This Week at Pan Africa ILGA

17/07/2012

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AFRICA: Sexual refugees struggle to access asylum As a gay man living in Tanzania, Cassim Mustapha could have faced imprisonment, but prosecutions under the country's Sexual Offences Act are rare, and the bigger threat came from his own community. After one of his neighbours attacked him with an axe leaving a deep wound in his head, Mustapha fled and applied for asylum in Malawi, the first country he reached. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nCWxtCF1mM http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nCWxtCF1mM Cameroon: an association proposes a national day against homosexuality The association Rassemblement de la Jeunesse Camerounaise has proclaimed the 21 August the national against homosexuality. This initiative aims at mobilizing people against this sexual orientation criminalize by the Cameroonian law. http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nCWXzpX1rC UGANDA: New LGBTI clinic faces fierce government criticism Gay rights activists have opened Uganda's first clinic for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the capital, Kampala, where it will provide testing, counseling and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nD3LON21ii Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders flee to South Africa to save their lives South Africa is one of the few countries which have a gay political party and authorizes gays marriages. But according to a report produces by the association People against suffering oppression and poverty, homosexuality is still ill perceived in this country and the LGBTI community is discriminated against, especially when you are a foreigner. http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nCS7zgx1W7 LGBT Directive Review Anticipated to Show Progress The Obama Administration will soon release a public snapshot of its findings from a six month review of the implementation of the December 2011 Presidential Memorandum on International Initiatives to Advance the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons. Human Rights First welcomes the administrations comprehensive political and diplomatic leadership on these fundamental human rights issues.

http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nD3KuTi1X3 Three teens imprisoned for videotaped gay bashing Judge sentences the three young men who beat 20-year old Brandon White to five years prison pus five years probation. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nDb7Lh81TA Out in Africas 2nd installment Documentaries about activists Funeka Soldaat and Judith Kotz are some of the highlights that feature in the second installment of the 19th Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which runs from 27 July to 5 August in Cape Town and Johannesburg. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nD3Ny5212D Google doubles down on pride, says 'LGBT rights are human rights' Google is launching a new campaign, Legalize Love, to pressurize governments into recognizing and decriminalizing homosexuality. With Legalize Love, the search giant wants to ensure its staff have "the same inclusive experience outside of the office as they do at work," and that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) communities can feel safe and accepted wherever they are. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nD5ZkL31iW