[WSF-Discuss] Fwd: [Debate] YOUR ANALYSIS: homophobia sweeping Africa

Tue Jan 12 07:06:48 UTC 2010

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Further to my posting a little earlier, on ‘homophobia sweeping Africa’.

             JS

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> From: Chip Berlet <c.berlet at PUBLICEYE.ORG>
> Date: January 12 2010 9:59:22 am GMT+05:30
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> Subject: Re: [Debate] YOUR ANALYSIS: homophobia sweeping Africa
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> Subject: Fwd: [Debate] YOUR ANALYSIS: homophobia sweeping Africa
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> Tuesday, 12 January 2010
>
> If indeed this is something that “sweeping Africa” – taking the  
> shape of legislation like the one mentioned, and of waves of murders  
> – then we all need to know about this.
>
> But… (a), any views on this perception / take on the situation in  
> Africa today, and (b) if indeed this is happening, then what are  
> Africans doing about this and what if anything can people from  
> outside do ?
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>             JS
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Oliver Meth <olivermeth at hotmail.com>
>> Date: January 11 2010 5:56:34 pm GMT+05:30
>> To: <debate-list at fahamu.org>, Social Movements Indaba - KZN <smi-kzn at yahoogroups.com 
>> >
>> Subject: [Debate] YOUR ANALYSIS: homophobia sweeping Africa
>> Reply-To: Debate is a listserve that attempts to promote  
>> information and analyses of interest to the independent left in  
>> South and Southern Africa <debate-list at fahamu.org>
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm completing a piece on the anti-homosexuality bill that is  
>> currently been proposed by the Ugandan government. The bill  
>> recommends the death penalty for anyone repeatedly convicted of  
>> having gay sex and prison sentences for those who fail to report  
>> homosexual activity to the police.
>>
>> I would like your analysis of why the wave of homophobia sweeping  
>> Africa, such as the Uganda Anti Homosexuality Bill or the murder of  
>> black working-class lesbians in South Africa, is occuring. What are  
>> the local and external factors that promote hate and homophobia?
>>
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