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Tag Archives: Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe activists reject call for anti-gay crackdown
Zimbabwean LGBT activists have slammed a Bulawayo-based anti-gay political organisation that is calling on the country to ban local groups that help LGBT people. The pressure group argues that LGBT advocacy organisations are un-African and in violation of the Zimbabwean … Continue reading
LGBT rights group cheers new Zimbabwe constitution
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) says its members welcome the recent overwhelming vote in favor of the country’s new constitution, despite its provision banning same-sex marriage. With a new constitution, the country can move forward to new elections and … Continue reading
From Botox to gay rights
(The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle wrote this column for the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News about the creation of the Erasing 76 Crimes blog and the recent publication of the book From Wrongs to Gay Rights.) By the Rev. Canon … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Americas, Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Faith and religion, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Albert Ogle, Cameroon, Colin Stewart, Education For Ministry, Eric Lembembe, Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Orange County Register, Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Richard Rohr, San Diego Gay and Lesbian News
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Zimbabwe activists are back in business
The battle continues to assure basic human rights for LGBT people in Zimbabwe despite government harassment. The group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) reopened its Harare office last month. The GALZ office had been closed after a police raid … Continue reading
LGBTs worry as Zimbabwe moves to restrict rights
The long-awaited Zimbabwean draft Constitution outlaws same-sex marriage, which has aroused concern in the community of Zimbabwean lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. In interviews, LGBTI people said they fear that such homophobic legislation would fuel hatred and violence … Continue reading
A night in hell, Zimbabwe style
In this year-end recollection, Miles Tanhira of the activist group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) describes last August’s police raid of GALZ headquarters, during which office equipment was seized and dozens of members were arrested. The organization has since … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment
Tagged Button sticks, Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Harare, Miles Tanhira, Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe police vs. LGBT rights group
Police in Zimbabwe say they’re still investigating the group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, or GALZ, and have refused to return property they seized during a raid on GALZ offices in August. GALZ attorney Tonderai Bhatasara wrote to police to … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan)
Tagged Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, NewsDay, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Activists: Zimbabwe media make up anti-gay stories
Did police in a suburb of the Zimbabwean city of Kadoma arrest a suspected gay couple on charges of sodomy? Zimbabwe’s official newspaper, The Herald, reported it. But LGBT activists say that story was apparently an invention of the state-controlled … Continue reading
Zimbabwe LGBT group resists raids, arrests, harassment
Continuing harassment from Zimbabwe police hasn’t succeeded in silencing the activist group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe. After repeated police raids, arrests of dozens of its members and seizure of its office equipment, the rights group says it closed its … Continue reading
GOP: 76 countries’ anti-gay laws are OK
The Republican Party wants the United States to stop pushing for repeal of 76 countries’ laws that make homosexuality a crime. In its newly unveiled 2012 party platform, the GOP criticizes the Obama administration for its warnings that U.S. foreign … Continue reading →