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
Tag Archives: Kapya Kaoma
Researcher: Museveni outsmarted US LGBTQ activists
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni seems to have outsmarted U.S. gay rights activists by arranging for a temporary lull in his country’s war on LGBT people, says the Rev. Dr. Kapya Kaoma, the Zambian native who analyzes African LGBT controversies for Political Research Associates in Massachusetts. On Aug. 5, Kaoma wrote, “Now, at the U.S. Africa … Continue reading
‘God Loves Uganda’ on TV, DVD today in U.S., Canada
The award-winning documentary “God Loves Uganda” will be shown nationwide in the United States tonight on PBS stations as part of the show “Independent Lens.” The 83-minute documentary looks at the role played by American missionaries in shaping views on social issues, especially homosexuality, in the East African nation. IMDB.com describes the 2013 film as “a … Continue reading
Why African leaders attack gays; is gay genocide next?
In this chilling excerpt from a longer article, the Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, a human rights researcher and Anglican priest from Zambia, discusses the reasons for diatribes against LGBT people by African leaders such as Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe: Gay people are “worse than pigs and … Continue reading
Rewriting the anti-gay history of Rick Warren in Uganda
Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback megachurch, traveled to Uganda in 2008 and declared that homosexuality is not a natural way of life and thus is not a human right. The next year, the anti-gay bill that became this year’s Anti-Homosexuality Law was first introduced in Uganda’s parliament. In this commentary, Eric Ethington, communication director … Continue reading
Uganda: Canny political ploy sets stage for gay deaths
The Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, an Episcopal priest from Zambia and a project director at Political Research Associates in Massachusetts, discusses the politics of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law and the need to protect LGBT people from its consequences. By THE REV. CANON KAPYA KAOMA “Scandal,” “Exposed” and “200 Top Homos” are some of the headlines in … Continue reading
Don’t cut ties with Uganda; that’s an anti-gay trap
The Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, an Episcopal priest from Zambia and a project director at Political Research Associates, predicted last month that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Now that Museveni has done so, Kaoma discusses what’s to be done now. He warns that some LGBT advocates’ calls for countries to cut … 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
Prediction: Here’s why Museveni will sign anti-gay bill
The Rev. Canon Kapya Kaoma, an Episcopal priest and a project director at Political Research Associates, wrote this commentary about the influence of Russian homophobia on Africa and what to expect with regard to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. A native of Zambia, Kaoma wrote the reports Colonizing African Values and Globalizing the Culture Wars. … Continue reading
Brave defenders of LGBT Africans need support
Courageous attorneys who defend victimized LGBT people in Africa deserve our support and our blessings, the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle writes in this column, which originally appeared in the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News. One way they can be supported is through an Indiegogo campaign on behalf of activists who are taking aim at … Continue reading
