Nepal: Eight Transgenders Join UML Party

February 28, 2010 in Ashok Rai, Badri Pun, Bhumika Shreshta, Bishnu Chepang, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homosexuality, LGBT, Nepal, Raju Silwal, Sandhya Lama, Sthapa Chaudhary, Suman Chepang, Sumit Paudel, Sunil Pant, Transgender, Transsexual, UML Party

Sandhya Lama, 20-year-old transgender who became Miss Gay Nepal 2008 (Photo Blue Diamond Society) http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/02/26/Nation/NEWSLINE/5578/ Eight transgenders join UML Party Sent by Sunil Pant KATHMANDU: Political parties in Nepal seem to be getting friendly and welcoming with sexual minorities in recent days. A few months after Bhumika Shreshta, a transsexual, joined the Nepali Congress, the [...]

Russia Denied Registering Marriage Equality Russia, a Gay Group Campaigning for Marriage Equality

February 27, 2010 in Gay, Gay Life, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay Russia, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Irina Fedotova, Irina Fet, Irina Shipitko, LGBT, Marriage Equality Russia, Nicolas Alexeyev, Russia

Russia denied registering a Gay Group campaigning for Marriage Equality Sent by Nicolas Alexeyev The Russian Ministry of Justice turned down the application of a group of gay and lesbian activists to register the first All Russia NGO dedicated to support the campaign for Same-Sex Marriage. “Your organization cannot be registered on the basis that [...]

Uganda: Interview with Frank Mugisha, Ugandan LGBTI Activist

February 24, 2010 in AIDS, Frank Mugisha, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, HIV, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, LGBTI, Ouganda, SMUG, Uganda, Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Link: SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda)

UK: Protest the Pope Downing Street Petition Launched – Gordon Brown Urged to Disassociate the Government from Pope’s Views – By Peter Tatchell

February 22, 2010 in AIDS, Anti-Pope, Benedict XVI, Benoit XVI, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, HIV, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Peter Tatchell, Pope, Protest the Pope, UK

‘Protest the Pope’ Downing Street Petition launched Gordon Brown urged to disassociate the government from Pope’s views Already over 3,000 signatures London – 22 February 2010 A Downing Street petition has been launched, urging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to “disassociate the British government from the Pope’s intolerant views.” The petition has been launched ahead of [...]

False Gay Marriage Rumor Sparks Kenyan Riots – By Doug Ireland

February 19, 2010 in AIDS, Anti-Gay, Anti-Gay Demo, Denis Nzioka, Direland, Doug Ireland, GALCK, Gay, Gay City News, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Islam, Kaya FM, Kenya, LGBT, Mtwapa, Swahili

False Gay Marriage Rumor Sparks Kenyan Riots BY DOUG IRELAND GAY CITY NEWS, Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:28 PM CST In the coastal town of Mtwapa in Kenya’s Kilifi district, media hysteria and outrage by clerics over a non-existent gay wedding whipped up mob violence that began on February 12, unleashing a house-to-house witch hunt [...]

Updates on Continuing Anti-Gay Pogrom in Kenya – By Paul Canning

February 19, 2010 in Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, Gay Uganda, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, HRW, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Kenya, LGBT, Mombasa, Paul Canning

Updates on continuing anti-gay pogrom in Kenya By Paul Canning – LGBT Asylum News Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirms pogrom fears, writes demanding action from Kenyan authorities Six gay men released from police custody, told to leave the region HRW say no arrests for homosexual offences made Mob attacks spread to Mombasa from nearby towns [...]

Italy: Urgent Call to Action – EveryOne Group, Human Rights Defenders Receive Penal Order for Their Work

February 18, 2010 in Berlusconi, Dario Picciau, EveryOne, EveryOne Group, Gay Life, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Italy, LGBT, Matteo Pegoraro, Pesaro, Roberto Malini, Roma

URGENT CALL TO ACTION Italy, February 18th, 2010 ITALY, TWO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM EVERYONE GROUP RECEIVE A PENAL ORDER (A CRIMINAL CONVICTION WITHOUT GOING TO TRIAL) FOR THEIR HUMANITARIAN WORK: “IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD” THE NEWS GIVEN BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION: “A CONVICTION BASED ON INACCURATE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY [...]

Must Watch Video on Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

February 18, 2010 in Anti-Gay, Death Penalty, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Peter Tatchell, Rob Tisinai, Uganda, Uganda Scout Association, Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill

MUST WATCH video on Uganda anti-gay Bill Death penalty for straights and for non-sex offences too London – 18 February 2010 Peter Tatchell writes: I am very grateful to Rob Tisinai for making a masterclass YouTube video that explains the full horrors of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill. It shows that this Bill is far more [...]

Gay Scouts May Face Death Penalty in Uganda – Execution of Gays Proposed by Ugandan Scout Leader – By Peter Tatchell

February 17, 2010 in David Bahati, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, Gay Scout, Gay Uganda, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Uganda Scout Association, Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, UK

Bahati is decorated with a scouts scarf – Photograph by Geoffrey Sseruyange CORRECTION re “Execute gay scouts” news release London – 17 February 2010 On 16 February, I issued a news release about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda and the Bill’s sponsorship by David Bahati MP, who is also Chairman of the Scout Board of [...]

Nepal: “Struggle Within”, a Documentary Film by Manoj Pandey – Russian Culture Center in Nepal Discriminate Sexual and Gender Minorities Based on Russian Law and Religion

February 17, 2010 in Blue Diamond Society, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Manoj Pandey, Nepal, Queer, Sunil Pant

“Struggle Within”, a Documentary Film by Manoj Pandey Russian Culture Center in Nepal discriminate sexual and Gender minorities based on Russian Law and Religion I am writing this mail with grave concern with discriminatory behavior from Russian Culture Center in Nepal against sexual and gender minority communities. Manoj Pandey, a documentary filmmaker and trade union [...]