Oklahoma – the state of hate
It’s been revealed that lawmakers in the US state of Oklahoma are set to consider an astonishing 26 anti-LGBT bills this year. The groups Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom Oklahoma described the pending raft of legislation as “a barrage of egregious anti-LGBT bills being pushed in the Oklahoma state legislature by anti-equality activists.” They […]
Five years on: David Kato remembered
The life of Ugandan LGBTI activist David Kato was honoured around the world yesterday, the fifth anniversary of his murder. Kato was the advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) and is considered one of the founders of Uganda’s LGBTI human rights movement. He was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in his home on […]
The vicious silence of our loved ones
Throughout history, humanity has perfected the skill of oppressing certain demographics of his/her fellow human. Each generation seems to inherit a compulsive desire to dominate. This need to control others cuts across racial, gender and class structures. For the past 500 years, black people have struggled to attain political freedom. Today, most black people have […]