Today is Pride.
Audio - Ten minutes on "Liberties" from Xchange 2014
On Thursday and Friday I attended the first Xchange summer school. The 2 day event brought speakers and participants together to talk about social change in Northern Ireland, and particularly sought to reframe the starting points for conversations. Our topics were the Arts, the Media, Liberties and History. I gave short input on Liberties from an LGBT perspective.
Solidarity needed for the petition against Uganda's Anti Homosexuality Bill.
In honour of Kasha on International Women's Day.
International Women's day is a good day to honour Kasha Jacqueline. Yesterday, she began a process challenging the constitutionality of the Anti Homosexuality Bill. Today, and every day, is a good day to honour her bravery, courage and truth telling.
Ugandan Anti Homosexuality Act 2014 - full text (Feb 24, 2014)
Here’s a link to the full text of Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Act, 2014 signed into Ugandan law today by President Museveni.
Worrying developments for Uganda's LGBT population
In 2009, Ugandan Member of Parliament David Bahati proposed a bill known as the Anti Homosexuality Bill. The 2009 bill proposed the death penalty for “repeat offenders”. An amended version of the AHB was passed by the Ugandan Parliament in December 2013
Uganda’s legisation: shame for Christians everywhere. Dec 20, 2013
So the Ugandan parliament has passed a slightly amended version of the anti-gay bill. Where before the bill punished ‘aggravated homosexuality’ was punishable by the death penalty, the amended bill, which passed, legislates for life imprisonment. The original bill (2009) can be read here. What has passed this week is slightly amended.