Vacation...

It has been an interesting 2 weeks so far. Being with friends and enjoying the company of family and relatives. But the best part is having a chance to hang out with the L in the LGBTI community in my town. Last night, I hanged out wit a group of lesbian women between the age of 20 and 40. I met some ineresting people in this group but the best part was watching how they interracted with each other... bottom line, things have changed. In my time...growing up in this town...hmmm...we would not even dream of having such seatings. It made me reflect back to those days...and I could actually see the openess of the 20year olds contrast the reserved nature of the 30 years and above.

How time changes everything!!

Sweetp

Of Cables, Wikileaks, David Kato and Bahati's Homosexuality Bill

I have still not been stung by the wikileaks bug, well, maybe just alittle. Still, as the stories of Assange rocked the world and wikileaks went leaking off cables, i just thought one thing " this dude and his cronies better know what they are doing".

Well, some information come in handy even though we might not like the source or how it is obtained. This may just be that kind of information. The Guardian published a story with the headlines US Cables: Uganda defends the Anti-Homosexuality bill. Read and judge for thy self here.

In other news, this is from the Washington Times. I am saddened by the turn of events after David Kato's murder especially its effect on the lives of gay Ugandans, what raises deep concern is to noting that even institutions that can defend our brethrens are distancing themselves.  Last but not least the last paragraph...Prescribing treatment to convert homosexuals to heterosexual lifestyle? How do you do that?

Food for thought:

The sources mentioned are western media. No information coming forth from the home ground. There may be lack of articles from the mainstream media houses in Africa, but that does not mean that there is no news on LGBTI people. Lets learn from the recent events in Egypt, the internet is a powerful tool which when used properly can be very effective. They may not want to write about us in the papers but we can surely make them.


Sweetp.

DAVID KATO - The World Reacts

Sad and shocking news.. It’s sad for LGBTI people in the world but even sadder for LGBTI people in Uganda who have lost a friend, family member, colleague, mentor, educator and all things that David Kato embodied.  I do not know David Kato personally but I do know this, he has done good work.  What else can drive a person to commit such an atrocity against another if not the hope to stop progress of good work? I am trying so hard to see the big picture here in the midst of all this…

When I first read this on African Activist, I felt sick to my stomach. I have still not found words to adequately express what i feel.

Giles Muhame, Pastor Eat the Poopoo et al, now you can see the result of your 15mins of fame! Am sure you can find some excuse to justify sleeping through the night after this; but I doubt that you like the reflection looking back at you when you look through the mirror from the time you learnt of David Kato’s death.

In solidarity with friends and LGBTI people in Uganda, here are some messages received from across the world.

2.       EU President

1.       President Barack Obama

3.       Joint Press Statement from EU

4.       Hillary Clinton

5.       Amnesty International

6.       Norway

7.       Kenyan blogger -Queeattitude

May David Kato’s soul rest in eternal peace.

The struggle continues. Keep the faith!

Sweetp.