Category Archives: HIV / AIDS

Will AIDS activist’s death boost HIV support services?

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

The Youth on Rock Foundation is working to improve its HIV education and support services in conjunction with a memorial for foundation member Abby Love (Abby Mukasa), who died April 24 of complications related to AIDS. Mukasa was an active … Continue reading →

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Ethiopian LGBTs need help to halt abuses

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Ethiopia has one of the world’s most restrictive laws governing attempts to protect the rights and health of women, children, LGBT people, the sick and the disabled. As a result, those people’s rights and health are endangered, and too little … Continue reading →

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Why such silence amid Zambians’ anti-gay storm?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Sowing poisonous seeds in Zambia Human rights worker Chivuli Ukwimi has harsh words for human rights organizations that stood silently by as a “storm of homophobic bigotry and hate-speech” broke out in Zambia this month shortly after the European Union invited … Continue reading →

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Appeal to Zambia: End repressive anti-gay frenzy

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Human rights activists are pleading for moderation and restraint in Zambia as the country remains engulfed in a wave of homophobia that began with a news article claiming that four gay couples had tried to register themselves as married on … Continue reading →

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How U.S. taxes are killing LGBT people

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

This is an abridged version of an article that first appeared in the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: RGOD2: How your taxes are killing LGBT people WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2013 — Taxes and death may be the two … Continue reading →

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Washington cathedral to focus on LGBT rights abroad

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., will host a panel discussion about LGBT rights this coming Sunday, featuring activists from Uganda, Malawi and the United States. This is the cathedral’s announcement of the event: LGBT Rights Abroad: The Spirit of … Continue reading →

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Gay sex tourism in anti-gay Gambia

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Gambia’s strong-man president, Yahya Jammeh, devoted his recent speech at the opening session of parliament to railing against homosexuality along with the nation’s growing murder rate, police corruption and European countries’ deportation of Gambian citizens. At much the same time, … Continue reading →

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British Lords seek repeal of 41 countries’ anti-gay law

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Peers in Britain’s House of Lords are pushing for the repeal of anti-gay laws that have led to increased levels of HIV/AIDS in many of the 41  Commonwealth nations where they remain on the books. Pink News reported: Peers in the … Continue reading →

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Gay rights book ready for e-readers, in paperback too

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

The new book From Wrongs to Gay Rights is now available in electronic formats as well as in paperback. It presents in vividly human terms the toll of 76-plus countries’ anti-gay laws, depicted by authors published on this blog. The … Continue reading →

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Queen silent on gay rights, but provides an opening

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Queen Elizabeth disappointed LGBT rights activists this week by saying nothing whatsoever about gay rights or even human rights, as she signed the new Commonwealth charter that calls for an end to discrimination on the basis of “gender, race, colour, … Continue reading →

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