Homophobia affecting gay people in Africa
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Dystopiary
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A bill in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening people with 5-15 years of "penal servitude" for same-sex relations, a prison sentence which can't be suspended.
Petition here:
Oppose the Anti-LGBT+ Bill in the DRC
Petition here:
Oppose the Anti-LGBT+ Bill in the DRC
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I imagine this article will go down well here
www.bloomberg.com
Ghana's ‘Snitching’ Law Gives World Bank $20 Billion Debt Dilemma
The lender faces a difficult funding decision if Accra chooses to go ahead with a punitive anti-LGBTQ law that clashes with its own standards.
www.bloomberg.com
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
All Out suggest possible hope regarding Morocco's homophobic legal stance.
Petition here:
Join the Call: Make love legal in Morocco!
Petition here:
Join the Call: Make love legal in Morocco!
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
US far right groups with Christian leanings helping to promote and amplify their hatred of LGBT
www.theguardian.com
NCOSE’s other ties in Uganda include The Boys’ Mentorship Programme (BMP), run by Godfrey Kuteesa, which it lists as a “Partner Organization” on its website. NCOSE has worked with Kuteesa for nearly a decade, and featured him in the 2015 blog post discussing Wrap week.
BMP’s activities include an annual “Summer Boys’ Boot Camp”, which the organization’s own website describes as “militaristic in nature”.
Last July, Kuteesa posted a video to X (formerly Twitter) that showed him making boys at the boot camp shout “a man marries a woman” four times, before shouting at them “That is the natural way!”
In other posts on X, Kuteesa has written that “gay is not a sexual orientation,” that boys with “pins in their ears … always turn out to be homos”, and that “African Leaders worry that Obama’s charisma will lead young people into homosexual sin.”
Revealed: how a US far-right group is influencing anti-gay policies in Africa
US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda
NCOSE’s other ties in Uganda include The Boys’ Mentorship Programme (BMP), run by Godfrey Kuteesa, which it lists as a “Partner Organization” on its website. NCOSE has worked with Kuteesa for nearly a decade, and featured him in the 2015 blog post discussing Wrap week.
BMP’s activities include an annual “Summer Boys’ Boot Camp”, which the organization’s own website describes as “militaristic in nature”.
Last July, Kuteesa posted a video to X (formerly Twitter) that showed him making boys at the boot camp shout “a man marries a woman” four times, before shouting at them “That is the natural way!”
In other posts on X, Kuteesa has written that “gay is not a sexual orientation,” that boys with “pins in their ears … always turn out to be homos”, and that “African Leaders worry that Obama’s charisma will lead young people into homosexual sin.”
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
There's better news from Namibia, where consensual same-sex relations between men have been decriminalised.
The High Court has declared the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” to be unconstitutional.
Namibia Court Decriminalizes Consensual Same-Sex Conduct
The High Court has declared the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” to be unconstitutional.
Namibia Court Decriminalizes Consensual Same-Sex Conduct
Gramsci
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Zanele Muholi | Tate Modern
Saw this and thought it might be of interest on this thread.
Each room of exhibition has a different theme. I'd say to see the rooms as a whole rather than concentrate a photo at a time.
I'd say it's ultimately uplifting show. Whilst it doesn't shy away from the difficulties LGBT people face it's a celebration of their lives as well. Which I like as it shows people's humanity.
Muholi is also a very good photographer. These are top quality thought out photos.
I've had one look at it and will go back ( plus point of Tate membership). As it's a lot to take in.
Also covers some of the history of LGBT people in SA. Pamphlets/ magazines and posters for example.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Looks good. Meanwhile over at the Barbican until 30th June is this Soufiane Ababri | BarbicanZanele Muholi | Tate Modern
www.tate.org.uk
Saw this and thought it might be of interest on this thread.
Each room of exhibition has a different theme. I'd say to see the rooms as a whole rather than concentrate a photo at a time.
I'd say it's ultimately uplifting show. Whilst it doesn't shy away from the difficulties LGBT people face it's a celebration of their lives as well. Which I like as it shows people's humanity.
Muholi is also a very good photographer. These are top quality thought out photos.
I've had one look at it and will go back ( plus point of Tate membership). As it's a lot to take in.
Also covers some of the history of LGBT people in SA. Pamphlets/ magazines and posters for example.
This is an exhibition by a Moroccan artist. I caught it by accident en route to a concert by the London Gay Symphony orchestra at St Giles Cripplegate.
Soufiane Ababri is a painter and gives free reign to his erotic fantasies. So much so I was surprised not to see a trigger warning on the exhibition door!
phildwyer
Plata o plomo
Akufo-Addo is procrastinating to the max before signing the Anti-Gay Bill, presumably to give his mates a chance to steal as much of the IMF loan as their pockets will hold before international capital punishes Ghana's homophobia by cutting off funds again. They repeat this dance every decade or so: What are the legal challenges to Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill? | Context
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