Portras Of Gay Pri -- Cape Town. ⋆ Passport Magaze

Contents:

• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
•  10-NIGHT CAPE TOWN GAY PRIDE
• JOHANNBURG GAY PRI PARA PS POLICS AGAST PARTYG
• PORTRAS OF GAY PRI — CAPE TOWN.
• GAY SOUTH AI

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

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Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab".

US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT

"We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May. The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law. Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy.

 10-NIGHT CAPE TOWN GAY PRIDE

"The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of... Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia".

"It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma says. She c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic. "It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy".

Image source, North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via RtersImage ptn, Photos shared on social at the time allegedly showed dozens of the hate group's members beg arrted near the pri eventFive members of a whe supremacist hate group nvicted of plottg to rt at a gay pri event will spend three days jail, a urt has men and dozens other members of the Patrt Front group were arrted last June after a rint spotted them wh masks and shields gettg to a were lled and found rt gear and a smoke grena the lorry was stopped near where the North Idaho Pri Alliance was holdg an event the cy of Cor d'Alene. This moment history[2] is regard by many as the birth of the gay liberatn movement and the start of the fight for LGBTIQ+ equaly the US. LGBTIQ+ youth’s liberatn stggle is far om over, wh several reports about homophobia and stanc of hate crim agast young members of the LGBTIQ+ muny.

JOHANNBURG GAY PRI PARA PS POLICS AGAST PARTYG

The amendment also raised the age of nsent for male homosexual activy om 16 to 19, although ‘sodomy’ and ‘unnatural acts’ were already crimal. 1971 to 1989: The Aversn Project – homosexual soldiers the South Ain Defence Forc (SADF) were forced to subm to ‘cur’ for their homosexualy. The purpose of the event was not only to monstrate pri gay or lbian inty but also to provi a wir platform for voicg polil ncerns.

PORTRAS OF GAY PRI — CAPE TOWN.

8 May 1998: Sodomy and ‘unnatural sex acts’ – the se of Natnal Coaln for Gay and Lbian Equaly v Mister of Jtice, a judge of the Wwatersrand Lol Divisn of the High Court clar the crimalisatn of sodomy and ‘unnatural sexual acts’, and sectn 20A of the Sexual Offenc Act, to be unnstutnal for vlatg the anti-discrimatn clse of the Constutn. 12 Febary 1999: Immigratn – the se of Natnal Coaln for Gay and Lbian Equaly v Mister of Home Affairs, three judg of the Cape Provcial Divisn of the High Court le that is unnstutnal for the ernment to provi immigratn benefs to the foreign spo of South Ains but not to the foreign same-sex partners of South Ains. July 2004: Marriage Act – the Lbian and Gay Equaly Project lnch a se the Wwatersrand Lol Divisn challengg the nstutnaly of the provisns of the Marriage Act that lim marriage to oppose-sex upl.

16 December 2007: Age of nsent – the Crimal Law (Sexual Offenc and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 to force, equalisg the age of nsent at 16; prevly had been 16 for heterosexual sex and 19 for homosexual sex. Brought to you by the creators of Risque, Qc, The Fireman’s Ball, Babylon and Pretoria Pri, Joburg Gay Pri is a Pri celebratn Fourways.

GAY SOUTH AI

Spanng ten days late Febary/early March, Gay Pri Cape Town is the biggt the untry and the ntent, and celebrat cultural diversy and creat awarens for LGBTQ issu South Ai and beyond. Sce then, Cape Town Pri has aimed to addrs issu pertent to the lol LGBTQ muny, promote visibily, and celebrate how far LGBTQ rights South Ai have wh the ual Pri Para, Gay Pri Cape Town hosts a seri of different events, rangg om drag shows, poetry readgs, queer cema, and the popular Mr and Miss Cape Town Pri Pageant.