By Melanie Nathan September 17,2014. The Dallas Voice is reporting that the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni’s hotel accommodation has been cancelled by The Four Seasons hotel. It is believed the cancellation occurred because of Museveni’s stance against gays and the possibility of planned protests. Museveni is scheduled to be in Texas this weekend of the 21st […]
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Thirty Maryland Students Robbed at Gunpoint in South Africa on Tour Bus
An Embarrassment to Zuma By Melanie Nathan, May 14, 2014. Armed robbers boarded a tour bus and robbed 30 American students at gun point in Pretoria, South Africa. The students, from a Maryland university, on a trip to South Africa will return home early. No one was injured during the robbery according to Stevenson University. […]
Ugandan MP’s Face Travel Bans for Anti-Homosexuality Support
By Melanie Nathan, May 08, 2014. Members of Uganda’s Parliament and ministers, have according to the Ugandan press, been notified of visa restrictions because of their “public utterances” during the passing of the disputed Anti-Homosexuality Act, which makes same-sex relations punishable with life imprisonment. International Affairs minister Okello Oryem told MPs on the Foreign Affairs […]
Did the Ugandan Ambassador Wonekha Lie About NTA Partnership to Boost Tourism
NTA denies it has a Partnership with Uganda to Boost Tourism creating suspicion that Ambassador lied in Embassy Post By Melanie Nathan, April 24, 2014. The Ugandan Ambassador to the United States, Hon Oliver Wonekha, posted a headline and article on the Ugandan Embassy website declaring a partnership between NTA, National Tour Association, of North America, […]
Anti-Gay Uganda’s Ambassador Partners with National Tourism Association NTA in U.S.A.
To try and attract more U.S. tourism | NTA ignores plight of LGBTI Ugandans By Melanie Nathan, April 22, 2014. Given the current state of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, and the profound anger at Uganda’s state institutionalized homophobia, causing horrific persecution of the LGBTI community in Uganda, we are shocked that the National Tour Association (NTA), […]
Uganda Beautiful Uganda is Aid cut helpful or not?
By Melanie Nathan, April 11, 2014. Uganda ah Uganda – may you live free one day for your people – all of them are truly beautiful and deserving. May the haters and political opportunists find their peace too – Museveni, Ssempa, Bahati, Kadaga! Here is some food for thought: HERE is an article as it […]
Tour Operator Cancels Ugandan Safaris due To Anti-Gay Bill
“… We must be able to ensure the safety and comfort of all our guests regardless of sexual orientation.”” By Melanie Nathan, February, 2014. Many in the tourism industry consider the country of Uganda a jewel, often describing it as “the pearl of Africa.” Wildlife abounds and gorilla tracking is prime. At Oblogdee we warned […]
While Museveni Signs Anti-Gay Bill he Provides Excuses to Obama
By Melanie Nathan, February 21, 2014, Reports have come in, which remain unverified, that President Yoweri Museveni has signed his assent to The Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. The Bill, once referred to as The Kill the Gays Bill provides stringent prison sentences, of up to Life In prison, for so called aggravated homosexuality. It also […]
The truth about Russian Vodka Boycotts, Stoli Stolichnaya and ALL OUT Boycotts
The Facts About Stolichnaya \ What Stolichnaya Execs, its PR Firm and Ad Agency Say About the Brand – What Stolichnaya Execs, its PR Firm and Ad Agency Say About the Brand By Melanie Nathan, August 08, 2013. Updates August 11, 2013. – In its attempts to separate itself from the Russian vodka boycotts, Stoli […]
San Francisco LGBT community calls on Mayor Ed Lee to Boycott Russia
Russia Spills Gay Blood We Spill Russian Vodka at SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL By Melanie Nathan. August 07, 2013. “Russia Spills Gay Blood We Spill Russian Vodka” read my sign today, as I joined my fellow activists from Gays Without Borders, when we poured Russian vodka onto San Francisco’s street outside City Hall and called […]
Russia arrests Dutch tourists on gay propaganda charges
How will this not happen during the Olympics! By Cathy Kristofferson, July 21, 2013 Updates posted below. So it has begun. Russia today arrested tourists ‘violating’ their new anti-gay propaganda law.About an hour ago, the LGBT Russian Network posted on their Facebook wall: “URGENT NEWS! In Murmansk city (North Russia) 3 Dutch citizens detained by the […]
San Francisco Pride expects bigger crowd due to SCOTUS Prop 8 and DOMA decisions
SF Pride is looking for medical volunteers By Melanie Nathan, April 04, 2013 In an announcement naming Rock Medicine a partner in services to San Francisco Pride this year, organizers noted that this June, San Francisco Pride will need as many medical volunteers as possible because they will be expecting an increase in Pride attendees […]
Wild Rainbow Safaris Includes Uganda Regardless of Kill the Gays Bill
While calling for general boycotts may not serve the poor in such countries, I am not torn when it comes to making suggestions about travel. I cannot stomach nature when I am told not to be natural! If I cannot be who I am, and my sister in that village across the way cannot be […]
Vietnam Considers Law for Same-Sex Unions
By Melanie Nathan, July 29,2012. I have always thought of the Vietnamese as pragmatists when it comes to the law. Associated Press is reporting that the Vietnamese are considering the possibility of registering unions for same-sex couples. Homosexuality is a sensitive subject in Vietnam, as in most Asian countries, yet the Ministry of Justice has […]
AIDS 2012 to Discuss HIV and World Travel Bans
Dr Paul de Lay, Deputy Executive Director of the UNAIDS Programme said “Every individual should have the right to freedom of movement, regardless of their HIV status. UNAIDS is opposed to any restriction imposed on people living with HIV and restricting movement only on the basis of their HIV status. These restrictions are discriminatory.”
Atlantis Cruise Gay Passengers Arrested in Dominica for Sexual Contact on Deck
By Melanie Nathan, 03/22/2012 Gay Cruise and Safari community if you had been reading my blog for a while you may have noticed that I have been talking about the criminalization of homosexuality in many African countries to which we cruise and peruse! I have mentioned our hypocrisy as a an LGBT community for conducting […]
Cape Town With Love and Pride Pictures and Reflections
SOUTH AFRICA KEYNOTE SPEECH – CAPE TOWN PRIDE 2011 MELANIE NATHAN 03/02/2011 Greetings, comrades, lesbians, gays, queers, LGBTQI people, allies, and everyone in between. It is a great honor for me to be here tonight -thanks to my fellow bloggers, Marriage Equality USA MEUSA, and my family and friends back home in the US for […]
Historic Mr Gay World Billboard Erected in Central Johannesburg
By Melanie Nathan, 02/28/2012, JOHANNESBURG -Great excitement hit the gay community in South Africa Monday, when the first ever gay Billboard went up in South Africa, near Melrose Arch on M1 South in Johannesburg. Much to the awe of the empowered LGBTI community in South Africa, the tone is set to ready the country for […]
South Africa DASO Controversial Nude Interracial Ad Campaign | The Gay Version
A campaign by the student wing of South Africa’s official opposition party is just perfect for a country that has an all inclusive Constitution; and so why the big deal? Well the Ad has caused a storm and depicts a black woman embraced by a white man. Judging by the social network comments, it would […]
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