TUTU TO RECEIVE GAY SUPPORT AWARD
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will receive an award in San Francisco to honour the unprecedented impact of his leadership in support of LGBT equality.
Tutu will be appearing at the Celebration of Courage International event on April 8, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), where he will accept the award.
The South African Nobel Peace Prize winner has repeatedly and publicly called for the acceptance of gays and lesbians, specifically in Africa and within the Anglican Church.
Most recently, Tutu signed a letter, along with 120 other religious leaders, demanding that the Ugandan government take action to end “verbal assaults and legal attacks of your government on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LBGT) people.”
“If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God,” he said in an interview with the BBC last year.
The New York-based IGLHRC is an NGO that “aims to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status.”
This man has shown much more courage then the Pope. Arch is a true moral leader, with deep respect for each and every individual, no wonder he is being honoured in this way….
These are the type of religious leaders we as gay people should have as it strenthens our belief in God. Having religious nut crackers like the Pope et al makes us wary of the Church…
Great and thanks!. You make us Proud and thank you for all you’re good efforts and believe’s towards all humans.