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Charlotte Robinson: LISTEN: LGBT Filmmakers Seek To Reverse Ugandan Homophobia

2013-04-17T18:46:56Z

This week I talked with filmmaker Tim McCarthy about his new film project, Voices of the Abasiyazzi: Creating Allies, which he's producing with Pepe Julian Onziema. The concept is to film LGBT Ugandans sharing their lives with their clanspeople in their own languages and cultural traditions.

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Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: How Beyoncé And Rihanna Saved An African Gay Rights Activist's Life

2013-02-22T19:44:08Z

Ellen Chademana was in the worst place you could be in her home country of Zimbabwe: the Harare Central Remand Prison. The rotting jail was dark and overcrowded, with no toilets or running water. Her offense? Her work with Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ).

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Uganda To Deport Gay Play Producer

2013-02-11T14:41:59Z

By Philippa Croome KAMPALA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Ugandan authorities said on Monday they plan to deport a British theatre producer who w...

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Facebook Removes Anti-Gay Page Outing Ugandan Citizens

2013-01-07T17:16:05Z

A controversial Facebook page aimed at outing gay Ugandans has been removed, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has confirmed.
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WATCH: Ugandan Pastor Demonstrates Gay Sex With Fruit While Condemning LGBT People

2012-12-20T12:21:00Z

A prominent anti-gay Ugandan pastor condemned homosexuality during a televised discussion with a transgender activist, engaging in a graphic demonstra...

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Todd Fernandez: Is Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga A Human Rights Criminal?

2012-12-17T12:11:00Z

Ms. Kadaga is wielding the power of the axe. She is stirring this debate intentionally. And she could end it. But does the advancement of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill or its implementation constitute genocide or a crime against humanity? A strong case can be made that it does.

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Joseph Huff-Hannon: South African Pop Sensation And Global Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill (VIDEO)

2012-12-13T16:58:00Z

Flanked by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, pop star Ricky Martin and LGBT rights defenders from around the world, South African hit maker Yvonne Chaka Chaka didn't mince words on Tuesday during a major LGBT rights panel at the UN in honor of Human Rights Day.

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Brian D. McLaren: An Open Letter To Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker Of The Ugandan Parliament

2012-12-12T11:37:00Z

I have visited your beautiful country and come to love it deeply. That's why it is hard for me to believe what is happening in your country, under your leadership.

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Marianne Mollmann: Myths About Homosexuality Fuel Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill

2012-12-07T19:27:00Z

The belligerent rhetoric directed at anyone who does not seem straight is neither innovative nor specific to Uganda. For years politicians and pundits from the U.S. to Malawi have spread the notion that gay people "recruit" children and that pedophilia and homosexuality are linked.

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Richard J. Rosendall: Cities Of Refuge

2012-12-07T14:30:00Z

American cities must add refugee assistance to particular city agencies' responsibilities. We cannot simply wait for LGBT asylum seekers to wander into a community center and then scramble to find homestays, food and legal assistance. But community-based groups need to be involved.

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Could Pepsi Impact Uganda's Controversial 'Kill The Gays' Bill?

2012-12-05T12:35:00Z

An international soft drink giant is being pressured to take a stance on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights as Uganda's infamous "ki...

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Cindra Feuer: Die Now: Gay Ugandans Protest in Paris

2012-12-04T19:35:23Z

About 20 of us splayed out on our backs, simulating death -- the Eiffel Tower a poetic backdrop. We're borrowing an ACT-UP tactic -- the die-in -- but the in-your-face urgency is muted. Where's the outrage? Where's the fear? Where's the media for that matter?

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James Peron: Who's Helping Finance Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' Bill? You Are

2012-12-03T14:01:00Z

This repressive measure was born out of American Christian fundamentalism and corrupt politicians using anti-gay campaigns to divert attention from their own misrule. But how do these regimes survive? The U.S. government pours billions of your tax dollars into Uganda.

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Ugandan Activist: I'd Be 'Sentenced To Death' If Anti-Gay Bill Passes

2012-12-02T10:10:00Z

“If the law is passed the way it is right now, I would go to jail, and I would be killed,” said Ugandan gay activist Frank Mugisha, speaking from ...

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Surprise Change For Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill

2012-12-02T09:13:00Z

KAMPALA, Uganda -- The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said Friday that a new versi...

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Joe Mirabella: Assume The Worst In Uganda: The Death Penalty Likely Remains In The Anti-Homosexuality Bill

2012-11-30T18:59:00Z

It is incredibly important that news outlets and advocates fighting for the human rights of gays and lesbians see Uganda's so-called "kill the gays" bill before reporting or believing that the bill no longer includes the death penalty. Until we see the bill, we must assume the worst.

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Ruth Messinger: Standing In Solidarity With LGBT Ugandans

2012-11-30T17:22:49Z

First introduced by a member of the Ugandan Parliament in 2009, this hateful bill is a grave threat to LGBT people and organizations in Uganda. It also undermines all in that country who wish to build a robust civil society based on rights.

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Todd Fernandez: NYC Action At Ugandan Mission Against 'Kill The Gays' Bill

2012-11-29T16:01:00Z

At noon on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, human rights activists will hold a peaceful protest outside the Uganda Mission at 336 East 45th Street, to help stop the "kill the gays" bill now topping the Ugandan parliament's agenda thanks to human rights offender Speaker Rebecca Kadaga.

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Wayne Self: Dear Salvation Army: Time To Condemn Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' Bill

2012-11-29T15:44:00Z

Your silence is particularly disturbing given your organization's global influence. You've had a presence in Uganda since 1931. Your words have weight there; it's time you used them. In fact, it's time for you to clearly and publicly condemn the "kill the gays" bill in Uganda.

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John Becker: Obama And Clinton Must Again Speak Out Against Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' Bill

2012-11-29T15:14:00Z

If the bill passes and American assistance continues to flow into Uganda uninterrupted, it will send a message to Uganda and other anti-gay countries across the globe that American statements of support for LGBT human rights abroad are totally toothless -- mere words.

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Joe Mirabella: Uganda 'Kill the Gays' Bill Could Be Voted On Any Day

2012-11-26T16:32:00Z

The bill has been scheduled for an "order of business to follow" and could be voted on this week. It is expected to easily pass, and then it will be up to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to veto the bill. Join All Out and Ugandans by calling for a presidential veto of the bill immediately.

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Ken Schneck, PhD: My Time Down And (Oh-So-Minimally) Out In Uganda

2012-11-26T16:18:00Z

The proposed anti-gay law does not, and should not, define a people. During my past few weeks in Uganda, I engaged as many citizens as possible in conversation about this legislation. Their responses helped contextualize a people that our media paints in only the broadest of strokes.

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Peter Montgomery: Bigotry Without Borders

2012-11-20T16:37:11Z

NOM's claims that it will globalize its war against marriage equality may be more bluster than reality. But even if it's just rhetoric, it says something brutally revealing about the character of Brian Brown and his colleagues at NOM.

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John Becker: Catholic Bishops Suddenly Silent As LGBT Ugandans Face Possible Death

2012-11-15T14:51:00Z

How are the Catholic bishops in America -- so eager to engage in anti-gay politicking at home -- reacting to their Ugandan colleagues' endorsement of a bill that would bring horror, persecution and bloodshed to Uganda's LGBT community? With stone-cold silence, that's how.

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Bad News For Uganda's LGBT Community

2012-11-12T09:39:00Z

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda's anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation, the speaker ...

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