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Tag Archives: Ethiopia
View from Brazil: Anti-gay movement grows in Africa
This is a rough translation of an article published last month in the newspaper Estado of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which gives a sense of the degree of public awareness of LGBT rights issues there. The account is generally accurate, though … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Americas, Faith and religion
Tagged Brazil, Colin Stewart, Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, Uganda
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Campus Crusade for Christ harms LGBTs in Ethiopia
In the wake of recent news that anti-gay Ethiopians are seeking passage of a death penalty of homosexuals, the LGBT rights group Truth Wins Out issued this statement about the role that Campus Crusade for Christ played in inciting anti-gay … Continue reading
Seeking help for LGBT Ethiopians, not the death penalty
The Ethiopian LGBT-rights group Rainbow Ethiopia today called for continued foreign aid to the country, but an end to international financial support of organizations that seek passage of the death penalty for sexual minorities in Ethiopia. In recognition of the … Continue reading
After Ethiopia, perhaps other critiques of gay rights reports
The Council for Global Equality is seeking help from activists worldwide in pushing the United States to do a better job of supporting LGBT rights around the world. In particular, the council is inviting comments about newly released U.S. reports … Continue reading
Posted in International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Ethiopia, Human rights, State Department
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Ethiopia: Death penalty for gays soon?
Gay Star News reports: A death penalty against homosexuality may be introduced soon in Ethiopia, according to anti-gay organizations that ran a recent workshop on the topic. The workshop, dealt with the social ‘evils’ and ‘disastrous’ effects of homosexuality in … Continue reading
Ethiopian LGBTs need help to halt abuses
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
How U.S. taxes are killing LGBT people
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
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Americas, Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Faith and religion, HIV / AIDS, International pressure for LGBT rights, Positive steps
Tagged AIDS, Andy Kopsa, Ethiopia, Franklin Graham, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Mozambique, Pepfar, Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Samaritan's Purse, St. Paul's Center, St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation, United States Agency for International Development, USAID, World Vision
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Ethiopia protest against human rights crackdown
Ethiopia is trying to silence human rights groups there, including LGBT rights supporters, says the gay rights group Rainbow-Ethiopia In Exile. The group states: The restrictive Charities and Societies Proclamation, adopted in 2009, continues to threaten/effectively silence Ethiopia’s LGBT and … Continue reading
Who will replace Ethiopian Church’s anti-gay patriarch?
Activists in Ethiopia are hoping the country will become less hostile to LGBTI people after a replacement is chosen for Abune Paulos, the homophobic patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who died last week at age 76. LGBTI advocates know, … Continue reading
Ethiopia balks at Western pressure for LGBT rights
Add Ethiopia to the list of places that are crying foul at Western governments’ decision to consider a developing country’s anti-homosexuality laws before renewing foreign aid. Current law in Ethiopia provides for prison terms of 10 days to three years for … Continue reading
