out and Proud Diamond Group celebrated African LGBTI Heroes during London Pride 2015. The group honored people who have stood up against anti-gay environments and regimes in Africa. Some of these heroes lost their lives during the struggle to liberate us and others against … Continue reading
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Civil Rights worker seeks an end to anti-gay hatred in Africa
The Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell, an African-American former Civil Rights activist and a retired United Methodist minister, responded with passion to the recent commentary by South African Justice Edwin Cameron, who bemoaned the repression of LGBT people in Africa. In a commentary titled, “The Sexual Minority of Africa Should Also Be Heard,” Cameron wrote that … Continue reading
African plea: The silence of good people hurts most
Edwin Cameron, justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, writes on the Global Fund website: The Sexual Minority of Africa Should Also Be Heard A destructive wave of hatred against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons seems to be gaining force across Africa. In this groundswell of hate, Nigeria this year enacted punitive laws … Continue reading
En Afrique, le silence des bonnes gens fait le plus mal
Publié par Colin Stewart le 23 Avril 2014, rédaction en français par Denis LeBlanc (also published in English) Edwin Cameron, juge à la Cour constitutionnelle de l’Afrique du Sud, écrit sur le site du Fonds mondial : La minorité sexuelle de l’Afrique doit être entendu Une vague destructrice de haine contre les lesbiennes, les gays, … Continue reading
