Guyana man will advise World Bank on LGBT poverty
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) The World Bank wants to know what it can do to alleviate poverty among millions of LGBT people around the world. To help answer...
View ArticleSteps toward LGBT equality via D.C., Rome, the Gambia
St. Paul’s Foundation helped raise money for activist Eric Lembembe’s funeral in early August and has been busy pushing for justice and equality for LGBT people ever since. In Rome, in Washington,...
View ArticleHow the World Bank can help end global LGBT poverty
The World Bank has an important role to play in ending discrimination against LGBT people worldwide and enabling them to become full participants in the world’s economic life, according to the Rev....
View ArticleYou can boost health of African lesbians, trans women
Please contribute to this project. Map of Cameroon (Courtesy of Penpals-du-Monde.blogspot.com) One of sub-Saharan Africa’s most homophobic countries will be the setting for renewed focus on the health...
View ArticleDestination: Cameroon. Goal: LGBT health, justice
Please contribute to this project. Logo of the Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights A joint delegation of African and American activists is gearing up to plead for tolerance, justice and...
View ArticleGlobal conflict: Faith, gay rights, and repression
As pro-LGBT-rights protests and anti-LGBT initiatives continue in dozens of countries, here’s a sampling of the news and commentary about what’s going on. Coverage of new international faith-based...
View ArticleA visit to prisoners held on ‘suspicion of homosexuality’
In The Nation, journalist Andy Kopsa reports on her trip last month to Cameroon with an American and African delegation from the St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation. Some excerpts:...
View ArticlePlaidoyer pour la tolérance et la justice au Cameroun
Publié le 18 mars 2014 La Fondation St. Paul pour la réconciliation internationale: Rapport des activités au Cameroun en février 2014 [Also in English] Jean Frank prépare la nourriture que les délégués...
View ArticleWorld Bank at moral crossroads on LGBT issues
From the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, president of the St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation, at the beginning of this week: Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank (Photo via Wikimedia...
View ArticleAppeal to World Bank to protect LGBT Ugandans
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Six social justice organizations are appealing to the World Bank not to approve a $90 million loan for health services in Uganda...
View ArticleCanon Ogle on the move; ‘lot of work to do’ on LGBTI rights
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle The St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation, which supports local LGBTI rights groups in many countries with anti-gay laws, is preparing to open a new office...
View ArticleUnited in battle against sexism, homophobia
The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle and Angeline Jackson appear on the fund-raising page for the partnership. (Click on the image for link to that page.) Sexism and homophobia are the targets of a strategic...
View ArticleSupport LGBTI rights with a year-end gift
Contributions will help us spread the word LGBTI people are subject to arrest and imprisonment in 76-plus countries. If you believe in the importance of expanding awareness of the repression of LGBTI...
View ArticleHow to aid LGBTI people in earthquake-devastated Nepal
Sunil Pant (Photo courtesy of TowleRoad.com) In the wake of the massive earthquake in Nepal, activist Sunil Pant sent the following message on behalf of Blue Diamond Society, Nepal. In addition, the...
View Article‘Hero Award’ and angel wings for blogs’ LGBTI advocacy
“Angel wings” presented to Colin Stewart Thanks to and from this blog’s editor and publisher From my personal Facebook page, modestly edited: Colin Stewart, attired in new “angel wings,” with his wife,...
View ArticleGenerosity of this blog’s readers has fed gay prisoners in Cameroon
Three nearly malnourished gay prisoners this week received a delivery of a month’s worth of food at Cameroon’s Yaoundé Central Prison, thanks to generous readers of this blog. The Not Alone / Pas Seul...
View ArticleSupport the fight for LGBT rights worldwide
Please join us in the struggle for justice for LGBT people, especially in countries where homosexuality is illegal. That’s the message from the St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation....
View ArticleOur readers’ success: 3 gay prisoners fed (then freed)
On schedule, Cameroon’s central prison in Yaoundé has released the three remaining prisoners serving sentences there for homosexual activity. Prisoners Albert, Olivier and Eric ended their sentences...
View ArticleGay rights: We did much in 2018, we’ll do more in 2019
Accomplishments in 2018: Launch of the African Human Rights Media Network. Food deliveries to malnourished gay prisoners in Cameroon. Support for ongoing reporting on human rights abuses in 70+...
View ArticleGenerous readers donate to feed 3 gay Muslim prisoners
Thanks to generous readers of this blog, three gay Muslim victims of homophobia in northern Cameroon prisons have received food and hygiene items they need to avoid malnutrition and ill health. Graphic...
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