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This Week at Pan Africa ILGA

02/05/2012

Dear Members of Ethiopian Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transsexual Community Ethio LGBT We hope this email finds you well! It's time to give you a heads up on what's happening on ilga.org. This weekly newsletter is sent to 3285 LBGTI and allied organizations in the world, in English and French. To post an article on ilga.org, update your groups page, add pictures and a logo on ILGAs directory, apply to become a member of ILGA or renew your membership fees, please log in using peaceseeker@ethiolgbt.com, the email we have for the person acting as contact between ILGA and your group: Selam NEWS/ACTUALITIES Uganda VP Tells British Minister Death Penalty For Gays Will Be Dropped Ugandas vice president, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has told a visiting British government minister that the proposed death penalty in the Anti- Homosexuality Bill 2009 would be dropped when it becomes law. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nw5eEC614k International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia

With just three weeks to go until the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17, action planning is well under way all around the world! From festivals to flash mobs and rallies to public forums, there is no end to the diversity and sheer scope of creative and innovative activities being planned in what is sure to be the biggest and best IDAHO yet! http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvCoOrg1mE No Room for Gays, Lesbians - President Jammeh In the midst of the chorus of widespread condemnations of the imposition of values and norms alien to Africa under the pretext of human rights, the Gambian leader has made his position clear, denouncing in the strongest term possible terms what he called "ungodly gay marriages", saying his country has no "room for gays and lesbians". http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvvKgSn1Sf The Word on Women - Lesbians strive to end economic, social discrimination Discrimination hurts many women economically and socially, but it has an even greater and sometimes dangerous impact on lesbians, according to a group of women working on lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights in dozens of countries. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvqy71m1eU Remembering South Africas LGBTI Victims Of Hate Crimes A year ago today, April 24, the body of Noxolo Nogwaza, a 24 year old lesbian, was found lying in an alley in Kwa-Thema at about 9am after she had been beaten and subjected to a horrific rape. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvCuZwV107 Ugandan LGBTI Activists, Doctors Disagree Over Mental Classification Of Homosexuals Gay rights activists in Uganda want the government to declassify homosexuality as a mental health disorder in the countrys Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvCukWL1aE LGBT Civil Rights March This Weekend A civil rights march for the gay community. Joe Knudson told me that that idea popped into his head last year after readers of his book, Living the Difference, revealed that they didn't know LGBT citizens were not granted the same rights and privileges allowed all other segments of society. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nveQQfA18N Prof Makau Mutua: I Support Gays, So What?

Interviewed by Denis Nzioka, Prof. Makau Mutua, Dean in an American university, says Matters of human rights and dignity are not a popularity contest. We must do what is right. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nw5pkYN1Rw Chicagoans march for worldwide LGBTQIA rights Approximately 50 queer activists and allies gathered in Chicago's Pritzker Park April 21 and marched two miles through the heart of downtown in solidarity with the 2012 Worldwide LGBTQIA Human/Civil Rights March. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nw5mZ0h191 Africa: Constitution Guarantees Equality Without Distinction to All Kenyans, Says Human Rights Defender "We are writing in respect of the continued human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Kenya, despite the new constitutional dispensation, which guarantees equality and non-discrimination to all Kenyans without distinction of any kind," said the Executive Director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Mr. Atsango Chesoni. He made this statement at the African Commission on Human and People's Right (ACHPR), on behalf of the human rights conditions of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and intersex persons in Kenya. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nw5hD3C1T9 TOOLS FOR CHANGE Calling All MSM: Global Men's Health and Rights Survey 2012 The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) is thrilled to announce the official launch of the 2012 Global Mens Health and Rights Survey (GMHR)! Appel a tout les MSM: Enqute Mondiale 2012 sur les Droits et la Sante des Hommes Le Forum Mondial sur les MSM et le VIH (MSMGF) est heureux dannoncer le lancement officiel de son Enqute Mondiale 2012 sur les Droits et la Sante des Hommes. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nvvFcQT1KQ Homosexuality and Heroism UJ Arts & Culture is pleased to present the first in a planned programme of public lectures. Homosexuality and Heroism, a UJ Arts & Culture public lecture takes place on Monday 7 May 2012 at 17:30 at the UJ Con Cowan Theatre, Bunting Road Campus. The duration of the lecture is approximately one hour. Homosexualit et Hrosme Le Dpartement Arts et Culture de lUniversit de Johannesburg (UJ) est heureux de prsenter le premier la premire confrence prvue dans un programme planifi. Homosexualit et Hrosme, la Confrence publique organise par UJ a lieu le Lundi 07 Mai 2012 17:30 lAuditorium Con Cowan de UJ. La dure de la confrence est denviron une heure. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nw5EAVm1KV

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