By Melanie Nathan, April 18, 2024 A Ghanaian man marched in the streets of Ghana, flanked by a police officer, in a powerful courageous one-man protest against one of the harshest anti-LGBTQI laws on the planet, let alone the African continent. The man, reportedly Mr. Texas Kadir Moro took a stand against the new legislation … More COURAGE BY MAN MARCHING THE STREETS OF GHANA AGAINST ANTI LGBT LAW
Ghana Welcomes New Anti LGBT Law while USA becomes host to GHANA Independence day concert in Ohio – First reported HERE By Melanie Nathan, March 03, 2024 By way of one example, the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) have expressed their gratitude and joy following the passage of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights … More Ghana Welcomes New Anti LGBT Law while USA becomes host to GHANA Independence day concert in Ohio
by Melanie Nathan, February 04, 2024, Country Conditions Expert witness for asylum seekers from Senegal and other African countries. The Senegal president, Macky Sall, citing a dispute between the national assembly and the constitutional court over rejection of candidates, postponed the Senegalese election hours before official campaigning was to start. Senegal is a country where … More AHRC Issues Warning to Gays as Senegal President Postpones Election
If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans, Mariam Hotels thinks your behavior is animalistic – be aware of travel advisories in Ghana and Africa in general. by Melanie Nathan, December 10, 2023 As Ghana gears for the new anti-LGBTQI+ law, with amendments currently being debated in Parliament, people are on heightened alert and AHRC … More Mariam Hotel in Ghana Letter of Firing evidences further anti LGBTQI+ dangers
KILL THE GAYS BILL IS NOW LAW IN UGANDA Uganda’s President of 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, an aged dictatorial grasp at holding onto power. The hype in the country for the need for such legislation among the populace follows a decade or more of scapegoating and lies that … More UGANDAN DICTATOR MUSEVENI SIGNS HORRIFIC ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT
Senator Scott Wiener’s Legislation to Provide Refuge for Trans Kids and Their Families Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s legislation to provide refuge for trans kids and their families, Senate Bill 107, passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee by a vote of 5-2. SB 107 will protect trans kids and their … More California Law to give Refuge to Trans Kids Seeking Escaping Criminalizing U.S. State Laws
Florida Department of Health Spreading Dangerous Disinformation about Gender Affirming Care & Trans WASHINGTON—Today, the Florida Department of Health released a statement, which it sent to licensed health and human services providers in the state of Florida, attacking the established standards of age-appropriate, medically-necessary, and often life-saving care for transgender youth. In response, Equality Florida … More Florida Department of Health Attacks Trans Health and Truth
Today, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility and this is the day African Human Rights Coalition (African HRC), the only Global LGBTQI organization dedicated to advocacy and humanitarian services for LGBTQI people forcibly displaced in and from African countries, celebrates International Transgender Day of Visibility, by honoring the courage of transgender and non-binary … More Honoring Forcibly Displaced Trans People on Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
Imagine in the midst of transition being told your authentic gender is not acceptable to the State you live in! – You are taking life saving medication that you must immediately cease and so you are forced to leave your home. As forcibly displaced Americans – one is a refugee in one’s own country – … More American Refugees: Texas Governor is a Putin to Trans Kids and Families now in Forced Displacement
The Biden administration is letting us down as it continues to abide the trump era Title 42. Title 42 of the Public Health Service Act of 1944 allows federal health officials to prohibit people and goods from entering the country in the event of a pandemic. However activists and sensible Americans and especially physicians believe … More Title 42 Hurts Trans People as American Politicians Pay Lip-Service to Trans Day Of Remembrance
375 trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the past year… On the occasion of the International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR),1 TGEU’s Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) research project is releasing the 2021 update of Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM). 2021 is set to be the deadliest year for trans and gender-diverse people since we … More On Trans Day of Remembrance – 2021 Set to be Deadliest Year Globally
As reported by Human Rights Watch: A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a transgender woman to prison for “imitating the opposite sex” online. Such laws violate the rights to free expression, privacy, and nondiscrimination under Kuwait’s constitution and international law. The authorities should immediately release her and quash the conviction. The court on October 3, 2021, … More Kuwaiti Trans Woman Sentenced to Prison for Online Activities
Several years ago at an event in San Francisco I asked renowned trans American Actress Laverne Cox if she would be interested in speaking out for transgender people who are being criminalized in African countries. She was on an event stage when asked the question, and in front of all present answered along the following … More Trans Women Get 5 Years Jail in Cameroon and America is Silent
TransNational Cabaret premiered this Monday! YAH! As a member of the Board of New Conservatory Theatre Center of San Francisco, I am asking for your support for this fabulous event. Starting at just $5 you get a treat and support the important LGBTQI theater. A silverlining to COVID 19 restrictions is that people from outside of … More TransNational Cabaret is Here
I had the great displeasure of receiving an e-mail today from the American Family Association, a SPLC designated hate group that works, inter alia, not only to rob trans and all LGBTQI people of their rights, but also to demonize and ostracize, while propping up the rabid violence that results. It is this very type … More American Family Association Spreads Anti-Trans Hate with Pediatrician’s Help
Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s LGBTQ Civil Rights and Health Care Bills into Law SACRAMENTO- Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two of Senator Scott Wiener’s bills promoting LGTBQ rights and equality: Senate Bill 932 mandates that health care providers in California report sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, if known, for all reportable communicable … More California New LGBTQ Civil Rights and Health Care Bills Signed into Law
National Black Justice Coalition Mourns the Loss of Three Black Trans People: NBJC urges people to consider calling the Brooklyn Police Department at 216-749-1234 to ensure that the investigation is fair and complete so that Isabella gets justice. Washington — In response to recent news that Isabella Mia Lofton and Elie Che were found dead … More Mourning the Loss of Three Black Trans People
Victory! Federal Court Rules Florida School Must Treat Transgender Students Equally Including Access to Restrooms …. Drew Adams’ case was the country’s first trial involving a transgender student’s equal access to restrooms. (ATLANTA – August 10, 2020) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed on Friday a lower court ruling that required a … More Federal Court Rules Florida School Must Treat Transgender Students Equally
As a country conditions expert who testifies for LGBTQI people from African countries, I often speak about the risk of death for deported lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer asylum seekers and allies. I know some American judges do not take this seriously and that often government lawyers fight asylum cases in disbelief. Well ‘the proof of the pudding,’ … More El Salvador Police Officers Convicted of Killing Trans Woman Deported from U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, expresses its deep dismay at the violent death of a Salvadoran transgender woman who had applied for asylum in Guatemala. The woman’s body was found on August 1 at her home in Guatemala City. She had fled El Salvador in 2017 after having suffered violence due … More UNHCR Calls for Investigation into Murder of Transgender Woman in Guatemala
In an historic 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis sex, also protects employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Today’s decisions confirm workplace anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people across the … More With Landmark Supreme Court Victory LGBTQI Groups Reflect on Future
New Federal Regulations Encourage Health Care Discrimination Against Transgender People New York, NY – Today the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a devastating new rule that would invite insurance companies, hospitals, and health care professionals to illegally deny transgender people care despite protections mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The … More Trump Trounces Trans with Healthcare Discrimination
In times of crisis, transgender and non-binary people among other communities are often at higher risk of violence and discrimination. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a series of unique challenges that may have long-term impact on transgender people and their families. Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has prepared Know Your Rights guide for transgender and non-binary … More Know Your Transgender Rights During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Refugee Coalition of East Africa,(RefCEA) a strong body of refugees representing LGBTQI refuges in Kenya, is proving how dialogue and compromise can lead to solutions, through a series of meetings in Kenya. These meetings are undoubtedly serving the best interests of the tenuous LGBTQI refugee program’s ability to survive its stress and tests in … More LGBTI Refugees in Kenya Dialogue for Financial Solutions
Queer Asylum in Germany: Better visibility and access to legal and social support needed for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany Human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity are grounds for seeking asylum in Europe. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) people claiming asylum face particular legal and social … More Queer Asylum in Germany: More Needed for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany
Zambia Complains to U.S. After Ambassador Condemns Jailing of Gay Couple- And how to start changing the narrative! The president of Zambia plans to issue an official complaint to the United States over remarks its ambassador made after a homosexual couple were jailed for 15 years in the African country. Read my Dec 01 Article … More Zambian President Complains About U.S. Ambassador Gay Support
“HELP they are taking us,” the real time call from RAM BAR in Uganda heard here in Marin County, California and the World should know Uganda Government is orchestrating the hunting of Gays …. In the early morning hours of Nov 11 a popular bar in Kampala, RAM BAR known to be frequented by LGBTQI community … More Uganda Ramps up its War on Gays
When all is said and done there could not be a more serious moment in the lives of LGBTQI Americans and their families – and also for the entire LGBTI world. Any form of inequality or diminishing of our community will serve to justify and hence dictate further global marginalization for all LGBTQI communities. If … More SCOTUS Cases Could Dictate Global Harm to LGBTQI Communities
Attorney Lisa Bloom, of the famed civil rights law firm, The Bloom Firm, has taken on the case of four members of the transgender and gay community who were attacked at Las Perlas, a Los Angeles venue. Bloom noted the courage of her clients as well as her pride in taking on the case. She … More Victims of Transphobic and Homophobic Attack Speak Out
WASHINGTON— Bailey Reeves, at 17-years-young, and Bee Love, at only 18, became the 17th and 18th trans people murdered in the United States this year. Bailey, a trans woman of color, was found dead in Baltimore, Maryland, over Labor Day weekend. Bee, a Black trans woman, was found with her hands tied, shot and burned … More National Black Justice Coalition on Murdered Trans Teens: We Have to Do Something, Now!
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