By Melanie Ntahan, January 22, 2013. The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Board of Directors has affirmed Jen Christensen of CNN as its new president, succeeding the late Michael Triplett. Following the rules of the NLGJA bylaws, Christensen will serve the remainder of the term, through the 2014 convention. Since 2009, Christensen has served [...]
Archive | January 22, 2013
Gay LGBT Leadership must take note as President Obama establishes the cue for Full Equality
The President gives the cue will our leadership follow? – A FULL EQUALITY BILL is the imperative benchmark; The Omnibus! Civil Rights Act Amendment to include Gender, Sexual orientation and Gender identity – if South Africa can do it so can we.. At least set the benchmark. By Melanie Nathan, January 22, 2013. Yesterday, Barack [...]
Understanding that hate cannot dominate the Uganda Gay conversation
Conversations with Ugandans about Criminalization of Gays Can Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill start a new conversation? By Melanie Nathan, January 21, 2013. I have been writing about Uganda since 2009, after the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. In all these years I have witnessed a conversation that has seemed only capable of extreme divisiveness. Discussions about [...]
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