By Melanie Nathan, March 20, 2015. Prominent Ugandan anti-gay preacher, “Bishop” David Livingstone Kiganda, was greeted to a rowdy welcome when he arrived to speak at a London event. However it was not the welcome he had expected. When Kiganda arrived at Commission Church, London, to preach last night, LGBTI Ugandan exiles were the first […]
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LGBTI Activists to Protest Dolce Gabbana Store in London
Once Lovers now Homophobes Dolce and Gabbana turncoats | See updated pictures from protest below By Melanie Nathan, March 17, 2015. Dolce & Gabbana have not heard the last of LGBTI global community wrath. Activists in the United Kingdom are calling for a London Boycott D&G picket which will be held at their Old Bond […]
Activists to Protest 1% HRC Elitism and AIDS Neglect
New York and San Francisco By Melanie Nathan, January 29, 2015. The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) and other HIV activist organizations will converge to protest the neglect of the AIDS crisis by mainstream LGBT organizations at the annual self-congratulatory gala held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City by Human Rights Campaign […]
Does the Hunts Post Show Anti-Gay Bias in St. Neots Protest Report
You be the Judge By Melanie Nathan, October 15, 2014. Below you will find a press release which I sent to The Hunts Post, reporting on a protest which took place outside Cornerstone Cafe, St. Neots, United Kingdom, last week, where LGBT Ugandan exiles demonstrated against Paul Shinners, a radical Christian extremist, who shared a […]
Activists Protest Jamaican Homophobia
First Annual International Day of Action against Jamaica’s Buggery Law – in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom NEW YORK – On the 52nd anniversary of Jamaica’s independence from the United Kingdom, human rights activists renew their calls for the repeal of that country’s buggery law, which effectively criminalizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender […]
First Annual International Day of Action against Jamaican Homophobia
CALL TO ACTION and ADVISORY – Activists in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom Protest Jamaica’s Buggery Law By Melanie Nathan, August 05, 2014. NEW YORK – On August 6, human rights activists from across the globe will protest against the Jamaican government’s continuing inaction on repealing the anti-LGBT buggery law. There will […]
Protest Against Anti-Gay Laws by Ugandan Kuchus and Exiled African Gays in Sweden
By Melanie Nathan, February 18, 2014. Today about 50 people, from various African countries, together with allies, gathered in Sergel’s Square in Stockholm, Sweden, to protest the LGBT situation in Africa. In true African style, a protest, though sad and serious, brought people out in dance and song. This information was shared with Oblogdee by […]
San Francisco Castro to Protest Russian Anti-Gay laws
Sunday Protest | Gay Oppressor Russian Orthodox Church lives in the Castro By Melanie Nathan, August 21, 2013. This Sunday morning as San Francisco’s Castro awakens to its persistent rainbow flags, the heartbeat of gay America will show solidarity for Russia’s persecuted LGBT community. Who could have imagined that the Russian Orthodox Church would nestle […]
Violent Arrests at pro-Gay Rally in Russia
Clashes lead to arrests and detentions at St. Petersburg “Ravnopraviye” Pride Event By Cathy Kristofferson, June 29, 2013 Today in St. Petersburg, Russia pro-and anti-gay supporters clashed at a gay pride event organized by “Ravnopraviye” (Equal Rights.) The event had been sanctioned by the authorities. The rally-march was organized to protest recent legislation banning “promotion of non-traditional […]
Lesbian Group Disrupts Johannesburg LGBTI Pride Parade
by Melanie Nathan, Oct 07. 2012. South African lesbian feminists called for a pause, a minute of silence at the Johannesburg (Joburg) Gay Pride Parade, to remember lesbians and LGBTI victims of homophobic murders, yet were denied their moment by Pride organizers. A group calling themselves One in Nine chanted “one minute of silence” and […]
New York Gay Marriage Day: Counter-protest to National Organization for Marriage Hate Group
by Melanie Nathan, Demonstration on Sunday, July 24 at 3 pm July 22, 2011 – New York – Members of Connecting Rainbows are organizing a counter-demonstration on Sunday to thwart the hate group, National Organization for Marriage. NOM is holding a rally outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s Manhattan office on Sunday, to protest the first day […]
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