This Week at Pan Africa ILGA

18/06/2012

Dear Members of Ethiopian Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transsexual Community Ethio LGBT We hope this email finds you well! It's time to give you a heads up on what's happening on ilga.org. This weekly newsletter is sent to 3285 LBGTI and allied organizations in the world, in English and French. To post an article on ilga.org, update your groups page, add pictures and a logo on ILGAs directory, apply to become a member of ILGA or renew your membership fees, please log in using peaceseeker@ethiolgbt.com, the email we have for the person acting as contact between ILGA and your group: Selam NEWS/ACTUALITIES Leaders of Ethiopia call for anti-gay measures Ethiopian government officials, religious leaders and civil representatives have declared their opposition to LGBT rights and condemned homosexuality as a western epidemic during an anti-gay conference.

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Gay Man Stoned To Death In Nairobi Slum The two men were beaten by the mob on the night of May 27th 2012 as they were caught in the act by passersby. One managed to escape while the other died after being stoned by a crowd of people. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAiAdBn1rg Untreatable Gonorrhea 'Detected' In Kenya As Far Back As 2009 A strain of gonorrhoea that is becoming hard to treat was 'detected' in Kenya as far back as 2009 by a team of researchers from various universities. In documents seen by Identity Kenya, the team of researchers published their findings in a paper titled http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAiyfNL1mj Cops hunt gay pageant winner's killers Northern Cape police were on Wednesday searching for the killers of a gay man in Kuruman. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAiwHev1yf Debate surrounds intersex inclusion in the DSM V The DSM, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is the American Psychological Association (APA) guidebook used by psychiatrists all around the world. It is currently undergoing revisions for a fifth edition, which has sparked controversy in many areas. Among these is its inclusion, for the first time, of intersex people. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAjvi9t1oY Imam Mbaye Niang: "We will not compromise with homosexuality " Imam Mbaye Niang affirmed yesterday in a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, that he will fight ferociously any attempt to decriminalise homosexuality in the country. http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nAjq7ps1p5 Homosexuality: steps towards the coming out (Cass's identity model) Vivian Cass, an Australian psychologist proposed in 1979 a model describing the steps of the coming out (formation of homosexual identity). http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nAjonD31yJ Vice President Silent On MP's Question Over Gays, Lesbians The Vice President is yet to issue a statement over the increase of gays and lesbians in Nairobi, a week after promising to do so in Parliament. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAjH2QY1Lv

South Africa submits rights report to UN Progress made but service delivery, racism, xenophobia still problem areas, says UN rights body. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAoWowy1LY Tactics for Sustaining Well-being & Security of Defenders Join the Association for Womens Rights in Development (AWID) and the New Tactics online community of practitioners for an online dialogue on Tactics for sustaining the well-being and security of defenders. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAeeIle1kG Miss Gay is dead A young 23 years-old gay man was found dead on Friday in South Africa. http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/nApeDw21Tm Black Leaders and Gay Advocates March in Step For years, gay rights organizations and major civil rights organizations viewed each other warily. African-American leaders often saw the gay rights groups as insensitive to racial concerns, and some resented the movements use of civil rights language to make the case for same-sex marriage. Advocates for gay rights, in turn, sometimes blamed socially conservative African-Americans for their defeat in crucial electoral battles. http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/nAiJRft1hg