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molisa — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:28:22 +0000

the truth about stories is…they’re all we got….you can do anything you want with this one, it’s yours for the taking….share it with others, forget it, criticise the strategies, fill in the gaps, but don’t say you’d have lived your life differently, if (only) you knew, now you know.

here’s another transcript fresh off the presses….this shit is live!

There was extended discussion on what people had experienced or heard post the Pulse and Nation marriage article. The reactions have been varied and disturbing. There has been increased hate mail received at GALCK that is disconcerting for all that use the center and this issue will be discussed further at the next GALCK meeting.

There also seemed to be an increase in hostility towards the community. Some of the stories shared last night included the following:

1. One member was attacked in her neighbourhood as she went home the Friday after the Pulse article came out. Three men stopped her and punched her till she was bloody. She is also about to be evicted from her workplace because she is a lesbian. The community has always known she was a lesbian and there had been no problems. Why the attack now?

2. Individuals whose pictures were on the Pulse magazine had major challenges with their families. Two of the individuals had their mothers become hysterical after neighbours shared the pictures from the newspapers.

One of those individuals has moved out of the house and town to try and figure things out. The third individual in the picture had to alter his movements in his neighbourhood to ensure that he is not attacked. Of course they have all suffered tremendous stress and hardships over the situation.

3. A GALCK staff member who went to collect the keys for a new post office box was delayed at the office for hours and informed that she would have to wait and meet the Director of the office. There was a lot of murmur by the office staff and some actually coming over to gawk at her and see, I guess, what a lesbian looks like.

Luckily for her, plus her great way with people, she was able to turn a rather hostile engagement to one that was more amicable. The post office official informed her that she would need to meet with her lawyers first to be clear about opening a P O Box for an LGBTI group and she would get back to her later in the week. As the GALCK staff member left the post office, the officer told her that she would pray for her and her like.

With these types of reaction you can see that there was real debate about the community responding to the media. Would a response only escalate the situation? After much debate there was agreement that some form of response from the community must be generated. Silence was not seen as the answer to the situation. LGBTI individuals would continue to get attacked whether there was a response or not.

However there was agreement that there would have to be a strategic response that took into consideration the actual risks the community faces at this time.

There was then a discussion of what strategic issues or responses the group should think about in terms of responding. The following were points brought up in terms of a response:

1. The need to utilize personal stories. These can never be refuted since one is talking from their own personal experience.

2. Awareness creation of the reality of LGBTI Kenyans. Everyone agreed that the larger society is incredibly uninformed about homosexuality and LGBTI individuals. There is need to provide basic information on the community.

3. Need to base the conversation about LBGTI communities within a human rights framework. Kenyans have been inundated with human rights discussions from a number of years now and this would simply be about expanding that discussion to include LGBTI communities.

4. Whatever rules and procedures are agreed by the community on engaging with the media must be strictly adhered to for this community response to be successful

5. There is need to prioritize the public health perspective in responding to the media. HIV/AIDS is understood by many in the society and any situation like the present situation where a segment of the society is sidelined including from accessing health care services simply for who they are would not be tolerated.

6. It must be made clear to the media that same sex marriage IS NOT a priority for the LGBTI community in Kenya period. This is a story they have generated and there are many other very pressing concerns for the community. It was also stressed that even if the issue is not brought up at an interview the point should still be made.

7. The move by the LGBTI community to challenge the existing colonial hold-over draconian laws is to make health care and other servicesavailable to the community ( utilizing a Public Health approach)

8. Need to pick which media houses to engage with. There are friendly media houses and journalists and they should be the ones targeted with our statement.

9. Need to engage with human rights, civil society and health allies on this situation.

Agreements

A. It was agreed that the community generate a statement that incorporates the following areas:

1. A health and human rights perspective

2. Same sex unions are not a Kenyan LGBTI priority

3. There are LGBTI Kenyan citizens, who are just regular folk, who work, pay taxes, face all the problems that Kenyans do and are committed to the development of a country that is prosperous and respectful of ALL of its citizens.

A group was constituted to generate the first draft that will be presented at the next GALCK meeting.

B. There was a question as to why the interest in the community now. There have been many parties and LGBTI gatherings in Nairobi and Kenya over many years now. Why is the community being targeted at this time? There were those who felt that this was cyclic and that with a slow news week this was one issue to pick up.

However the majority felt that this may be a more calculated move by forces organized against the community to begin a campaign against the community. These forces were also seen as coming from within our own community. Considering what is happening in our neighboring countries it was felt that it was important for us to actually take the time to have more in-depth discussion and begin early strategizing if any such efforts are underway in our country.

There was recommendation that a Human Rights group take this organizing piece on. Akiba Uhaki was mentioned as the organization that could possibly lead this discussion forward.

I’ll stop here.

a concerned brotha.

More on everything at the PROTEST/BAHATI party next Wednesday @ the GladStone Hotel.

from 7:30 – 11:00pm,

we’re putting more of our own politics back into partying…..

en building solidarity within queer/trans communities.

gays are being attacked but we're holding hands - heads held high

molisa — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:41 +0000

a word from the blogger: I’m re/posting this because I think Patrick is talking about some important strategies…for the West. I’m not advocating for east afrikan queers & trannies to go out onto the streets and hold hands (jus yet) because I fear it’d be putting people in needless danger.

What I would strongly urge though is for queers & trannies in Canada, the U.K, the States….. to organise protests in solidarity with east afrikan communities. These past few weeks have been filled with backlash.

Uganda. Bill 18. Rwanda. Article 217. Kenya. 2 gay men were arrested in Mombasa & 2 lesbians were arrested in Kisumu… more on that in the following posts…

repost: Patrick Strudwick, The Guardian UK, Tuesday October 20th

I came out of the closet when I was 14, but rarely have I held another man’s hand in public. I’m a pragmatist. The feeling of cosy belonging might be delightful in theory, but as a gay person, it’s not that simple – it necessitates a constant risk assessment of one’s surroundings.

Which may explain why my hands are sweating. I’m standing outside The George and Dragon, a gay pub on east London’s Hackney Road, waiting to meet a man who has agreed to walk hand in hand with me. You might think that these days people would barely notice. But things have changed. We’re in the midst of a new wave of anti-gay hate crimes: since April there has been a 14% rise nationwide in attacks on gay people. There were four homophobic murders in London last year; last week Ian Baynham died a fortnight after being attacked in Trafalgar Square. In summer mobs of youths besieged gay bars in east London. And, just a few metres from where I’m standing, a 21-year-old man was left paralysed last year after a gang stabbed him repeatedly. Gay people are getting scared. I’m scared.

The man I’m meeting is Dave Atkins, the mercifully tall and broad founder of A Day in Hand, an organisation dedicated to encouraging gay people to hold hands in public. “You have to go out and do it,” he booms. “It’s the only way things will change.”

He grabs my hand. We pass an elderly woman who stares straight ahead. Next come a couple in their 30s with two young children. They seem incomprehensibly absorbed in what their toddler is doing. A man saunters by. He clocks our clasped hands before looking away. Was that a hostile look?

“Let’s go up here,” I say, leading Dave into the Boundary estate where those mobs are rumoured to have come from. We pass a group of youths. They appear to find their iPhones more compelling than the sight of two interlocked homosexuals. At Whitechapel market a pair of bargain hunters glance first at us, down at our hands, and back to the two-for-ones.

Then something shocking happens. We turn into a quiet side street. Dave and I are engrossed in our conversation. Suddenly I jolt with the realisation that I have forgotten we are holding hands. “That’s the Holy Grail,” says Dave, “being so comfortable you don’t even think about it.”

We head into the West End and provoke nothing more than a cursory glance. Our final destination is Trafalgar Square. Last month, Ian Baynham, 62, was kicked to death here. There’s a din coming from somewhere – a man is on the first ridge of Nelson’s column preaching the message of the ‘Good Book’. “Let’s climb up next to him!” I cry. The sight of a preacher on Nelson’s column with two gay men holding hands next to him is starting to draw crowds. A lesbian couple spot us, scramble up and join our silent show of defiance. “The Lord will save you,” says the preacher. He didn’t save Ian Baynham, I think.

“I’m genuinely surprised,” I tell Dave afterwards as we say our goodbyes. “I was expecting at least some nasty comments.” “You see?” he replies, beaming.

But I know that today I was lucky; that at night things could have been different.

Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill is "UnDemocratic" & "UnAfrican"

molisa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:23 +0000

By Nthateng Mhlambiso (BTM managing Editor)

UGANDA – 16 October 2009: Frustrations are mounting among Ugandan gays and lesbians over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill tabled in Parliament of Uganda on Wednesday, prohibiting homosexual acts, distribution of gay related material, any public discussion or expression of gay and lesbian lives and any organizing around sexual orientation.

Sexual Minorities Uganda, an umbrella organisation of gay rights organisations has said that this “repressive” Bill is a blow to a “steady” progress of democracy in the country.

It stated that the Bill violates the basic rights to freedom of expression, conscience, association, and assembly, as well as internationally recognised protections against discrimination.

“its [the Bill] intention is to divide and discriminate against the Ugandan homosexual population, and exclude them from participation in public life, which goes against the inclusive spirit necessary for our economic as well as political development. Its spirit is profoundly undemocratic and un-African”, SMUG said in a statement.

SMUG revealed that increasing campaigns against gays and lesbians have led to severe violence resulting in many unwarranted arrests and several deaths of homosexual people.

I added “this bill aggravates stigma and hatred and renders all promised protections enshrined in the constitution for all Ugandan citizens void.”

Uganda has, according to SMUG, repeatedly pledged to defend these fundamental freedoms in the Constitutiom, has signed treaties binding it to respect international human rights law and standards including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

“As part of the community of nations forming sexual minorities we urge Ugandan parliamentarians and government to continue to respect these principles and reject this bill, which establishes a new and totally undemocratic level of policing private life.”

“These positions will further set a dangerous precedent and send a signal that any Ugandan’s privacy is unguaranteed -that all of our civil society could be put under attack. If this bill is passed into law, it will clearly endanger the work of all human rights defenders and members of civil society in Uganda”, SMUG said.

“As the Sexual Minorities in Uganda, we urge you to act on that obligation, and to
further the growth of our democracy. Kindly vote against this bill”, SMUG concluded.

Action Alert: Dismiss the Anti Homosexuality Bill

molisa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:30:30 +0000

REPOST: spread this everywhere!

The Issue:

The Ugandan Parliament is now considering a homophobic law that would reaffirm penalties for homosexuality and criminalize the “promotion of homosexuality.” The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 targets lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Ugandans, their defenders and anyone else who fails to report them to the authorities whether they are inside or outside of Uganda. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG) are calling for the swift dismissal of the bill and human rights protections for all Ugandans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Background:

Uganda’s Penal Code Article 145a already criminalizes “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature” – a charge used to prosecute, persecute and blackmail LGBT people with the threat of life imprisonment. The new bill would specifically penalize homosexuality, using life imprisonment to punish anything from sexual stimulation to simply “touch[ing] another person with the intention of committing the act of homosexuality.” It also punishes “aggravated homosexuality” – including activity by “serial offenders” or those who are HIV positive – with the death penalty.

The bill criminalizes “promotion of homosexuality” in the form of funding and sponsoring LGBT organizations and broadcasting, publishing, or marketing materials on homosexuality and punishes these acts with a steep fine, 5-7 years of imprisonment, or both. Any person in authority who fails to report known violations of the law within 24 hours will also be subject to a significant fine and up to 3 years in prison – even when this means turning in their colleagues, family, or friends. More shocking, the bill claims jurisdiction over Ugandans who violate its provisions while outside of the country.

The bill effectively bans any kind of community or political organizing around non-heteronormative sexuality. It will lend itself to misapplication and abuse, and implicitly encourages persecution of LGBT people by private actors. HIV prevention activities in Uganda, which rely on an ability to talk frankly about sexuality and provide condoms and other safer-sex materials, will be seriously compromised. Women, sex workers, people living with AIDS, and other marginalized groups may also find their activities tracked and criminalized through this bill.

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 not only violates multiple protections guaranteed by the Constitution of Uganda, which ensures independence for human rights non-governmental organizations, but contravenes the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and other international human rights treaties to which Uganda is a party. This bill undermines Uganda’s commitment to the international human rights regime and threatens the basic human rights of all its citizens.

Join the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG) in calling for the swift dismissal of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 and the protection of all Ugandans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Contact:

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
State House Nakasero

P.O. Box 24594
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-343-311
Fax: 256-41-346-102
info@statehouse.go.ug

Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi
Post Office Building, Yusuf Lule Road

P.O. Box 341
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-423-6252
Fax: 256-41-434-1139
ps@opm.go.ug

Speaker of the Parliament Edward Ssekandi Kiwanuka
P.O. Box 7178, Parliamentary Avenue

Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-414-377-100
Fax: 256-414-231-296
speaker@parliament.go.ug

Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Affairs
Honorable Opio Gabriel

P.O. Box 1494
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-510-732
ps@mglsd.go.ug

Med Kaggwa, Chair of the Uganda Human Rights Commission
Plot 20/22/24 Buganda Road

P.O. Box 4929,
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-414-348-007/8
Fax: 256-414-255-261
uhrc@uhrc.ug

Directorate for Ethics and Integrity

P.O. Box 7142
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-(0)41-430-1600
Fax: 256-(0)41-434-3177
info@dei.go.ug

Mathisen Gørild
Chair of the Uganda Diplomatic Human Rights Working Groups

gorild.mathisen@mfa.no kampalawebcontact@state.gov

Send a copy to:

Jerry P. Lanier, Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda
Embassy of the United States of America

P.O. Box 7007,
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-414-259-791/2/3/5
Fax: 256-414-259-794

IGLHRC: communications+action.alert@iglhrc.org

Send an email and fax to:

Perezi K. Kamunanwire, Ambassador to the US

Tel: 1-202-726-4758
Fax: 1-202-726-1727
pkamunanwire@ugandaembassyus.org

Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations

336 East 45 Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 1-212-949-0110
Fax: 1-212-687-4517
ugandaunny@un.int

Sample Letter:

Your Excellencies:

I am writing to express concern about legislation that would severely restrict the rights of Ugandan citizens, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their defenders, in direct contravention of domestic and international law. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 would not only reaffirm penalties for homosexuality, but would criminalize the “promotion of homosexuality,” including funding and sponsoring LGBT organizations and broadcasting, publishing, or marketing materials on homosexuality. Any person in authority who fails to report known violations of the law within 24 hours will also be subject to a significant fine and up to 3 years in prison – even when this means turning in their colleagues, family, or friends.

The negative repercussions of the bill in Uganda will be immediate and severe. It effectively bans the free association and expression that are necessary for a flourishing civil society, and creates a climate of fear and hostility that undermines the citizenship and solidarity of all Ugandans. It will lend itself to misapplication and abuse, and implicitly encourages persecution of LGBT people by private actors. Effective HIV prevention activities in Uganda, which rely on an ability to talk frankly about sexuality and provide condoms and other safer-sex materials, will be difficult, if not impossible.

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill violates National Objective 5(2) of the Ugandan Constitution, which provides that “the State shall guarantee and respect the independence of non-governmental organizations which protect and promote human rights.” Moreover, it directly violates the right to equality and freedom from discrimination (Article 21), the right to privacy (Article 27), the right to freedoms of speech, expression, association, and assembly (Article 29), the protection of minorities (Article 36), and the protection of civic rights and activities (Article 38) to which all Ugandans are entitled. It also violates the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and other international human rights treaties to which Uganda is a party. This bill undermines Uganda’s commitment to the international human rights regime and threatens the basic human rights of all its citizens.

The Bill’s revocation of fundamental rights would also seriously undermine the country’s reputation and credibility in the international arena. Because it claims jurisdiction over Ugandans who violate its provisions while outside of the country, the Bill will strain Uganda’s relations with regional and international partners.

While people may hold differing opinions about sexual orientation and gender identity, the legislation before Parliament is an ineffective and fundamentally illegal way to express opposition to a minority group. In recognition of the importance of a diverse, dynamic civil society and the domestic and international commitments that Uganda has made, I urge you to swiftly dismiss the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 and reaffirm the rights and responsibilities of all Ugandans.

Sincerely,

Name:
Organization:
Country:

(it's NOT a) SECRET! party

molisa — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:36:47 +0000

mark Nov 21.

en come to (our PROTEST/BAHATI) party,

deep in downtown tdot.

EN join us on DEC 18

( when the GALCK resource centre officially celebrates it’s 2nd birthday).

in our BIG LOVE party,

in solidarity with queer/trans activists & communities in East Afrika.

watch the streets, FACEBOOK, en this blog, for more details.

S.i.S(tas) are organising a series of revolushunary fundraisers,

we warn you, we have (not) only jus begun……

we’re mobilising the resources necessary to serve the needs of queer & trans communities in Kenya & Uganda.

this revolushun will not be televised, en we will document it!

we’ll be shooting the party scenes for 2 upcoming documentaries.

R.A.H.P &

THE Q WERD (season 2)

we need your bodies, minds en spirited selves.

we need extras en artists,

we want poets, storytellers & freedom singers.

we hope for at least a couple of comedians.

and we want to share OUR stories,

en work on our unity!

we want U people.

we’ll have a silent auction. on NOV 21

(photocopied) photographs & art work.

consider this (not-so) UNDERGROUND party,

a gift exchange network!

tis’ the season to be giving

why? because….

the most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love

and to let it come in……

dis revolushun is (a)LIVE!

here’s a(nother) juicy preview of the shows…..

matador!

will all real drag kings (en queens) please stand up?!!!

UNDER GROUND: Coupe Decale – Gwada

we want U people!

dear (big) brotha

molisa — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:09:25 +0000

yes we can! condemn Bill 18 NOW & release all political prisoners, not only in AmeriKKKa, but on the continent.

yes we can! work on our (own) unity first.

yes we can! commit to the liberation of all Afrikan people.

yes we can! advocate for global human rights.

this song is dedicated to barack obama.

a case of reparations

a good meal to swallow in reflection of the monies owed to afrikan peoples.

that thing YOU do!

molisa — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:53:11 +0000

now sit down David Bahati, sit down parliament of Uganda,

(all homophobes line up here)

and just SHUT UP en listen!

the most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love….

SIS(ta)

molisa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:03:49 +0000

Wathint abafazi!
Wathint` imbokodo uzo kufa!

Now you have touched the women!
You have struck a rock

(You have dislodged a boulder!)
You will be crushed!

The Federation of South African Women (1955)

sistas in solidarity (SIS) is a working concept that grew out of Thursday’s roundtable discussion on building solidarity within queer/trans afrikan communities. (this is a living document).

It is an intuitive and logical consequence to the big dreams we have for the liberation of ALL Afrikan peoples. It is our contribution to the struggle for Afrikan liberation. We are critically analysing our gaps and internal contradictions.

We are addresssing the intersections of our diversity, sharing resources, and building radical, sustaining and sustainable coalitions.

It’s significant to note that there were only 3 (bio) brothas in the brainstorming session. And only one was over the age of 4. That would be Chris Harris from BADC. another comrade in the struggle for afrikan liberation, ase. and ase, to all the wo/mynthat came together to build solidarity.

We warn you! we have (not) only just begun, en these issues are OUR stories…..

For the next few weeks, we will be (mostly) sistas in solidarity, mobilising resources en working together to do more to support queer/trans activism on the continent. we’re working on our own unity first.

It’s official we’re recruiting. write an op-ed. bring it up wherever en whenever. Do something (more).

We will be talking with you on community radio.Verlia stephens is officially back on air this week en she’ll be telling you more about the bill and proposed actions in her next show on “Liming with Verlia in de African Diaspora”.

We will be circulating petitions and requesting folks to sit on advisory commitees.

We will support the implementation of 4 programs, to start….

AO101 workshops,

a womyn’s circle for healing en self recovery,

queer/trans youth arts collective &

queer/trans youth exchange program (Jun-Aug 2010), to be launched in East Afrika,

en spearheaded by The People Project with the collaboration of various Kenyan & Ugandan groups.

(much, much more will be shared in detail on the listserv)

We’re asking for donations of many kinds.

we will be sending you our wish lists for the GALCK resource centre

(and) we’ll be checking them twice.

so check this space (soon).

to give you an idea. we’re looking for donations like books, videos & educational brochures for our library.

Binders, condoms, dams, lube, computers, cameras, printers, scanners, sound recorders, paper, STP’s, blank tapes, a boom & mic, hormones, technical support, volunteers, & MONEY.

we’re going to ship a container back to Kenya, with (some) necessary resources, for these groups in East Afrika.

MWA, TEA, IshtarMSM, Gay Kenya, AfraKenya, SMUG, FARug & TITs

there are many possibilities to the ways you could support.

(be as creative en as revolushunary as you can, en get back to us with your ideas and suggestions)

We’re recruiting performers for our UNDERGROUND & BIG LOVE parties.

we promise a round up of the biggest celebrity talent (from the margins)

we got an after party, and our favourite DJ’s cherry picked alot.

yes. we have our wishlist. we want folks like Ryan Hinds, Dainty Smith, D’bi Young.AnitAfrika, Amai Kuda,Troy Jackson, Laura Aidanblase, Stacey Ann Chin, Imani Henry, Hanifah Walidah, Milo de Milo, Suzy Yim, Brescia Birdthroat Bloodbeard, LAL, zaki ibrahim, deb kirk pearce, ryli skelton, tenacious bryan, marie jolie, njeri damali campbell, truthIS …..the list is long.

we want U people

(to)

Book these dates. Nov 21st & Dec 18th.

we’ll be throwing you some (not-so) “UNDER-GROUND” parties.

For now, we’ll spill jus’ a few juicy secrets.

On Nov 21st,there will be spoken word/dub poetry, song en dance, en an after party.

There will be be many beautiful QPOC en a silent auction.

It’ll be the kinda win-win situation we all looking for. come out, en raise money, for a revolushunary cause.

AND we’re looking for sponsors for raffle prizes for December’s BIG LOVE party……

the idea is that we get it all from the community, but we’re ready to exploit small en big businesses for our purposes.

all a dis, en more, is by, for, en from the community.

we are (the ) GRASSROOTS.

we are the power of (u) people.

We”re looking for other parties to donate part of their proceedings in events over the next 3 months.

would the (not so) usual suspects please stand up?

Give us your ideas of who else we can get to donate part of their party funds to our cause.

Watch the streets and join our group on FACE BOOK for more details.

we need your support to realise our dreams.

Because we’re setting lofty goals, and THIS IS the revolution.

Thinking global and starting local.

Join us!

We are doing this not only because we can, but because it is necessary.

We stand in resistance to all forms of imperialism.

and, to start, we petition the Prime Minister to release an official declaration condemning Bill 18!

We will launch a queer/trans/pan/Afrikan activists listserv, hosted by Fahamu, that will serve as a forum to connect Q/tPOC and, activists of Afrikan descent from the continent en in the diaspora(s).

The official launch for the listserv will be, online, on Friday October 23rd.

And, we’re recruiting people for the cause.

Izwe lethu! I Afrika!

sis

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s.I.s(ta)

Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Bill Threatens Liberties and Human Rights Defenders

molisa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:00:37 +0000

For Immediate Release

Proposed Provisions in anti homosexuality bill are Illegal, Ominous, and Unnecessary

(Kampala, October 15, 2009)

The draft Anti-Homosexuality Bill introduced on October 14, 2009 in Ugandas parliament would violate human rights and should be withdrawn immediately, a group of 16 local and international human rights organizations said today.

This bill is a blow to the progress of democracy in Uganda, said David Kato of Sexual Minorities Uganda. It goes against the inclusive spirit necessary for our economic as well as political development. Its spirit is profoundly undemocratic and un-African.

In an attack on the freedom of expression, a new, wide-ranging provision would forbid the promotion of homosexuality including publishing information or providing funds, premises for activities, or other resources. Conviction could result in up to seven years in prison.

This draft bill is clearly an attempt to divide and weaken civil society by striking at one of its most marginalized groups said Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. The government may be starting here, but who will be next?

The bill would criminalize the legitimate work of national and international activists and organizations working for the defense and promotion of human rights in Uganda. It would also put major barriers in the path of effective HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, the groups said.

Discrimination and punitive laws like this aimed at marginalized groups and at those often among the most affected by HIV drives people underground and does nothing to help slow down the AIDS epidemic, said Daniel Molokele, Africa program officer at the World AIDS Campaign.

Under Ugandas existing laws, the police arbitrarily arrest and detain men and women accused of engaging in consensual sex with someone of the same sex. Human rights organizations have documented cases of torture or other ill-treatment against lesbians and gay men in detention because of their sexual orientation.

Certain provisions in this bill are illegal; they are also immoral, said Kate Sheill, Amnesty Internationals expert on sexual rights. They criminalize a sector of society for being who they are, when what the government should be doing instead is protecting them from discrimination and abuse.

Over recent months, there has been increased campaigning against homosexuality in Uganda, led by churches and anti-gay groups. The media have joined this campaign, and have publicly pointed to individuals they accuse of being gay or lesbian.

People suspected of being gay have faced death threats and been physically assaulted. Many have been ostracized by their families or faced discrimination, including dismissal from their place of employment.

This new draft bill includes a provision that could lead to the imprisonment for up to three years of anyone, including heterosexual people, who fails to report within 24 hours the identities of everyone they know who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or who supports human rights for people who are.

This inflammatory bill will be taken as further confirmation that it is OK to attack or even kill people perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, said Victor Mukasa, of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. It is the governments responsibility to immediately withdraw this dangerous proposal.

Background

∑ The existing law, Section 140 of the Ugandan penal code, penalizes carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature with imprisonment of up to 14 years. This legacy of British colonialism was introduced to punish local practices of what the colonial powers deemed to be unnatural sex. The laws stand as proof that same-sex sexual practices and gender diversity are, and always have been, part of Ugandan culture. The draft bill tabled today seeks to imprison anyone convicted of the offense of homosexuality for life.

∑ Paragraph 3 of the draft bill sets out provisions on what it names as aggravated homosexuality, which will incur the death penalty, contradicting the global trend toward a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

∑ The final section of the bill provides for Uganda to nullify any of its international or regional commitments that it deems contradictory to the spirit and provisions enshrined in this Act. As both the African Commission and the UN Human Rights Committee have held, a state cannot, through its domestic law, negate its international human rights obligations.

Endorsed by:
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA)
Amnesty International
ARC International
Article 19
Center for Womens Global Leadership
COC Netherlands
Committee for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
Egale Canada
Human Rights Watch
International Commission of Jurists
International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (Front Line)
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL)
Uganda Feminist Forum (UFF)
Unitarian Universalist Church, United Nations Office
The World AIDS Campaign

For more of Human Rights Watchs work on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/lgbt-rights

For more of Human Rights Watchs work on Uganda, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/en/africa/uganda

For more information, please contact:
In New York, for Human Rights Watch, Scott Long: +1-212-216-1297 or +1-646-641-5655 (mobile)
In London, for Amnesty International, Kate Sheill: +44-20-74-13-57-48
In New York, for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Cary Alan Johnson: +1-212-430-6051
In Geneva, for the International Commission of Jurists, Allison Jernow: +41-22-979-38-00
In Nairobi, for Article 19, Henry Maina, East Africa Director, +254-72-280-1049
In Kampala, for Sexual Minorities Uganda, David Kato: +256-77-310-4971 (mobile)
In Kampala, for Freedom and Roam Uganda, Valentine Kalende, +256-75-232-4249 (mobile)
In Maputo, for LAMBDA, Danilo da Silva: +258-84-399-8814

FenerBahçe Kendi Rekorunu Kırdı!

vedat75 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:17:47 +0000

FenerBahçe Kendi Rekorunu Kırdı!

Fenerbahçe 1964 – 1965 sezonunda İngiliz Teknik Direktör Oscar Hold yönetiminde sezonun ilk 7 maçını kazanarak rekor kırmıştı.Ayrıca 1964 – 1965 sezonunda da ligde şampiyon olmuşdu.Şimdi 2009 – 2010 sezonunda Daum yönetiminde Fenerbahçe kendi rekorunu egale etti. Eğer 8. haftada GenclerBirliği ile oynanacak maçıda kazanır ise rekorunu tam anlamıyla kırmış olacak…

Dün oynanan Antalya maçıyla bu rekoru egale etmiş oldu.Antalya maçını 2-1 kazandı 3 top direkden döndü ve bir penaltı verilmedi.

1964 -1965 sezonunda 7 maçta aldığı galibiyetlerde rakip filelere 20 gol atan Fenerbahçe, kalesinde sadece 1 gole izin vermişti. Fenerbahçe bu sezon ise ilk 7 hafta galibiyetlerinde toplam 14 gol atıp, kalesinde 3 gol gördü. Fenerbahçe`nin 7 maçlık lige başlama serisi rekoruna Türkiye`de yaklaşan başka takım bulunmuyor.

Fenerbahçe’nin 1964-65 sezonundaki ilk 7 maçta aldığı sonuçlar şöyle:
1. hafta Fenerbahçe-Beykoz……: 4 – 1
2. hafta Fenerbahçe-Feriköy…..: 5 – 0
3. hafta Fenerbahçe-Altınordu…: 3 – 0
4. hafta Fenerbahçe-İzmirspor…: 3 – 0
5. hafta Fenerbahçe-İstanbulspor: 2 – 0
6. hafta Fenerbahçe-Hacettepe…: 1 – 0
7. hafta Fenerbahçe-Şekerspor…: 2 – 0

Fenerbahçem’e hep destek tam destek

Pour la caution de Vincent Lacroix

renartleveille — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:52:36 +0000

Provient d’ici, trouvé via Dominique Arpin. Trop bon.

MPs, gay rights and underwear models: The bonus pics

Mitchel Raphael — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:48:35 +0000

Here are bonus pics from the gay advocacy group EGALE’s first-ever big gala. The event took place at

MPs, gay rights and underwear models

Mitchel Raphael — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:51:09 +0000

The gay advocacy group Egale held its ﬁrst-ever large-scale gala in Toronto’s Le Meridien King Edwar

Alex taraftardan bir şans daha istedi

yurdumuzz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:32:48 +0000

Son haftalarda alınan başarısız sonuçlarla taraftarlarını çileden çıkaran F.Bahçe’de Alex çarpıcı açıklamalar yaptı.

Fenerbahçe futbol takımı kaptanı Alex de Souza, teknik direktör Luis Aragones ile arasında İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor maçından sonra bir tartışma ve problem olmadığını söyledi.

FB TV’de Fatih Demirkol’un hazırlayıp sunduğu ”Kaptan Köşkü” programında konuşan Alex, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor maçından sonra Aragones ile aralarının bozulduğu yolunda medyada çıkan haberlerin hatırlatılması üzerine, ”Kesinlikle böyle bir şey yok. Hiçbir zaman Aragones ile aramda problem olmadı. Belediye maçından sonra, yenilenme antrenmanında birlikte fotoğrafımızı çekip, yalan ve gerçek olmayan haberler yapıldı, ama aramızda ne tartışma, ne de problem söz konusu” dedi.

Brezilyalı futbolcu, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor maçı bitmeden Güiza ile birlikte soyunma odasına gitmesiyle ilgili olarak ise şunları kaydetti:

”Biz oyundan çıktığımızda takımımız 1-0 mağluptu. Hala oyunu döndürme şansımız vardı. 85′te 2. gol gelince, kendi inisiyatifimizle soyunma odasına Güiza ile birlikte gittik, çünkü maç kopmuştu. Artık geriye dönüş yoktu. Zaten o dakikaya kadar yedek kulübesinden takımımıza destek vermeye çalıştık. Herhangi bir tavır söz konusu değil. Ne yazık ki işler kötü gittiğinde bu tür haberler çıkıyor. Yenilmeseydik, bunların hiçbiri konuşulmayacaktı. Kötü sonuçlardan sonra dünyanın her yerinde bu tür haberler çıkıyor. Türkiye gibi futbolun önemsendiği ve futbolla yatılıp, futbolla kalkılan bir ülkede kötü sonuçlardan sonra bu tür yorumların olması da normaldir. Bizim takım olarak yapmamız gereken, 2-3 haftada sonuçları normal hale getirerek, bu tür haberlerin çıkmasını engellemektir.”

”FENERBAHÇE KALİTESİNİ ORTAYA KOYAMADIK”

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor yenilgisiyle ilgili öz eleştiri de yapan Alex, bu karşılaşmada Fenerbahçe’nin kalitesini ortaya koyamadıklarını söyledi.

”Belediye maçında oynadığımız futbol, kapasitemizin çok altındaydı” diyen Brezilyalı oyuncu, ”Öz eleştiri yapmak gerekirse, Fenerbahçe’nin kalitesinin ortaya koyamadık. Puan sıralamasında gerilere düştüğünüz zaman, her maçı almak gibi bir düşünceye giriyorsunuz. Bu da ister istemez hepimizde bir gerginlik ve stres yaratıyor. Daha sakin, neler yaptığını bilen bir takımla başarılı sonuçlar aldık” diye konuştu.

TARAFTARDAN KREDİ İSTEDİ

Her maç öncesi ve sonrası toplantılar yaptıklarını anlatan Alex, ”Milli takımdan arkadaşlarımız döndüğünde bu toplantımızı yapacağız. Yönetimimizi endişelendirip, taraftarımıza ümitsizlik yaşatmayacağız” dedi.

Her maçı final gibi görerek, takımı puan tablosunda üstlere taşımaları gerektiğini çok iyi bildiklerini dile getiren Alex, şöyle konuştu:

”Taraftarımız çok iyi bilmelidir ki bu takımın futbolcularının çoğunluğunu 3-4 yıldır burada birlikte oynayan oyuncular. Bu oyuncularda hem kazanma potansiyeli, hem de gücü var. Kendimize güvenmeliyiz. Önümüzdeki günlerde, taraftarımızın taşıdığı korkuyu silmek zorundayız. Büyük Fenerbahçe taraftarından, bize bir kez daha kredi vermesini istiyorum. Takımını seven her taraftar, Hacettepe maçında takımına güvenerek tribünlerdeki yerini alacaktır.”

”HEDEFİM AYKUT KOCAMAN’IN GOL REKORUNU EGALE ETMEK”

Alex de Souza, hedefinin Fenerbahçe’de Aykut Kocaman’ın gol rekorunu egale etmek olduğunu ifade etti.

Takımın idari görevlilerinden, bir süre önce kendi istatistiklerini istediğini anlatan Brezilyalı yıldız, ”Bu rakamlara göre 4 sene içinde Fenerbahçe’de 105 gol, 108 asistlik bir istatistiğe sahibim. Burada 2 yıllık daha vaktim var. Bu iki sene içinde eski oyunculardan Aykut Kocaman’ın 140 gollük rekorunu da en azından egale etmek istiyorum” şeklinde konuştu.

Dan Deacon - Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat [2003]

tweakedvisions — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:50:14 +0000

Dan Deacon – Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat [2003]
Genre: Experimental, Electronic
Country: USA

1. My Name is Robert
2. ksjfhglijkhertykjlehgskjhkjvhda
3. Sound Events (Live)
4. Shit Slowly Applied On Cock Parts
5. The House I Was Isn’t My Girlfriends Porsche
6. Missy Modle x 1000
7. Spring
8. I Will Always Have Juice Today
9. Glass and Metal
10. It’s Not As It’s Goig Downtown
11. Junior High Band With Trucks and Dogs
12. 4400440044040 with Dufus and The Beatles

Size: 82.9 MB
DanDeacon.com

Warman: Epithets Unbecoming

silentconsort — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:49:54 +0000

Lawyer, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
Ambrose Bierce

Warman Calls Canadian Senator “Ni**er C*nt”

Mark Fournier of FreeDominion has written a hard-hitting article exposing Richard Warman who has filed over 25 complaints against White nationalists who post on the Internet. He is a self described anti-racist. He likes to lurk on the Internet using phoney names, often female. The material Mark Fournier uses came out at the Marc Lemire Internet hearing which is ongoing. Warman in 2003 posted a foul comment about a Canadian Negro Senator who moved from being a leftist student radical in the late 1960s to being a socially conservative opponent of abortion, same sex marriage and the homosexual agenda.Now the connection to why Warman called Senator Anne Cools a “ni**er c*nt” is becoming clearer.

Warman is a member of the radical homosexual group EGALE. Pam MacEachern represented EGALE for the same-sex marriage Supreme Court advisory ruling on same sex marriage. [They ruled that Canada’s traditional heterosexual definition of marriage must go.] Senator Anne Cools intervened (Sept 10, 2003) in this case, only 5 days after Warman posted the message on the FreedomSite message board (Sept 5, 2003). Senator Cools would be seen to be a turncoat to the leftist cause.Calling her a “nigger cunt” would be a nasty piece of vengeance dressed up as the activity of a “racist” bigot.Pam MacEachern represented Warman at the libel case against Paul Fromm earlier this year. She is a well known Ottawa lesbian. Warman has known MacEachern dating back to March, 2003, when MacEachern <http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/search/view_html.asp?doid=453&lg=_e&isruling >
represented the CHRC in the Kyburz case. They got the largest award ever received by a tribunal ($37,500 – of which $30,000 was awarded to Warman as “special compensation”). There are some strange connections in Ottawa.Oh, yes, no one rose to Warman’s agent provocateur bait. No one joined his thread to make abusive comments about Senator Cools. Mark Fournier
Free Dominion
January 18, 2008

“Time to go back to when the women nigger imports knew their place…
And that place was NOT in public!” - Richard Warman referring to Sen. Anne Cools – Is Richard Warman a racist bigot, or was he “just following orders” issued by his masters at the Canadian Human Rights Commission when he posted the headlined message above on a Freedomsite forum on September 5, 2003? Whatever the answer, the same CHRC that has ruled Bible verses to be hate speech doesn’t seem to consider these words to be a problem. But they are a big problem, for both Richard Warman and the CHRC, and the rest of what he wrote only makes matters worse. “Not only is Canadian Senator Anne Cools is a Negro, she is also an immigrant!
And she is also one helluva preachy c*nt.
She does NOT belong in my Canada. My Anglo-Germanic people were here before
there was a Canada and her kind have jumped in, polluted our race, and forced
their bullshit down our throats.
Time to go back to when the women ni**er imports knew their place…
And that place was NOT in public!

It may be mere coincidence that Richard Warman is in fact an Anglo-German, but it is not likely a coincidence at all that the owner of the website where Richard Warman posted this racist screed against Sen. Anne Cools came under attack by the CHRC shortly after Richard Warman began his complaint-less investigation there.

Complaint-less investigations by the CHRC have been in the news lately because information has surfaced concerning CHRC operative Dean Steacy and his official exploits as ‘Jadewarr’. But compared to his colleague Richard Warman, Dean Steacy is a piker. Richard Warman enters a forum swinging as ’90sAREover’.

In testimony beginning January 29, 2007 Richard Warman admitted under oath in Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing (Case T1073/5405) that he was, in fact, the poster named ‘lucy’ who had registered on the Freedomsite (and other) forums. What he neglected to add was that ‘lucy’ was not his first Freedomsite screen name. He failed to mention that his complaint-less investigation of Freedomsite actually began two months before ‘lucy’ hit the scene, it began when he registered on the Freedomsite under the screen name ’90sAREover’.

Another miscalculation by Richard Warman was the technical expertise of the target of this particular setup operation. Marc Lemire is a techie, a networking nerd, so it was not much of a problem for him to find information on both ‘lucy’ and ’90sAREover’ in the Freedomsite database.

The table reproduced below shows information found in the Freedomsite database comparing Richard Warman’s admitted ‘lucy’ identity (left column) to information about ’90sAREover’ (right column). This table infomation was gathered by expert technology witness Bernard Klatt and submitted as evidence to a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on February 8, 2007.

(If chart is hard to read, go here

http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showpost.php?p=5061230&postcount=1 )

Mr. Klatt concludes in Paragraph 71 of his affidavit:

“Based on the information provided in this affidavit, in my expert opinion, I concluded that the Freedomsite message board user accounts “90sAREover” and “lucy” are those of Richard Warman and that Richard Warman was the poster of the message headed “Cools don’t belong in our Senate” posted September 5, 2003.”

There also no doubt that the CHRC was aware of this internet posting by 90sAREover because it was a part of the original complaint filed by Richard Warman, when referred to tribunal. But this posting is no longer a part of the CHRC complaint against Lemire, the CHRC dropped it from the complaint the day after Mr. Lemire won a decision to subpoena Rogers’ internet records.

This posting by 90sAREover would be a slam dunk in a real court of law, so why did the CHRC drop it from the complaint?

This story is far from over because the attacks on Marc Lemire by the CHRC are ongoing and with no end in sight, as are the attacks on many other Canadians by this government agency. This story is also far from being completely told. More ugly twists and turns will be revealed as those at the center of it all give us leave to report the details.

Slowly but surely the truth is coming out.

And it isn’t pretty.

Animal Farm, un livre de George ORWELL

OrION — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:38:04 +0000

Synopsis : « Un soir, tous les animaux de la ferme du Manoir sont convoqués dans la grange par Sage