Photo: Ugandan supporters of the anti-gay bill yesterday demonstrate in Uganda’s eastern town of Jinja against US president Barrack Obama and all those who support homosexuality (Feb’ 2010)
Now this is an interesting development that has received next to no coverage from the LGBT news scene.
Two US diplomats from the US Bureau of African Affairs–Geeta Pasi, the bureau’s East Africa director, and Bruce Wharton, the bureau’s director of public affairs, travelled from DC earlier this month to meet with a group of Ugandan LGBT activists. Held at the US Embassy in city of Kampala on March 3, the meeting was centered around the development of strategies to defeat the controversial anti-gay bill in the African nation.
Present at the meeting were also representatives from the Ugandan human rights organization the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law. According to Canadian LGBT online news portal Xtra.ca, Ugandan gay leaders offered an array of strategies at the US diplomats to stalwart the bill including a proposal for economic sanctions on Uganda to a campaign to US Evangelical church leaders to get them to speak out more against the proposed anti-gay law.
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This is the cutest video and demonstrates that homophobia and other discriminatory beliefs are learned behavior. This kid after working through an explanation that these two men are married to each other could give a shit. But he’s most def’ down for some ping pong.
File under cute kid stories.
See the full story at the Truth Wins Out Web site: What Happens When Kids Aren’t Taught Hatred and Discrimination?
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A shout to Cleo Manago for posting on his Facebook profile a brilliant essay written by the Salon’s Kate Harding defending Mo’ Nique’s controversial acceptance speech last night about “not playing the game.” In addition to breaking it down, Ms. Harding makes some inciteful references to Hattie McDaniels (as did Mo’ Nique in her acceptance speech last night) that truly puts all critics of Mo’ Nique and what she had to say to shame.
But first we wanted our readers to see McDaniels and Mo’ Nique’s acceptance speeches in comparison. And after that, we want you to read Ms. Harding’s essay:
Link to Salon story: In defense of Mo’Nique’s Oscar speech
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Can we say how proud we are to know Lisa Powell? We met her at the very first Camp Courage for Courage Campaign in West Hollywood last January. It feels like a thousand years ago—seems like we’ve been through so much trudging this crazy equality road together. She is one of our mentors, a co-conspirator, and frankly just one helluva funny sista. We’ve shed many tears together through laughter.
Lisa has an extraordinarily rare gift of keeping the peace, bringing the calm, fostering the trust and moving forward in steady progress the whole time. She is indeed part community activist, part parent, part therapist, part drama killer, part visionary, part comedian, part sentinel—and all black woman. Truly she is a gift to not just the local African American LGBT community—but to the entire LGBT community here on the West Coast. Rick Jacobs ought to get on his hands and knees thanking the good Lord everyday for her association with the Courage Campaign. We jus’ sayin.
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