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NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

January 28, 2025

This applies to LGBTQI+ refugees in in Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Senegal. The Trump Executive Orders have halted the US Refugee Admissions Program. Just as in 2016 there is pushback and legal remedies available that are being deployed. In 2016 when Trump closed the borders African Human Rights Coalition provided advocacy, … More NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

Some News that the COVID-19 Pandemic Upstaged

March 30, 2020

As COVID-19 dominates the headlines – and it should- what would have been the breaking or big news? For example, PG&E pleading guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the Camp Fire case, this would have been a news-heavy week even without the coronavirus stories that dominated headlines. Judicial Commission recommends removal of Sullivan … More Some News that the COVID-19 Pandemic Upstaged

Africa Brief – Tanzanian Gay Hunt, Cameroon Turmoil, Expat Somalis Win U.S. Elections and More…..

November 11, 2018

Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis has turned into a full-scale propaganda war. The return of 78 kidnapped schoolchildren this week has led to an exchange of allegations between Cameroon’s government and Anglophone militant separatists claiming the other side was responsible, reports Amindeh Blaise Atabong from Yaoundé. Meanwhile, TV journalist Mimi Mefo Takombo has been detained indefinitely by … More Africa Brief – Tanzanian Gay Hunt, Cameroon Turmoil, Expat Somalis Win U.S. Elections and More…..

Some News Americans May Not Be Interested In

April 25, 2018

Cameroon is not an ideal place for journalists to thrive in, due to laws that constantly threaten their freedom and independence, a recent report by a media rights group has said. Imagine that!  The 2018 Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders said Cameroonian authorities have imposed a climate of fear and self-censorship on … More Some News Americans May Not Be Interested In

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Please Mr. President No Mere Nods; we have our Vehicle to Repeal DOMA Now!

September 29, 2009

I wrote this for LGR BLOG today:                                               In your acknowledgment herein-below of our de facto existence is it not time to equate with more than a mere nod, with our de jure rights?lezgetreal.com, Please Mr. President No Mere Nods – we have our Vehicle to Repeal DOMA Now!, Sep 2009 You should read the whole … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Please Mr. President No Mere Nods; we have our Vehicle to Repeal DOMA Now!