Just received a note from Topher Campbell, the Artistic Director of London-based theater company, The Red Room, about a exciting and daring event happening February 28 called GAY AFRICA. In partnership with fellow London-based free speech and human rights organization, English PEN, GAY AFRICA is a free event that will bring together a mix of [...]
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How you can help with relief efforts in Haiti
Thanks to cave_canem Yahoo! group, here’s a list of organizations that you can contribute to in aiding victims of the recent 7.0 earthquake near Port Au Prince in Haiti on yesterday. Save the Children – http://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/latin-america-caribbean/haiti/earthquake-10/ Partners in Health – http://www.pih.org/home.html Yele – Wyclef Jean’s organization – http://www.yele.org Lambi Fund of Haiti – http://www.lambifund.org/ In [...]
Seeking African voices on African issues: on Uganda
In light of heightened awareness in the LGBT community over recently introduced legislation affecting sexual minorities in Uganda and possibly soon (if you haven’t heard, Rwanda), I’m looking for and sharing as many African queer voices here on the blog as I can find. I need their written voice, as do you. Living in America, [...]
Doing it for the kids: EAR FARM Charity Holiday Album
Tired of the usual holiday music fare that’s gearing up for a fever pitch in the next week or so? I’ve been tired of it, but anyway here’s something (loosely) holiday-inspired by the fine folks at EAR FARM and Let ‘Em In Studios called, Do you EAR what I EAR? This alt-rock and folk musical [...]
Ugandan sexual minorities fighting for better health care
Even in the face of the Anti-Homosexuality bill currently before the Ugandan parliament, the groups, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), is still working to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS being a gay disease and urging the government for more inclusive health care as a human right, according to a new article at Behind The Mask. Frank [...]
Buy Nothing (Without Thought) Day 2009
The grassroots campaign of Buy Nothing Day, which started in Canada and has been promoted by Adbusters Magazine, is a social protest to resist the temptation of answering the bombardment of paper, radio, television, and internet advertisements for deep discounts on various products the day after Thanksgiving. Given the current economic climate of retail right [...]
None on Record-Stories of Queer Africa
Recently, I was on a call with Queers for Economic Justice and was reminded of a website that I’m been wanting to share here on the website. The site is None on Record-Stories of queer Africa and it’s an oral history project of queer Africans organizing on the continent and through the Diaspora. It’s an [...]
Houston teen bullied and beaten with metal pipe because he’s gay
Another episode of violence against gay teens. This 16-year old boy now has a concussion and cuts and his face due to being beat up by bullies because he’s gay. Watch the video. Now, given the environment in Houston with the potential of the city’s first gay mayor and the verbal attacks on her by [...]
