LGBTI rights depend on 2012 – here we come! By Melanie Nathan, Dec 31, 2011 Well in mere hours it will be the year 2012 – I am going to let bygones be bygones! I am holding the Obama administration accountable for the upcoming repeal of DOMA, for the imperative passage of ENDA and for… More 2012 and My Resolution to Support Barack Obama All the Way!
Posted by Melanie Nathan, Dec 30, 2011 Touting a groundbreaking literary achievement… A US-based Jewish publisher has produced an alphabetical index to the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud), a work it describes as “a groundbreaking literary achievement.” Now the “HaMafteach” (“The Key”), provides a new indexed reference guide to the Talmud. The Talmud is the 63-volume… More The Talmud gets an Index
By Guest writer Paul Canning, Dec 30, 2011 And Other Russian matter for consideration- A third Russian region has passed an anti-gay law banning LGBT organizing and public actions. Five activists have been arrested whilst protesting the law. Kostroma, a region located 300 km north east of Moscow, has become the third Russian region to… More Five Gay Activists Arrested as third Russian Region Passes Anti-gay Laws
“He was then taken away by the police out of the demonstration and told he will not be allowed to use the rainbow flag in the protest any further.” 30 December 2011 | By Guest Dan Littauer LGBT political activists in Russia are reporting abuse at Pro-Democracy rallies across the country through gay protestors being… More Pro-Democracy Russian Movement Homophobic Rejection of LGBT Protestors
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 29, 2011. Updated: Petition Started on change.org see below. Outrageous reasons to deport gay man from Norway; save Azad , a young homosexual man, from deportation back to Iraq. The High Court in Oslo, Norway has turned down the application for political asylum after being petitioned by Azad, a 33 year… More Asking King of Norway to save Gay Iraqi Man Azad from Deportation to Iraq
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 28, 2011 The five year long trial of the men found guilty of murdering lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana continues its untenable delays. After over 40 delays, and five years of mayhem, including escapes and recaptures, in a trial reflecting incompetency by police and justice system, finally it seems that the sentencing of… More Lesbian Zoliswa Murder Trial – Sentencing Postponed
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 28, 2011 “Stand Up for the Dignity of All Your Citizens” Hillary Clinton, Human Rights Speech, Geneva Dec , 2011 Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton’s Geneva Human Rights speech has been memorialized by a montage of LGBTI pride impacted against her words.The Video was produced and presented on the website by… More WATCH VIDEO: Hillary Clinton and LGBT State Department Video –
LEZGETREAL is not a Gay Gals View of the World it is still Bill Graber’s View of the World by Melanie Nathan, Dec 27, 2011, 12.01 am Safely navigating and sailing beyond the blogging scandal of the year, I am happy to say I can look back and gasp a final farewell at those left… More Scandal Continues as Shamed Lesbian Blog Continues the ‘Straight Man’ Lie
by Melanie Nathan; December 26, 2011 Somehow I think the anti-homosexuality strategy on natural order and defilement needs a dramatic overhaul. Xmas is a day of joy and childbirths are highlighted as part of that joy, often heralding religious connotations and meaning. But it is not that way for many as the day brought darkness… More Uganda Scapegoats Homosexuality as 14 Women Die in Childbirth on Xmas Day
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 27, 2011 Just sayin’…. San Francisco is a hot-bed for LGBTQI activism – we know that! Its history amazes and amuses, it is queer personified and its is eclectic till the next ‘Big One’ and then eclectic again. It rises above ashes and ruins and it tumbles down and comes… More Predicting the Streets of San Francisco
The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill was intorduced by MP David Bahati as a Private Member’s Bill on 13 October proposing that a new offence be created in Uganda named “aggravated homosexuality” which would be punishable as a capital offence. The Billincluded plans to introduce the death penalty for gay adults who had sex with those of… More Uganda Opinion Poll
by Melanie Nathan, December 22, 2011 – US officials extradited a Rwandan woman, Marie-Claire Mukeshimana, convicted in absentia by a court in her country for her role in the 1994 genocide, an official said Thursday. Mukeshimana was sentenced in 2009 to 19 years in prison for complicity in the killing of several children who had… More U.S. Extradites Rwandan Woman Convicted for Genocide
by Guest blogger aka – ‘Pikachu,’ aged 6, Dec 24, 2011 …. Animal societies are in danger. Donate money to the zoos and animal societies. So hunters don’t have guns in the society in the wild. Take them away because the animals are in danger and they are G-d’s creatures. They are very good to… More A Message about Animal Societies
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 24, 2011. Thanks to all the seventy donors who contributed to bail for Joseph Bukombe, who was released from Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego late last night. He enjoyed his first meal with friends in San Diego at a Kenyan restaurant and wanted to express his deep appreciation to… More Thanks to Readers: Gay Asylum Detainee Joseph Bukombe is Home For XMAS
Americans must Heed the Cry of African LGBTI Victims Posted: December 22, Melanie Nathan “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… More December Articles for The O-BLOG-Dee
“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… More Americans must Heed the Cry of African LGBTI Victims
Melanie Nathan, December 21 2011 | Women’s Political and Civil Rights in Egypt Here is the statement of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, following the attacks on women and children in Egypt. Wednesday, 21 December 2011. I note with great concern the reports of direct attacks in the past few days on… More Michelle Bachelet on the Egyptian Violence against Women & Children
By Melanie Nathan, Dec 21, 2011 Commission extends control over goods which could be used for capital punishment or torture Brussels, 20 December 2011 – The European Commission decided today to extend the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment… More EU Commission Export Control on Lethal Injection
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 20, 2011 Just when we thought we had heard it all from Zimbabwe this week – The notorious gay hating Robert Mugabe being challenged by a politician flip flopping to pro LGBTI equality – to a member of Parliament being arrested for calling Mugabe a homosexual – all here on O-Blog-dee-O-Blog-Da… More Pink Trash Cans Gifted by Gays Cause Furor In Zimbabwe City
Posted by Melanie Nathan ; 12/20/2011 “Way to Dress Robert Mugabe;- What a fellow!” Mrs Lillian Kirenyi, a legislator from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was on Tuesday charged with undermining the authority of President Mugabe. This is a re-post from the Daily Nation – an Article hard to resist!… More Zimbabwe: MP Arrested – Allegedly called Robert Mugabe a Homosexual
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 20, 2011 I believe what I am seeing in the video below is a march of women in the streets of Egypt, presumably Cairo. I could be wrong. I am having the marching chant translated at the time of posting and will update. In the meantime what I am getting is… More Women March in Egypt at Great Risk
by Melanie Nathan; Dec 20,2011. From Far Away I observe and wonder…Witsies show their gay pride -The University of Witwatersrand held a pride march for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (LGBTIA) community in September of this 2011 year! Now it is time to Protest against discrimination in the rest of Africa and for… More Who are The Witsies Now?
Although Liberal in relation to other members of the Saudi Royal Family, what does Saudi prince Twitter Purchase mean for Gay World? by Melanie Nathan, Dec 19, 2011 Reuters is reporting that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi billionaire and an investor in some of the world’s top companies, has bought a stake in microblogging… More Saudi Prince Investment in Twitter Could Impact Gay Tweets within Kingdom
LGBT Organizations Call on Secretary Napolitano to Bring Exiled Lesbian and Gay Couples Home; This Holiday Season, Thousands of Binational Lesbian and Gay Couples Remain Exiled or Separated Due to DOMA Posted by Melanie Nathan, Dec 19, 2011 NEW YORK, NY — This holiday season, while millions of families across the country come together to… More VIDEO: Gay Binational Couple Challenges Hillary Clinton’s Human Rights Pledge:
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 18, 2011 “Tony West Assistant Attorney General from the U.S. Department of Justice notes one of the greatest moments in his career was when Karen Golinski thanked him for the DOJ position in her case.” SEE UPDATE Below – case has been ruled. On Friday in San Francisco, the Justice Department… More U.S. Department of Justice Fights DOMA in Golinski Case
Even Dictators die. Theocratic Communism may survive this dictator as enigmatic third son Kim Jong Un is set to take over North Korean leadership now that papa is dead. This may raise the specter of political chaos in this nuclear-armed hermit country. Some suggest it is unclear whether the Swiss-educated, Jong Un, 27, has the… More Kim Jong Il DEAD and Maybe Lady Gaga Goes to Funeral?
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has reversed his position on gay rights. He now says that he wants LGBT equality enshrined in a new constitution, according to a report following a Video interview report on BBC. Zimbabwe, shares a border with South Africa which has a fully inclusive constitution, protecting sexual orientation as a critical… More Zimbabwe Homosexuality Could be Election Issue
All Americans are relieved that the U.S., led by Commander in Chief President Barack Obama has concluded the unwanted Bush War in Iraq. But for Gay (LGBTI) Iraqis there is no relief, just a desperate reality as they seek refuge from their hopeless displacement.” By Melanie Nathan, Dec 15, 2011. With the lowering and return… More Watch Video: Iraqi Gays and The Bush War Legacy
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 15, 2011 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: “ Repeal laws used to criminalize individuals on grounds of homosexuality for engaging in consensual same-sex sexual conduct, and harmonize the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual conduct. “ The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) today released the… More UNHCR Issues Report Highlighting Violence Based on Sexual Orientation
GQ Sorry for comment! After GLAAD called them out for insulting Adam Lambert caption read: “If you wear make-up, do not grow a mustache.” The tweet was in connection with the annual Year in Style report in which the magazine lists the best and worst in men’s fashion over the last year. With a link… More Tweet: GQ Aplogizes to Adam Lambert for Homophobic Tweet