The LGBT-friendly Sebaspace blog has tough advice for LGBT Ugandan refugees in Kenya, inspired by the sad recent death of refugee John Paul Mulumbi. The blog states: “Life’s tough … for the Ugandans who’re claiming LGBT asylum in Kenya and, without a proper income, strict medication adherence and no firm economic and social anchor, John … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Deportation / asylum
Gay Ugandan refugees launch Kenyan craft company
Hundreds of LGBTI refugees who fled Ugandan repression are now enmeshed in new difficulties in Kenya, where they must endure long bureaucratic delays in order to have a chance for resettlement abroad. In the meantime, making ends meet is a challenge. Several young LGBTI refugees have founded a fashion, design and crafts business to support … Continue reading
Africa / Commentary / Europe
Why does Germany accept refugees, reject LGBTI activists?
COMMENTARY Why are German embassies denying visa requests from LGBTI activists seeking to take a brief trip to Germany for a workshop on security? [See articles here, here, and here on the repeated invitations of the German activist group HAMIAM to dozens of African activists to attend the seminars. After more than a year of … Continue reading
Advocates for LGBTI Africans on UK shortlist for award
The United Kingdom-based African LGBTI advocacy organization Out and Proud Diamond Group has been shortlisted for honors at the National Diversity Awards 2015. The awards, including the one for community organizations working on LGBTI issues, will be presented Sept. 18 at the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool. Out and Proud Diamond Group (OPDG) was formed in … Continue reading
Ugandan LGBTI refugees protest treatment in Kenya
LGBTI Ugandan refugees in Kenya protested today at the Nairobi office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees, seeking improved human services, interviews, resettlement and, until then, protection from homophobic attacks. Kuchu Times reported: LGBTI refugees camping at UNHCR after delivering demands in a protest Ugandan LGBTI refugees from Kakuma camp and parts of Nairobi … Continue reading
Turkish police beat 2 gay Iranian refugees
In a country that LGBT Iranian refugees are finding increasingly hostile, two gay Iranian men were severely beaten on Jan. 26 by a police officer at the police station in a town (name withheld to protect the men) in southern Turkey. The two men are same-sex partners, in their 30s. They had asked the police officer … Continue reading
Germany blocks Ugandans’ trip to safety seminar
The German embassy in Uganda has rejected applications by LGBTI activists for visas to travel to Cologne, Germany, for a seminar about security for activists and continuing medical care for HIV-positive patients despite Uganda’s new anti-gay law. The denial apparently was similar to the rejection of Canadian visas requested by some Ugandan activists to travel … Continue reading
Prominent Ugandan gay activist seeks U.S. asylum
Republished by permission from the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: John Abadallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist who was featured in the documentaries “Call Me Kuchu” and “Missionaries of Hate,” filed for asylum today in the United States. Wambere has been an activist for 14 years, as a co-founder of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives, … Continue reading
Anti-gay threats, attacks disrupt AIDS fight in Sierra Leone
DEATH THREATS, ATTACK, AND THEN ESCAPE Until they had to flee the country to save their lives, George Freeman, Denzil Kargbo and Ephraim Bernard Wilson worked to halt the spread of AIDS in Sierra Leone. They worked for years to educate LGBT people in Sierra Leone about the dangers of HIV / AIDS, but they … Continue reading
LGBT news roundup: Uganda, Russia, Zimbabwe, more
AFRICA IN GENERAL ‘Homophobia’ in Africa condemned (Amnesty International via BBC) AFRICA AND EUROPE Persecuted homosexuals can be granted refuge. Gays and lesbians from nations that have criminalized their sexual orientation can be granted refuge in the European Union, but only if they are demonstratively persecuted, a top EU lawyer recommended on Thursday in a … Continue reading
