BBC Debate: Should Homosexuals Face Execution? By Peter Tatchell

December 17, 2009 in BBC, BBC News, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Peter Tatchell, Queer, Should Homosexuals Face Execution, Uganda, Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Uncategorized

BBC debate: Should homosexuals face execution? Have Your Say team criticised, but debate encouraged London – 17 December 2009 A storm of controversy has erupted after the BBC News Channel hosted an online debate – “Should homosexuals face execution?” – on its website on Wednesday 16 December 2009. See the BBC Have Your Say Africa [...]

My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story by Ramzy Baroud – A Million Hits on Gaza – A Promotional Film about Gaza Launches New Book’s Worldwide Awareness Campaign

December 17, 2009 in A Million Hits on Gaza, Gay Life, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, Israel, My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story, Operation Cast Lead, Paul Lee, Ramzy Baroud, Uncategorized

A Million Hits on Gaza – A Promotional Film about Gaza Launches New Book’s Worldwide Awareness Campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY SEATTLE/TORONTO/LONDON – A promotional short film for a new book on Gaza is being released worldwide today, days before the official book launch in the U.K., to commemorate the first anniversary [...]

Rwandan Parliament to Vote on Criminalizing Homosexuality

December 16, 2009 in Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, HOCA, Homophobia, Homosexuality, IGLHRC, LGBT, Rwanda, Uganda

Breaking: Rwandan Parliament to Vote on Criminalizing Homosexuality The lower house of the Rwandan Parliament will vote on a draft revision of the penal code that will, for the first time, make homosexuality a crime in Rwanda. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that the proposed Article 217 of the [...]

Breaking: Walter Trochez, Honduran LGBT Activist Assassinated

December 15, 2009 in Doug Ireland, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Honduras, LGBT, Walter Trochez

Colleagues, friends, and comrades, Walter Trochez, a well-known LGBT activist in Honduras who was an active member of the National Resistance Front against the coup d’etat there, was assassinated on December 13. Trochez, who had already been arrested and beaten for his sexual orientation after participating in a march against the coup, had been very [...]

London Uganda Demo – Photos and Report – Protesters Urge: Drop the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

December 15, 2009 in Brett Lock, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Godwyns Onwuchekwa, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Human Rights Day, John Bosco Nyombi, LGBT, London, Michael Senyonjo, Peter Tatchell, Skye Chirape, Terry Conway, Topher Campbell, Uganda

Human Rights Day protest against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill – Ugandan Embassy, London, 10 December 2009. L-R: Michael Senyonjo, Richard S, Topher Campbell, Peter Tatchell, Godwyns Onwuchekwa, Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay – Photo credit Brett Lock London Uganda Demo – Photos and Report by Peter Tatchell Protesters urge: “Drop the Anti-Homosexuality Bill” London – 10 December [...]

London: Protest Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Thursday 10th December 2009

December 7, 2009 in Davis Mac-Iyalla, Dennis Hambridge, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, ICCPR, International Human Rights Day, Joan Rwabyomere, John Bosco Nyombi, LGBT, London, Museveni, Outrage, Peter Tatchell, Protest Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Sexual Minorities Uganda, Skye Chirape, SMUG, Uganda, UK

Video from Pride London Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill Protest London 7th Nov 2009 Protest Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill Thursday 10th December 2009 12pm- 2pm Ugandan High Commission 58-59 Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross London, WC2N 5DX To coincide with International Human Rights Day, this Thursday 10 December, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has called for worldwide protests against [...]