Comments on: Lesbian Activists attacked by Ugandan Government Police

By: Black Looks

Black Looks — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:11:45 +0000

Julie Mukussa

I would rather die struggling to break the chains of bondage than live pretending to be comfortable with the chains. I will fight to whatever level as long as I am not accepting oppression. I will not negotiate with anyone

By: owukori

owukori — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:01:23 +0000

Victor Mukassa needs help to pay for legal expenses and also we want to get her a laptop so she can do her own legal research, write emails etc as it is possbile her lawyers may not be able to continue defending her due to fear of reprisals. We also need help to publicise her case. If anyone can help with any of these please leave a message on Black Looks (under the G&L category where u will find reports on Victors case)
thanks

By: Asher Abrams - Dreams Into Lightning

Asher Abrams - Dreams Into Lightning — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:04:18 +0000

Thanks, PA! I’ll stay on it.

By: Pseudo-Adrienne

Pseudo-Adrienne — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:06:43 +0000

Making donations to international human rights groups that are pro-LGBT rights would help and trying to create enough of “fuss” over them in order to get the media’s or even politicians’ attention are other positives. Unfortunately, because they’re in Africa, LGBT in their sexual orientation, and probably not Christian, conjuring up awareness for this will surely be pretty damn difficult, but you should always keep trying. People’s lives are at stake and keeping silent about it would be the worst thing to do.

By: Asher Abrams - Dreams Into Lightning

Asher Abrams - Dreams Into Lightning — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:30:04 +0000

UA -

I don’t enjoy it. Fortunately most Republicans (politicians and citizens) aren’t rabid homophobes. That’s why (for example) there’s a Log Cabin chapter currently forming here in Portland.

Pseudo-Adrienne, can you suggest some positive, constructive steps your readers can take to help advance the cause of gay rights in Africa? (I’ve already made a donation to the IGLHRC via the link in the article - thanks.)

By: UnapologeticAtheist

UnapologeticAtheist — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:47:40 +0000

I do enjoy the fact that our Republican politicans decry the sorry state of affairs for people under Islamic theocratic regimes, and then turn around and spew the same exact hateful rhetoric (except in English) being pushed by the Imams for why our homos need to be criminalized/denied.

By: Sarah in Chicago

Sarah in Chicago — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:13:00 +0000

Silly Kyra, us queers don’t matter … and MM General, of course criminalising homosexuality gets rid of it, after all, it works so awfully well as a strategy against abortion, so why shouldn’t they?

Is it a bad sign that this shit doesn’t surprise me anymore? (although, convinces me that my studies in hate crimes are more and more the right thing to be doing)

By: Kyra

Kyra — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 04:17:54 +0000

Uh, aren’t we fighting a war on terror? Yoo-hoo, Mr. President, terror in Uganda!

Oh, wait, it’s only terror if it’s against male heterosexual Christians. Or their wives and (straight) daughters, up to a point. My bad.

By: Josh Jasper

Josh Jasper — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:53:03 +0000

These would be the same people Bush gave several hundred million to promote absunance only sex ed.

By: Modern Major-General

Modern Major-General — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:22:40 +0000

That’s positively disgusting. It sickens me that there are still places in the world that do this sort of thing. They seriously need to get their heads out of the dark ages and wake up to the modern world.

And just how deluded do you have to be to think that criminalizing homosexuality would do a Grodd-damn think to wipe it out?

By: mythago

mythago — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:43:13 +0000

If Ms. Mukassa were an evangelical Christian, we’d be all over it.