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The Pro-Hamas American Muslims are now a Movement to Abandon Harris

September 8, 2024

Perhaps this can help Jews see the light – that Kamala Harris is indeed best for Jews and Israel, as the Muslim Pro Hamas Group Abandon Harris targets swing states to defeat Harris By Melanie Nathan, September 08, 2024. There pro-Hamas pro-Palestinian group “Abandon Harris” is now trying to assemble a national protest march to … More The Pro-Hamas American Muslims are now a Movement to Abandon Harris

To my Fellow Jews who have yet to get it: Trump Unlocked this Surge in Antisemitism and what it means for Israel

August 31, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, August 31, 2024 I will not ask you to pardon this scurrilous analogy, noting while unsavory, it is metaphorically sound.   A SIMPLE TRUTH that no Jew can escape acknowledging: We saw it with our own eyes: In 2016 Trump launched this current SURGE in antisemitism. While this does NOT deny the severity … More To my Fellow Jews who have yet to get it: Trump Unlocked this Surge in Antisemitism and what it means for Israel

Accountability for Undermining Peace by Obstructing Humanitarian Aid in South Sudan

August 30, 2024

Posted by Melanie Nathan, AUG 30, 2024. Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department Spokesperson: The Department of State is taking steps today to impose visa restrictions on individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining and impeding a sustainable peace in South Sudan. These individuals, who include members of the South Sudanese government, participated in obstructing life-saving … More Accountability for Undermining Peace by Obstructing Humanitarian Aid in South Sudan

Ghana August 2024 Updates on The Anti-LGBT Laws in Ghana

August 25, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, August 24, 2024. In February of 2024 Ghana passed the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Act. Since the the new law has been subjected to several laws suits. There has also been a lawsuit against the earlier anti-Homosexuality Penal Code that criminalizes consensual same sex acts. This … More Ghana August 2024 Updates on The Anti-LGBT Laws in Ghana

Jewish Women For Kamala Harris Facebook Group Journey to the Call headlined by Barbra Streisand

August 13, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, August 13, 2024. Please note the opinions expressed in this article do not represent any organization at all.  An extraordinary coalition of Jewish woman power has come together for a call bringing together Jewish Women for Kamala Harris, this coming Thursday August 15, at 8.00 PM Eastern and 5.00 PM West Coast … More Jewish Women For Kamala Harris Facebook Group Journey to the Call headlined by Barbra Streisand

A Jewish Woman’s Perspective in understanding why Tim Walz was the Kamala Harris best choice

August 7, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, August 07, 2024. Watching the discussion unfold in various venues, I am getting a sense of sentiment and have been able to coalesce them to formulate an evolved opinion on why Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ best choice for Vice President. Kamala Harris is my candidate and she made the perfect choice. … More A Jewish Woman’s Perspective in understanding why Tim Walz was the Kamala Harris best choice

Is Harris really Better for Israel than Trump – Clarity for the Voter and Influencer

August 5, 2024

The following analysis is attributed to Alex גדעון בן װעלװל @JewishWonk VIA X (Twitter)  thread,  I have taken the thread directly from X, to extrapolate as a read for those who are not on X (formerly twitter) and to be of use to our Private Facebook Group, Jewish Woman for Kamala Harris (#JW4KH- 18,000 member … More Is Harris really Better for Israel than Trump – Clarity for the Voter and Influencer

PROJECT 2025 POSES GRAVE THREAT TO LGBTQI

July 30, 2024

New policy brief argues that Project 2025 poses a grave threat to LGBTQIA+ equality and health equity, racial and gender equity BOSTON, July 30, 2024―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the dangers to equality and public health posed by the policies in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Presidential Transition … More PROJECT 2025 POSES GRAVE THREAT TO LGBTQI

Pro Hamas DNC Delegates Refuse to pledge for Kamala Harris

July 26, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 27, 2027 There are plenty of recently available statements by Vice President Kamala Harris to point to her balanced view in attempting to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, including her support of a cease fire deal which now seems to have been rejected by Hamas. There is … More Pro Hamas DNC Delegates Refuse to pledge for Kamala Harris

Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Old Anti Gay Penal Code as Constitutional as Violence Persists

July 24, 2024

Supreme Court Upholds Law Against Unnatural Carnal Knowledge By Melanie Nathan, July 24, 2024, Ghana’s Penal Code inherited during the Colonial era which Criminalizes anal and oral Sex, and mostly directed against LGBTI people who engage in same-sex intimacy, has been upheld as Constitutional by the Supreme Court in Ghana. The Supreme Court has ruled … More Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Old Anti Gay Penal Code as Constitutional as Violence Persists

NLGJA announces the recipients of its 2024 Excellence in Journalism Awards

July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists announced the recipients of its 2024 Excellence in Journalism Awards and recognized exemplary work produced in 2023. The highest individual awards, Journalist of the Year and Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year, have been awarded to Steven Romo and H.L. … More NLGJA announces the recipients of its 2024 Excellence in Journalism Awards

Queers for Palestine weaponized while Palestinian Hamas orders LGBTQ Kill List

July 22, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 22, 2024. While Pro Palestinian and Pro Hamas agitators, and organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace, JVP, continued to enlist U.S. College students, promoting the notion that Israel’s only interest in providing same-sex and LGBTQI+ equality was to “PINK WASH” alleged human rights abuses, they succeeded in creating a climate … More Queers for Palestine weaponized while Palestinian Hamas orders LGBTQ Kill List

Trump’s Running Mate J.D. Vance ensures a Presidential Ticket for Killing LGBTQI Rights

July 21, 2024

The record of J.D. Vance, the looming Project 2025 , and Trump revenge, which fosters Heritage Foundation and Evangelical homophobia, yields the perfect storm – a symbiotic convergence of draconian ideals and agenda that will send all LGBTQI+ rights into the sewers! Lucy Middleton, writing for CONTEXT ask: What is Trump running mate J.D. Vance’s … More Trump’s Running Mate J.D. Vance ensures a Presidential Ticket for Killing LGBTQI Rights

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT TRUMP AND HIS DESIGN FOR AMERICA

July 19, 2024

PROJECT 2025 IS A PLAN TO GIVE MAGA EXTREMISTS CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE. TRUMP WORLD IS ONE THAT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS MARRY TO NAZIESQUE EXTREMES. Donald Trump’s plans for a full government takeover have been exposed. His Project 2025 agenda would strip away our freedoms. It includes a plan hatched by people who used to work … More WHAT I KNOW ABOUT TRUMP AND HIS DESIGN FOR AMERICA

Nigerian Police Arrest Two Men In Sharia Law Gombe State for Homosexuality

July 18, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, 7/17/24 The Gombe State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts in Kanbariki, Kumo Local Government Area of the stateSpokesperson of the Command ASP Buhari Abdullahi disclosed this to newsmen while parading the suspects, Hassan Abubakar, 25, and Jibrin Ibrahim, 22, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. According … More Nigerian Police Arrest Two Men In Sharia Law Gombe State for Homosexuality

Ghana Court Delays Decision in Challenges to Harsh anti-Homosexuality Law

July 17, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 17, 2024 Today, the Supreme Court of Ghana, led by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, deferred decisions on two separate applications seeking to stop the transmission of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill from Parliament to the Presidency. Dr. Amanda Odoi and Richard Dela Sky filed these applications to prevent the bill from becoming law. … More Ghana Court Delays Decision in Challenges to Harsh anti-Homosexuality Law

Sierra Leone Abolishes Jury and Bashes Gays

July 14, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 14, 2024 Amidst the passage of Sierra Leon’s new controversial 2024 Criminal Procedure ACT that abolishes the jury system, the Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Honorable Segepon Solomon Thomas, firmly condemned same-sex marriage, informing Members of Parliament and citizens that such unions are not recognized in Sierra Leone. In his … More Sierra Leone Abolishes Jury and Bashes Gays

Ugandans Consolidate Appeal against the Anti-Homosexuality Act to Supreme Court amidst Many Fleeing

July 12, 2024

Advocates representing Ugandan LGBTQI+ and Human Rights interests have consolidated their  Supreme Court appeals after the Ugandan Court’s decision to uphold the vile and dangerous Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 (AHA), once dubbed The Kill the Gays Bill. Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) reports that as appeal has formally been lodged at the Supreme … More Ugandans Consolidate Appeal against the Anti-Homosexuality Act to Supreme Court amidst Many Fleeing

Burkina Faso adopts draft law to criminalize Homosexuality

July 11, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 11, 2024 Burkina Faso’s military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations. Homosexuality is heavily stigmatized and considered taboo in the conservative West African country, but it has never been previously outlawed. This is in keeping with the … More Burkina Faso adopts draft law to criminalize Homosexuality

Since passage of Anti LGBT Act Violence and Persecution on Rise in Uganda

July 11, 2024

AHRC Staff , July 11, 2024 KAMPALA- From Uganda, HRAPF reports each month on the state of persecution and violence against LGBTI Ugandans, following the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, otherwise known as “The Kill the gays Bill” . Here is the Report for June 2024: We handled a total of 81 cases in … More Since passage of Anti LGBT Act Violence and Persecution on Rise in Uganda

Nigeria Ratifies Samoa Agreement stirs Anti-LGBTQI+ Hostility

July 6, 2024

Nigeria Signs Samoa Agreement triggering Anti-LGBTQI+ Panic By Melanie Nathan, July 05, 2023 In recent years Africa has seen a trend to heighten anti-homosexuality legislation, especially in the East and West African regions, with only few countries decriminalizing, and those mostly in the Southern part of Africa. Nigeria has one of the worst anti-Homosexuality laws … More Nigeria Ratifies Samoa Agreement stirs Anti-LGBTQI+ Hostility

Malawi Court Rules in Favor of Anti Homosexuality Law

July 4, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, July 01, 2024. Malawi’s Constitutional Court has dismissed the case of two applicants who wanted it to legalize same-sex relationships. The judgment means homosexuality remains an offense in Malawi, punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. Malawi State lawyers welcomed the ruling while lawyers for the applicants expressed disappointment. Minority … More Malawi Court Rules in Favor of Anti Homosexuality Law

CAIR Crosses the Red Line against Mayor Karen Bass

June 29, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, June 29, 2024 CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations, has also drawn controversy for its stances on LGBTQ+ issues, including its opposition to pro-LGBTQ+ materials in public school classrooms. Damn I got sidetracked again! G-d forbid – right, especially when I had designated my limited hours this morning to preparation for an asylum … More CAIR Crosses the Red Line against Mayor Karen Bass

ALL OUT Petition climbs calling South Africa out for ignoring LGBTQI+ Human Rights in Africa

June 27, 2024

Please consider signing this critical African Human Rights Coalition petition on the ALL OUT PLATFORM, where many thanks are due:  The South African government’s silence in the face of escalating anti-LGBTQI+ violence and legislation in African countries contradicts its commitment to human rights. South Africa has a duty to its past and to its future … More ALL OUT Petition climbs calling South Africa out for ignoring LGBTQI+ Human Rights in Africa

Advisory LGBTQI+ Refugees face danger in Kenya during Riots

June 26, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, June 26, 2024. African Human Rights Coalition has addressed a warning to LGBTQI+ refugees in Kenya: Firstly we urge refugees to remain calm during this very dangerous period, as there are measures you can take to best protect yourselves. Stay away from Kenyan protests and below the warnings, see the CNN Report … More Advisory LGBTQI+ Refugees face danger in Kenya during Riots

A Deal with the Devil unfolds as UNHCR Spats with Rwanda impacting the Lives of LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

June 24, 2024

Amidst the UNHCR Spat, the UK Should not be sending LGBTQI+ Refugees to Rwanda at the very least, perhaps refoulement in and of itself in a deal with the devil? By Melanie Nathan, June 22, 2024. The British plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has been mired in legal challenges. Lawyers representing the UN High … More A Deal with the Devil unfolds as UNHCR Spats with Rwanda impacting the Lives of LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

Celebration and Caution as Namibian High Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Homosexuality in Historic Ruling

June 21, 2024

by Melanie Nathan, June 21, 2024. A top Namibian court on Friday struck down the African country’s colonial-era laws outlawing homosexuality and effectively same-sex relationships, in a victory for the LGBTQ community. In this historic ruling the Namibian High Court of Windhoek has ruled that the law criminalizing sodomy is unconstitutional under the Constitution of … More Celebration and Caution as Namibian High Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Homosexuality in Historic Ruling