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The African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women: Progress and Pitfalls for LGBT Rights

March 28, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

The African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women is the first comprehensive legal framework for womenâ€™s rights in Africa that seeks to "improve on the status of African women by bringing about gender equality and eliminating discrimination." Except, it doesn't explicitly name protections for LGBT African women. Moreover, Liberia…

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Racism and LGBT Rights: Where are the African Films in the South African LGBT Film Festival?

March 23, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

South Africa's 19th Out in Africa LGBT Film Festival opens this weekend and there is certainly no shortage of films about women, quite an achievement to note given how often the LGBT community is depicted as male. Yet, within the context of Africa, the LGBT community is also frequently perceived…

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A Word to the Wise On The Culture of Naming (and Divisive Labels)

March 21, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

I decided to tweet about "The Culture of Naming" one evening, and am sharing the archive via this post. My main point was that naming can be as powerful as it can be silencing, and that we should consider the purpose of them before blanket use; for affinity groups, naming…

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Ugandan LGBT Activists Sue American Evangelist for Inspiring “Kill the Gays” Bill

March 15, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

Scott Lively is one of three American pastors who visited Uganda in 2009 and whom gay activists accuse of helping draft the original version of Ugandaâ€™s infamous â€œKill The Gaysâ€ bill, which called for the death penalty for LGBT people in the country. So now, Sexual Minorities Uganda, a non-profit…

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We Are Not Invisible: 5 African Women Respond to the Kony 2012 Campaign

March 13, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

I've compiled a list of responses from African women responding to Kony 2012, a controversial campaign launched recently by Invisible Children to raise awareness of child soldiers in Uganda. I'm amplifying their responses because almost overnight, the web became flooded with so much commentary from western media on the erasure…

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