“I know that David Kato is watching.” By Melanie Nathan and Cathy Kristofferson Pepe Julian Onziema traveled from Uganda to the United States of America to attend the Motion to Dismiss hearing at Hampden Federal Courthouse, Massachusetts. What follows is a must watch Video of Pepe’s moving remarks, so courageously delivered at great risk to […]
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Targeting United States Senators complicit with Evangelicals in the export of hate to Uganda to Kill the Gays
By Melanie Nathan, November 26, 2012. Campaign against United States Senators Complicit with Evangelicals in the export of hate to Uganda to kill and imprison gays and lesbians. Americans who believe in the human right to freedom of sexuality, freedom of religion and the equal right to happiness must hold The Family and participating United […]
Watch Uganda TV report Legal Committee endorses on Anti-Homosexuality Bill depicting gay activists out of context
By Melanie Nathan, Nov, 23, 2012 This Video news report appeared today on Ugandan Television announcing that the legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has endorsed the anti-Homosexuality Bill. The report shows interviews with members of the Legal and Parliamentary Committee which has just completed its report and sent the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into Parliament for its […]
LGBT Deportations
Ugandan Lesbian Brenda Namigadde Remains in Great Danger of Deportation Melanie Nathan- February 03, 2011; Brenda Namigadde is a lesbian who remains at great risk for deportation back to Uganda, a Country where gays and lesbians are criminalized and subject to harsh treatment at the hands of the authorities, public and family members. Brenda’s story […]
Ugandan University Invited Editor of Hang the Gays Article Now Issues Statement of Regret
Despite the first public retraction by Giles Muhame of his hang the gays campaign: “Had the Vice-Chancellor’s office known about this invitation and the background of the individual the invitation would have been withdrawn.” By Private Courts, San Francisco- October 20, 2012- Deputy Vice-chancellor Dr. David Young, of the University of Victoria, Kampala, Uganda, issued […]
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ADVISORY TO U.S.A. and Western LGBT Groups: The ultimate Symbol of Pride – where equality takes a back seat to survival for the right to their lives and yet they risk a pride! 06/08/2013. Contact: Melanie Nathan Commissioner, Marin Human Rights Commission PRIVATE COURTS INC. Mediation & Human Rights Advocacy [email protected] CALLING FOR ACTION: PLEASE […]
Victoria University International School of Journalism Hosts Hang the Gays Muhame
By Melanie Nathan, Oct 10, 2012 When I first read the Ugandan Rolling Stone “Hang the Gays Article” by managing editor Giles Muhame, like all in the gay world community, I was livid and then months later, and after David Kato was murdered (following even more cruel rhetoric by Muhame in a press release issued […]
Ugandan Hang the Gays Giles Muhame Admits Wrong and Regret
But fails to apologize to the gays and does nothing to make amends to the LGBTI community in Uganda By Melanie Nathan, Oct 10, 2012 In a self serving speech to a journalism class, Giles Muhame, the ex-editor of the Ugandan Rolling Stone Magazine, makes an admission of causing harm to gays and notes his […]
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Uganda Landmark: Restraining Order by Court in Newspaper Outing Case Melanie Nathan – Jan 03, 2010- The Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Uganda warmly welcomes and applauds today’s decision by High Court judge, Justice V.F. Kibuuka Musoke in the case of Kasha Jacqueline, Pepe Onziema & David Kato v. Giles […]
Orgullo Gay Uganda Un Gran Éxito
By Melanie Nathan, AUG 08, 2012, translated by Carlos Iván Aray Bello Mientras que el proyecto de ley contra la homosexualidad de David Bahati languidece en el Parlamento de Uganda, activistas LGBT se atrevió a declarar su orgullo en los actos públicos este fin de semana. Después de meses de preparación, ya pesar de los […]
Ugandan Gay Pride a Great Success
Beach Pride Uganda 2012 Defying Arrests – “Next time we begin the march from the police station” Frank Mugisha Melanie Nathan, August 05, 2012. In an extraordinary display of pride the Ugandan LGBTI community has defied the odds and despite police arrests were able to conclude a weekend full of Gay Pride events, heralding their […]
Hang The Gays Monster Giles Muhame Heading to the US Amidst Extortion EXPOSÉ
Muhame Giles of Rolling Stone Uganda, is exposed as a Gay hating opportunist who is seeking to extort money from a gay activist and the LGBTI community By Melanie Nathan, June 26, 2012 Giles Muhame the editor of Rolling Stone, the Ugandan tabloid that outed David Kato and 100 other gay, lesbian, and LGBTI people […]
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He returned to Uganda in 1998 and decided to come out in public through a press conference; he was arrested and held in police custody for a week. He continued to maintain contact with pro-LGBT activists outside Uganda, and served as one of the catalysts for the movement of LGBTI pride that developed in Uganda. […]
The Castro Gives ‘Call Me Kuchu’ Historic Standing Ovation
By Melanie Nathan. June 20, 2012. Never in the history of a Frameline Film Festival has there been a solid five minute standing ovation following the screening of a film. Such was the resounding applause from the Castro community for the brilliant “Call Me Kuchu,” as its filmmakers Malika Zouhali-Worral, Katherine Fairfax Wright, together with […]
World Premiere A MISSIONARY POSITION by Ugandan American Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
While the passage of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, known as Kill the Gays Bill, remains a threat – Posted by Melanie Nathan, June 12, 2012. LOS ANGELES, CA — Noted Hollywood actor and photographer Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Blood Diamond; Treme; Heroes; CSI) debuts his newest solo work, A Missionary Position, this summer at REDCAT (Roy and […]
Ugandan President Museveni tries to Down Play Kill the Gays Bill
By Melanie Nathan, April 19, 2012. The Ugandan President Museveni was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour where he down played the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, otherwise known as the ‘Kill the Gays Bill,’ by asserting it applies to exhibitionism only. Whether the man is ill informed or an out and out liar, he was unprepared for a persistent […]
See Video Update | Ugandan Minister Illegally Kicks Gays out of Luxury Resort in Entebbe
The minister has had the audacity to overtly act out one very reason the impending Anti-Homosexuality Act should not be passed in that country…. by Melanie Nathan, February 14, 2012 Ethics Minister Fr. Simon Lokodo, who recently said nobody would block the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, has today Tuesday blocked n LGBT conference on the shores of […]
Ugandan Monitor Article Suggests Gays Called for their Own Hanging
Melanie Nathan, January 01,2012 Mr. Bernard Sabiti, a self proclaimed social critic in Uganda, with clear political aspirations, and probably a Museveni Regime Bahati sock puppet, has upped the anti-gay ante in his country in an insidious attempt to discredit gays. Activists around the world are responding to Sabiti’s claim in an article he wrote […]
Americans must Heed the Cry of African LGBTI Victims
“Actions speak louder than words!” by Melanie Nathan Dec 22, 2011. SAN FRANCISCO – Shorty after Secretary Clinton and President Obama spoke out about LGBTI Global human rights, the bloggers and press began to buzz with statements and comments from those impacted by the speech and memo, respectively. The most sought after statements came from […]
South Africa: DIRCO’s Dithering Defense of Homophobia in Africa
Now is the Time for South Africa to Recall Anti-Gay Ambassador Jon Qwelane from “Kill-the-Gays-Bill” Uganda – Melanie Nathan’s scathing attack on DIRCO, ZUMA and ANC Administration “In light of Bahati’s Kill-The-Gays Bill, the virulent homophobia so prevalent in Uganda, and the constitutional imperative placed on President Zuma, we call for the immediate recall of […]
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Is Back: Urging South African President Zuma to Take Lead
Breaking News – Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill Back in Parliament for discussion By Melanie Nathan October 25, 2011 “President Zuma of South Africa must take a leadership role in the decriminalization of Homosexuality in Africa, and more specifically he must speak out vehemently against the Kill the Gays Bill of Uganda, before its too […]
Deportation of Uganda Gay Robert Segwanyi deferred as about to Board Plane
July 11, 2011, Posted by Melanie Nathan, Article by Paul Canning: The removal of Ugandan gay asylum seeker Robert Segwanyi was tonight “deferred” at the last minute. He had been moved today to a Heathrow ‘removal centre’ for an early morning 11 July flight to Kampala. The deferment comes after the last minute intervention of […]
UK to Deport Uganda Gay Man, Robert Segwanyi, despite Torture and Risk to his Life
July 08, 2011, by Melanie Nathan, On June 20, 2010, Robert Segwanyi fled Uganda, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, weeks after having been tortured for ‘homosexuality.’ Indicative of arbitrary verdicts, broken systems, and the inadequacies of refugee status/ asylum laws in the United Kingdom and across the world, the UK Border Agency has made […]
London Pride: Politicians MIA, the SA Gay Flag and More
July 06, 2011, by Melanie Nathan (USA) and Henry Bantjez (SA), One million or more took part in the annual Pride Parade through London today, through streets lined with curious onlookers. This year, unlike in the past, the march took place around the old BBC building in Portland Place, going down from there to Oxford […]
Ugandan Woman Branded by Iron for being a Lesbian faces deportation from United Kingdom
05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan The Guardian UK is reporting a case similar to many others, which we have reported upon in the past. The Asylum claim of a Ugandan lesbian, attacked by three men in her home country, has been refused by UK immigration authority. In fear of fraud, the UK authorities have been known […]
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