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- World Bank Review Team To Recommend Approving Loan To Uganda Despite Anti-Homosexuality Act April 22, 2014
- Indian Supreme Court To Reconsider Sodomy Ruling April 22, 2014
- Zimbabwean President Threatens To Expel Diplomats Who "Talk Of Any Homosexuality" April 18, 2014
- How A Trans Rights Ruling Could Save Gay Rights In India April 15, 2014
- Indian Supreme Court Recognizes Broad Rights For Transgender People April 15, 2014
- Andy Kopsa on Cameroon
- Report: 4 lesbians arrested in Cameroon March 7, 2014
- My latest at The Nation: dispatches from Yaounde prison in Cameroon – outlawing homosexuality March 4, 2014
- UPDATE: 2/24 Bill Signed – Ugandan President Says He’ll Sign Harsh Anti-Gay Bill | The Investigative Fund February 23, 2014
- Museveni may sign AHB today – need solidarity for Nigeria and Cameroon February 21, 2014
- “Not in Africa” February 20, 2014
- Youth Day Holiday Parade: Marching against Homosexuality February 18, 2014
- UPDATE: LGBT Activist Arrested in Douala Cameroon February 17, 2014
- Yaounde Prison Part IV: The Catholics February 13, 2014
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- Yaounde, Douala and a few notes moving forward with these posts February 12, 2014
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- Growing into LGBTQ activism: Vikram, Chennai March 30, 2014
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- Seeking lesbigay participants for qualitative research study March 19, 2014
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Tag Archives: Catholic Church
Pleas for justice and health in gay-bashing Cameroon
A team of African and American activists traveled last month to homophobic Cameroon to plead for tolerance, justice and improved health care for LGBT people and others. They raised their voices at a health conference, in prison, at the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Faith and religion, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Albert Ogle, Alice N'Kom, Andy Kopsa, Bakot, Berthe Awoh, Berthe Marcelle Awoh Ngoume, Berthe Ngoume, Cameroon, Camfaids, Catholic Church, Eric Lembembe, Eric O. Lembembe, Eric Ohena Lembembe, Kampala, Maxensia Nakibuuka, Michel Togue, Piero Pioppo, Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Simon Bakot, The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Victor Bakot, Yaoundé
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Roman Catholic leaders in India support LGBT rights
The compassion and acceptance that Pope Francis has expressed for LGBT people has spread to India, as evidenced in Roman Catholic responses to a recent Supreme Court decision that reinstated a 1860s Indian law against homosexuality. Most religious groups in … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Faith and religion
Tagged Catholic Church, Catholic Herald, India, Mumbai, New Ways Ministry, Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic
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Pope’s message for anti-gay Catholics: Accept gays
In an interview today, Pope Francis spoke graciously about how the Roman Catholic Church should treat LGBT people. Will Catholics in the 76-plus countries that imprison people for homosexual behavior stop fueling anti-gay hatred and instead model themselves after the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith and religion, Positive steps, Uncategorized
Tagged Catholic Church, Pope, Pope Francis
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Jamaica: Archbishop ducks question on sodomy law
Several of Jamaica’s churches have voiced very vocal opposition to the case brought by Javed Jaghai challenging the country’s 1864 anti-sodomy law. These churches have also planned island-wide anti-gay demonstrations for Sunday, June 23, in advance of the first hearing … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Faith and religion
Tagged Catholic Church, Charles Dufour, Holy See, Jamaica, Javed Jaghai, Maurice Tomlinson, Silvano Tomasi, Sodomy law, Vatican
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Jamaica: Evicted, gay man aims to overturn buggery law
Last year, Javed Jaghai, a young gay Jamaican, was evicted from his home by his landlady when she discovered his sexual orientation. The landlady alleged that Javed’s homosexuality meant that he would be engaging in an illegal activity on the … Continue reading
Signs of Caribbean progress for Catholics, LGBT rights
Congrats to the new Dominican LGBT group Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) and their leader, Daryl Philip, for continuing a robust discussion on human rights for LGBT on the island. Some may remember that Dominica made the headlines when two gay … Continue reading
In brief: Abu Dhabi worry, Uganda priest, medical video
Recap of recent news: NYU students unsafe at Abu Dhabi campus? John Sexton, president of the prestigious New York University NYU, was asked by the United Arab Emirates, gay rights group over the ethics and conduct regarding their flagship Abu … Continue reading
Uganda’s anti-gay bill dead for now, but likely in 2013
The Ugandan parliament has adjourned for the year, taking no action on the dreadful Anti-Homosexuality Bill that the parliament’s leader, Rebecca Kadaga, had promised would pass as a “Christmas gift.” Ugandan activists who led a well-organized international fight against the … Continue reading
Catholic former ambassador defends LGBTs in Uganda
Second of two posts on Roman Catholic responses to issues of HIV and LGBT rights in Uganda and elsewhere. Religious opposition to homosexuality does not justify oppression of homosexuals, Thomas Patrick Melady writes in an article for Catholics in Alliance … Continue reading
