I A? A MUSLIM AND I HAVE DECIDED TO BE GAY SINCE 2007 BUT I IN ?AURITANIA NOBODY CAN TALK ABOUT GAY I WAS IN THE POLICE STATION MORE THAN 7 TIMES I LOST MY JOB SINCE 5MONTHS I WANT TO GO WHERE I CAN BE FREE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT I AM A GAY PLEASE HELP TO FIND A SOLUTION THANKS my contact 00222241571196
abdoulayediagne47@yahoo.com ABDOULAYE DIAGNE

لم يعد يهمني فإذا الله خلقني كذلك فله حكمته و إذا كان مرضٌ نفسي فإني حاولت كثيراً و لم يتغير شيء فقد تقربت من الرّب و تعلمت ديني و تعرفت على الأشخاص و عززتُ حياتي الإجتماعية و لكن لم يحدث شيء . بدأت بتقبل نفسي و تقبل الأخرين . نعم أنا شابٌ مثليّ جنسياً يختلف ميولي عن الكثيرين . و لكنني إنسان خُلقتُ من طين مثلكم ، و ترعرعتُ بعائلة لبنانية مثلكم ، و لدي أخلاق عالية و محترمة ، و لدي دين أُأمن به ، و لدي وطن أعشقه . و لكن عند معرفتهم الحقيقة ينسون تلك الأشياء ، و يبدأو بالسؤال " آخُلِقت كذلك ؟ أم هو مرض ؟ هل تعلم بأن ذلك حرامٌ أم لا؟ أتعرف أن هذا ينافي عاداتنا و مجتمعنا ؟ " و لا يصمتون و يبدأو بالنصيحة المؤذية و المساعدة الكاذبة ، فهم لا يهتمون إلا بالسمعة و المظاهر ، و يخافون من كلام الناس ، و ينسوا من أنا و يتناسون مشاعري المحطمة و أفكاري المتهدمة . كم أكره ذلك الشعور ! كم أتمنى الإفتخار بميولي الجنسي و لكن سوف يحكم عليّ بالإعدام و سوف أُطرد من البيت و يهجرني الجميع ماعدا بعض الأصدقاء الذين يريدون لي راحة البال . كم أكره أراء الناس عني فلستم من سيحاسبوني بل الله إن أخطأت . فالجميع يسألوني إن كان هناك حبيبة أو عشيقة و ينتظرون ليلة رفافي بعروس من أجمل النساء من أفضل الطباخين و من أذكى العباقرة في التعامل مع الرجال . و إن كان جوابي لا يوجد حبيبة بل حبيب سأرى نيران جهنم في عيونهم و غضب الملأكة بقلوبهم و نعرات الشيطان على أفواههم و يبدأ الصراخ و النهيق . و أن كان في جيوبهم سكين لطعونني به و أن كان في حوزتهم مسدس لداسوا على زنَد الموت و أطلقوا رصاصة نهايتي .

Please help!! My country Georgia is under severe homophobic backlash, there is a hunt on LGBT people here after IDAHO day on may 17th, the government is NOT doing anything to protect us, LGBT community people are afraid to go out into the street because they are being attacked for the way they look, there have been over 20 cases of attacks on women and men with severe consequences!!! Please join out protest near the embassy in Berlin and pass this on to those who could join you too, for more information please visit: https://www.facebook.com/notes/zaal-andronikashvili/pressemitteilung-gegen-die-homophoben-ausschreitungen-und-f%C3%BCr-einen-s%C3%A4kularen-un/10151495475028773

I am a documentary filmmaker, gay, and have just completed a film called STRAIGHT LINE CURVE. It showcases seven successful gay men of the USA Southwest who do not fit the stereotypes often associated with homosexuality. Each man has a high profile and is fulfilled, optimistic, inspirational and proud.

I believe this film offers the world a wonderful and motivational look at the gay journey, which few people in the general populace knows exists...but it does! This 32-minute film is available on DVD.

Ed Breeding, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
email: breeding4051@comcast.net
www.ed-breeding.artistwebsites.com

Ethiopian LGBTs need help to halt abuses

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Rainbow Ethiopia

Ethiopia has one of the world’s most restrictive laws governing attempts to protect the rights and health of women, children, LGBT people, the sick and the disabled.

As a result, those people’s rights and health are endangered, and too little is being done to change that.

A law called the Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSP) 621/2009 bans any advocacy and human rights work seeking to end violence against women and children or to promote the rights of people with disabilities, people living with HIV, or other marginalized populations.

Further, grassroots organizations and front-line activists working for the rights and sexual health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ethiopia are in danger both because of CSP 621/2009 and because of anti-homosexuality Proclamation No. 414/2004.2012, which provides for prison sentences of up to 15 years for consensual same-sex sexual activity.

As a result, little progress has been made in suppressing violence against LGBT individuals, which is inflicted both by police and by mobs. LGBT people tend to keep their sexual orientation a secret to avoid arrest and social stigma. LGBT activists fear for their safety, because a number of them have been detained, interrogated and tortured.

The U.S. and other countries don’t do enough to push for an end to such violations. Although they know that change is needed, they don’t make it a priority. Every year the U.S. State Department copies and pastes the same two paragraphs in its Ethiopian Human Rights Report under the heading “Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” This is the wording from the newly released 2012 report:

Consensual same-sex sexual activity is illegal and punishable by imprisonment under the law. There were some reports of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals; reporting was limited due to fear of retribution, discrimination, or stigmatization. Persons did not identify themselves as LGBT persons due to severe societal stigma and the illegality of consensual same-sex sexual activity. Activists in the LGBT community stated they were followed and at times feared for their safety. There were periodic detainments of some in the LGBT community, combined with interrogation and alleged physical abuse.

The AIDS Resource Center in Addis Ababa reported the majority of self-identified gay and lesbian callers, the majority of whom were male, requested assistance in changing their behavior to avoid discrimination. Many gay men reported anxiety, confusion, identity crises, depression, self-ostracism, religious conflict, and suicide attempts.


Ethiopia’s location in East Africa

A first step toward would be for the U.S. embassy and U.S. human rights missions in the country to work closely with local LGBT activists and community leaders to flesh out the 2013 report. It’s important to record the specifics about the degrading and so-far-unreported human rights violations that Ethiopian people experience on the basis of their sexual identity and gender orientation.

A similar shortcoming applies to the U.K.’s 2012 Human Rights and Democracy Report, which mentions nothing about the human rights abuses targeted at LGBT people in Ethiopia.

Along the same lines, a conference of African Union health ministers is being held this week in Addis Ababa to discuss ways to combat the continent’s diseases. The pressing issue of LGBT people and HIV in Africa is not in their agenda.

It’s not because the foreign governments don’t know what’s going on. HIV activists and LGBT human right workers continually report incidents of social justice and human rights abuses to the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The hope is that international organizations such as those will investigate and work with the Ethiopian government to address the issue.

For more information visit our website:

http://www.rainbow-ethiopia.org/

Ethiopian LGBTs need help to halt abuses

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Rainbow Ethiopia

Ethiopia has one of the world’s most restrictive laws governing attempts to protect the rights and health of women, children, LGBT people, the sick and the disabled.

As a result, those people’s rights and health are endangered, and too little is being done to change that.

A law called the Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSP) 621/2009 bans any advocacy and human rights work seeking to end violence against women and children or to promote the rights of people with disabilities, people living with HIV, or other marginalized populations.

Further, grassroots organizations and front-line activists working for the rights and sexual health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ethiopia are in danger both because of CSP 621/2009 and because of anti-homosexuality Proclamation No. 414/2004.2012, which provides for prison sentences of up to 15 years for consensual same-sex sexual activity.

As a result, little progress has been made in suppressing violence against LGBT individuals, which is inflicted both by police and by mobs. LGBT people tend to keep their sexual orientation a secret to avoid arrest and social stigma. LGBT activists fear for their safety, because a number of them have been detained, interrogated and tortured.

The U.S. and other countries don’t do enough to push for an end to such violations. Although they know that change is needed, they don’t make it a priority. Every year the U.S. State Department copies and pastes the same two paragraphs in its Ethiopian Human Rights Report under the heading “Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” This is the wording from the newly released 2012 report:

Consensual same-sex sexual activity is illegal and punishable by imprisonment under the law. There were some reports of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals; reporting was limited due to fear of retribution, discrimination, or stigmatization. Persons did not identify themselves as LGBT persons due to severe societal stigma and the illegality of consensual same-sex sexual activity. Activists in the LGBT community stated they were followed and at times feared for their safety. There were periodic detainments of some in the LGBT community, combined with interrogation and alleged physical abuse.

The AIDS Resource Center in Addis Ababa reported the majority of self-identified gay and lesbian callers, the majority of whom were male, requested assistance in changing their behavior to avoid discrimination. Many gay men reported anxiety, confusion, identity crises, depression, self-ostracism, religious conflict, and suicide attempts.


Ethiopia’s location in East Africa

A first step toward would be for the U.S. embassy and U.S. human rights missions in the country to work closely with local LGBT activists and community leaders to flesh out the 2013 report. It’s important to record the specifics about the degrading and so-far-unreported human rights violations that Ethiopian people experience on the basis of their sexual identity and gender orientation.

A similar shortcoming applies to the U.K.’s 2012 Human Rights and Democracy Report, which mentions nothing about the human rights abuses targeted at LGBT people in Ethiopia.

Along the same lines, a conference of African Union health ministers is being held this week in Addis Ababa to discuss ways to combat the continent’s diseases. The pressing issue of LGBT people and HIV in Africa is not in their agenda.

It’s not because the foreign governments don’t know what’s going on. HIV activists and LGBT human right workers continually report incidents of social justice and human rights abuses to the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The hope is that international organizations such as those will investigate and work with the Ethiopian government to address the issue.

For more information visit our website:

http://www.rainbow-ethiopia.org/

Today, gay people in France can get married in law. On the other hand, gay people in South Korea can't even make boyfriends in the army due to having just passed the gay-ban law Today! What an ironic country I'm living in. What a worse thing is that the prohibition law on gay discrimination has been cancelled by left party yielded under pressure of Korean christians and homophobic people. Please, help my homophobic country. ps. sorry for my English grammar in advance.

the following is my friend Tom's story, in his own words

I committed statutory rape with a 15-year old male when I was 51. He was my student. I loved and love him whole-heartedly and completely, and promised him unconditional love, long before any sex took place. Human behavior is complicated and has many varieties. This is an unusual story. The government told a cartoon story with broad strokes of black and white.

I was imprisoned without bond, and had my freedom of speech taken away before I had been convicted of any crime. Newspapers printed government press releases without any checking of any facts. If necessary, I will submit to a polygraph on any statement I make, from any independent administrator. Ask those who contradict my statements if they will do the same. If a statement was proved by evidence or the victim's statements, I will put (P). I have discovered that the police falsify information, and distort and manipulate facts and testimony. My belief in the United States has been shaken.

The young man, a South American adopted into an Orthodox Jewish family, was cutting himself in September of 2009 when we met. He told me it was from the frustration with his home life, and not being allowed to be Latino or social, and being forced to observe a religion he found oppressive. He said one sister attacked him physically several times. He is a remarkable, bright, witty, and kind human being, with a fierce urge for freedom. I found him to be extraordinary. He came to see me most days, even more often after he was warned by his parents that I was homosexual, I found out later.(P) He brought a chess board in for lunches when he found out I played chess. We talked about history, religion, politics, psychology. He eventually he told me about the cutting.

I called his father, talked to the rabbis, called a psychologist, put him in touch with a former student with whom I thought he might click (heterosexual), gave him a copy of The Road Less Travelled, the best book I thought on how one gets happy. He kept cutting. I was frantic to help. I promised to love him unconditionally, forever. We loved talking, and I hoped I could make up whatever he lacked. I promised to do anything in my power to help him be happy. I sent him affirmation texts. (Know you are loved, you are great as you are, say "I am a wonderful person," etc.)

Some months later, on the phone, he said we should have sex. I told him that was a "really bad idea."

Some time later, he said he was playing tennis next to my building, and he would come by to work on a project. He came up, and said he was not there to work on the project, but to have sex. I tried to talk him out of it. (P) I said I could love him without sex. (P) He said I didn't have to. I said he did not owe me sex for love. He said he knew he did not owe, he wanted it, and he said I did too. I said sex was not that important, that he should not ask such a thing just for sex. He said it was for true love, that we were soul mates, we would be together forever. I said if we were soul mates then, we would be so in a few years. He said, true, but since we were we did not have to wait. Many times, he said he needed it to live. He confirmed at trial that he believed that. (P) He believed he loved me and that I loved him. (P) I said he should be with someone his age. He said he was attracted to older men. (P) I said everyone would assume it was my fault when it came out (even years later if we were together). He said he would tell them he picked me, and besides, we would be together. He said he had known what he wanted for a long time. He said such things happened all the time. Nothing happened that day (Feb,. 13 2010) We agreed to work it out. The conversation continued the next day with many more reasons for no on my part. He finally said if it was not me, it would be some other older white guy. (P) I agreed on February 14.

I have tried to be a good person my whole life. I try not to manipulate people. I love people without sex; sex and love are not the same thing. I do not even like to have sex with someone drunk, even a boyfriend because of the consent issue. I have always tried to tell the truth. Even in teaching, I would tell students the reason I was doing something (quizzes are designed to force you to read, etc.) I have tried to help the outcasts, with chess and theater. Many students said I saved lives, saved souls.

No combination of things could have made me give in like those. I had to save the life of someone I loved, a soul mate with love so true that 35 years made no difference, and if I didn't do it he would go do it somewhere else. I justified it by saving his life, not denying true love, and protecting him from those who did not love him. It was clearly wrong, but has anyone been subject to such arguments in such a situation? He said, trust me, believe me.

I thought that rejection just might kill him. I thought he wanted to be trusted and believed. I rationalized that the release of sex with someone he loved might stop the cutting. I let myself believe. He said in a statement later he did it for power and control. (P) The cutting stopped for four months until another fight with his sister.

Once I agreed I did whatever I could to make him happy. He was very advanced sexually. He claimed that I was the first, but close examination of his statement excluded from trial makes that claim dubious. He wanted to try light bondage and spanking. I always did what he asked. The prosecutor loved to say "penetrated with objects." I was the far more often penetrated. Everything done was done mutually. He was very happy, almost giddy. Only he could arrange meeting times. I came when he called, and did what he asked. He estimated 50 to 60 times in 5 months. The frequency with which he chose should have been proof of a loving if wrong relationship; I had no ability to arrange to see him. The schedule was his. He repeatedly texted and told me "You saved my life."

I had to move to Virginia to make more money. He said he wanted us to be together, so I remained faithful. I saw him that Christmas break, once, and it was clear he was no longer interested. He had been sleeping with a number of other older men. (P This is factual from his statements, not speculation.) I did not know that until my arrest. He called me to officially end the relationship in January. I was heart-broken, but I never raised his vow of eternal love. I tried to continue loving him as a friend. We soon emailed, and I never asked to renew the sexual relationship. I offered to be a best friend (my choice) or never talk to him if that was what he needed. (P) His emails say things like "Thank you...for everything," and "Not worry about you? Not possible." The emails are available.

He broke contact in early June of 2011. I heard by email from someone claiming to be him in October of that year, but it was not him. I denied the sex, thinking it was his family. I promised to do anything to help him if HE asked, and ended contact with the impostor. It was a Florida law enforcement agent. That was my first offer to turn myself in.

He got in trouble for his sexual contact with men. He refused to cooperate with police. (P) He was locked in psychological facilities for a year. He was brainwashed into changing the facts of what happened, (P) and his attitude was reversed. As far as I can tell, he was locked up for being actively gay. He was 17 for most of that time. In May 2012 he cooperated with police, and contacted me. When he called, I said I was ready to come tell the truth if that was what he needed. My second offer. He said he wanted me to come see him (reversed by police) and that he could not wait until he was 18. (P) I was confused by his previous rejection and now reversal. The policeman, as the young man, sent me sexually suggestive texts and emails, begging for me to renew the relationship, and made me promise to say something on the phone. It was the young man on the phone. I promised, and the young man initiated phone sex at the behest of the police. (P) I tried to decline; he said he had "needs." (P) I came to Florida and was arrested, after telling him twice more on the phone I would come and tell the truth. He was three months away from his 18th birthday at this point. The federal age of consent is 16, but they charged me under the Florida age of 18, but using a federal charge that carried a sentence of 10 to life.

The young man's police statement on which the indictment was based was largely disproved at trial. (P) The federal government charged me under an internet predator law, convinced that there were other victims. The police directed or suggested the false testimony. (P) They said I showed him child porn, which makes no sense. This was dismissed on sentencing, but they used it twice in trial to disgust the jury. They kept hinting at trial and sentencing about other victims, who do not exist, in spite of running a hotline number that was carried in the US and England. I find men from the age of maturity to 30ish more attractive sexually than older men, though not exclusively. Do heterosexuals do this as well? Does a 50 year old heterosexual fantasize about 50 year-ld women? I tried NOT to see students outside of school. I would never seduce anyone; the greatest attraction for me is someone's desire for me.

When the other victims did not appear, they brought in the FBI grooming expert to say I groomed him, since the evidence of persuading, enticing, inducing or coercing was slim. No grooming scenario exists in which the "groomer" waits for the "victim" to ask for sex, and then tries to dissuade the "victim." As unlikely as my story sounds, at trial he admitted that he, not I, proposed sex, that I tried to talk him out of it (and thus he talked me into it), that he BELIEVED he needed it to live, that I said I could love him without sex, and that he said he would find another older white guy if I said no. He AFFIRMED these at trial.

The interpretation of the law for induce as "cause" is to "allow to happen," when it should mean force. Under this absurd reading, this law has a LOWER threshold of guilt than statutory rape; a text message saying "OK, I will pick you up," would convict, without any contact. If every gay teen who texted an older lover were to be found in South Florida, there would be an army in prison. Statutory rape under federal guidelines carries a 41-51 month sentence. I was given 200 months under the persuasion statute. I had offered to plead guilty to statutory rape and it was rejected; they blamed me at sentencing for putting him through the trial.

Most heterosexual women in the same situation are sentenced to probation to two years. The application of this statute was arbitrary and unequal. The prosecutor announced to the jury that he granted that the "sex was consensual." The age of consent in Israel is 15, so in that civilized a country I would not even have committed a crime at all. The rich are sued for this. Where is the moral fairness?

Why was I prosecuted this way? Conservative politics and homosexuality. The family is Orthodox Jewish, the investigator who fashioned the testimony is Catholic, the prosecutor is Republican, and the judge voted for Rick Santorum.

I believed saving his life, or both of us believing it, would mitigate the statutory rape charge. I believed telling the truth and offering to turn myself in would mitigate. Telling the truth was the worst thing I could have done. Had I denied him when he called, and lied, nothing would have happened. I tried to be honest; rejecting him seemed to violate my vow of love.

I do not "blame" him for sleeping with other men. I do not love him less. I would have done anything for his happiness. I would have gladly NOT slept with him. I rationalized that I was being courageous to save his life and risk my own. I felt he was testing to see if my vow of eternal, unconditional love was real. He convinced me we were breaking convention for our mutual happiness. I thought I could serve some years to save him. If it truly saved his life, I wish I could say that knowing what I do now, I would still have been loyal enough to say yes. I would not have had the courage. I am sorry it happened either way.

Does love matter? Does fairness matter? Does the truth matter? When does a person have sexual and religious freedom? Can a conservative family change those by locking someone in psychological units, to change attitudes and alter facts? Does gay sex justify any level of charges, and any lying by the government?

I hope the young will save my life some day.

Please tell my story.

Thomas Patrick Keelan 98219-004
FDC Miami

in my society i can not tell anyone i am a lesbian, because i live in a society where the islam control people`s mind . i`m afraid not be accapted by the people,

Why is being yourself so wrong? Lesbian, gay, bisexual, straight, and transgender will always find love no matter how much it is hated upon. You are you, I am me, and everyone is who they are, not what they choose. Is our society really that crooked that its thought of as a choice and we can be "saved" because its not a choice, we don't want or need to be saved. We are happy the way we are. I can honestly say I live and love that I am lesbian. I have been me through all the crap I have been put through. I lost a relationship with my mother, that one person you so desparately want to understand and be there for you no matter what. She wasn't there for me. She hated that I was and will always be lesbian. It hurts to lose someone, but It kills to lose your very own mother. I move forward though because I know that I need to make my life MY life. We will always have those people who won't understand, but if we stand together and never stop fighting for our rights and own love they can't do anything to stop us. We will be the ones sleeping comfortably at night.

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I love to go party but whdn I was lil I saw gay guys and lesbians and just normal boy and girls so I didn't know what I wanted to be so I'm both

Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church (GHMCC), an inclusive and affirming Christian Church in Cape Town, has moved to its new home at Central Methodist Mission on Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Good Hope MCC Worship services are held every Sunday evening at 18h00.

Although Good Hope MCC serves a predominantly gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender congregation, the membership is diverse and goes beyond the social constructs of gender, beyond race and sexual orientation. Good Hope MCC traces its roots back to 1983, when a few Christians founded the "Gay Christian Community". Subsequently Good Hope MCC became a member congregation of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), an affirming Christian denomination with churches and ministries in more than 37 countries.

MCC are at the vanguard of civil and human rights movements by addressing important issues such as racism, sexism, homoprejudice, ageism and other forms of oppression. MCC has been on the forefront of the struggle towards marriage equality worldwide and continues to be a powerful voice in the movement for LGBTI equality. Across the globe Metropolitan Community Churches are also known as the “Human Rights Church”.

Core values are Inclusion, Community, Spiritual Transformation and Social Action.

Good Hope MCC recognises that people are not one dimensional and orientation, whether LGBTI or straight is only aspect of who we are ~ but for so many LGBTI’s, this can be something that deeply conflicts with our spirituality because of what is so commonly preached. It is GHMCC’s mission to serve God among those who are seeking and celebrating the integration of their spiritually and sexuality. We know that many have been deeply hurt by organised religion and GHMCC is a place, where people are able to have their faith and their love for God restored, whilst still being true to all of who they are, with no fear, no shame and no guilt.
At Good Hope MCC, we know that we are created in the image of God. We also understand that God is not limited by our understanding of God. God is not bound by any of our cultural or personal biases. God is beyond gender, beyond race, beyond nationality, beyond any church or religion, beyond any culture or time. We are created in the image of God – we do not create God in our image.

For further information, please visit www.goodhopemcc.org or e-mail welcome@goodhopemcc.org.

Hi everybody, i dont know how to explain da situation here ,day after day i feel losing hope in life and feeling really destroyed.
I present myself, my name is EMy "nickname", born in 1985 and I live in Morocco, a Muslim country where there is no gay rights at all, we are now in 2012 and there is any homosexual law reform expected !!
Since i was teenager i always felt that my choices and my way of thinking is like a girl, I dressed as a woman (in privacy) and so far I shaved all my body parts regularly .. in recent years I did my eyebrows and I tried to wear feminine clothes .. but i was firmly confronted by my family and entourage and I lost my job and all my friends just because i tryed to be me.
I avoided having homosexual relationship just because the law is not tolerant;
My life is wasted; prisoner in men clothes I find no taste to continue this life, get outside my room and see the world, nobody understands me, it's taboo to talk about homosexuality here coz of religion beliefs !! I lost hope to live and I swear i start to think about suicide.
I tryed several times to contact many gay rights comitee in several countries but in vain, they all told me that i have to be in that country in ordre to deal with me, i was seeking for a humain asylum.
My relationship with my surroundings have become worse especially with my family, and one day I'll leave home without knowing where to go.
i need some one to help me to live my life in a country where there is gay rights, I want to live and work in peace, get dressed with respect and freely.
my email: bi.cool@live.com -sincerly-

ILGA is an education in homofascism. ILGA discriminates against people based on sexual orientation - the ultimate hypocrisy. ILGA sucks.

Though law does not expressly condone same sex marriage and/or relationships between women, it does expressly make it illegal for men and have also been used on a couple of occasions to harass lesbians in Zimbabwe. It is usually used as a political campaigning tool by politicians, despite the fact that a lot of politicians are in fact gay. a number of times people have been victimised for being lesbians and deemed worse that commercial sex workers. Families force women into marriage because they fear being in turn victimised by society for harbouring gay people or merely being related to lesbians. A number of women have been displaced from home and have often been left stranded by families who have found out about their sexuality and unfortunately some have turned into sex workers for survival. a lot have not been trained, educated or supported by family and the society at large for being gay and some even lost their jobs. Because there is no law protecting lesbians, there is no protection against such harassment and person embarassment. i was arrested, beaten, lost my job, and family threw me out after finding out about my sexuality.

Hey people , I'm a tunisian 17 years old male , i'm currently a student , i'm bisexual and i hate the fact that i have to hide this , because it's my identity that is should live by , i wish that one day all the gays lesbians bisexuals and heterosexual people can live peacefully together.
i don't like transexuals because i think that they are changing things that shouldn't be changed , they should stay natural and accept they're true nature, but they are free to do whatever they want , i don't judge :)

Good, at least if I'm in hell, I'll be warm and far away from your homophobic ramblings. Many people on other country's pages have explained personal experiences or supported one another, you however choose to tarnish the UK's page with bigotry and hate.

As for caring about me, I don't want/ask you to and I certainly do not need it. I do not believe in any God(s) either and reject your beliefs which you attempt to force upon me.

The UK is on the whole a tolerant country for LGBTI people (although not perfect, like many countries).

SOS NEED URGENT HELP!!!
Everyone has the right to happiness and to be free to live their own lives. But for every moment of happiness there is a price to be paid. We are Anna and Anya, a gay couple, one of us was born in the UK + the other from Russia. In July of this year, we fell deeply in love, when we met in Athens, Greece. We decided from that moment we will always be together, but we were not prepared for what lies ahead. Since one of our nationalities is British, we decided we would apply for a UK visa and go back together to England to start a family. But the UK visa was denied. It was a terrible blow and shock to us. In ordet to make a new application for a UK visa, we have to wait after 6 months from date of refusal. In Greece, we could not stay because Anyas visa in Greece was due to expire. Since Anna ( who'd from UK) has dual citizenship by birth and family is Greek Cypriot from Cyprus, we decided to go there. In Cyprus, we are faced with new challenges related to the fact that only one of us is European. Cyprus is in a very homophobic Country where Gays face persecution beatings and being killed. Also the Global crisis has hit badly here and the Cypriots are losing their jobs every day, shops offices and factories closing every minute. We tried many different ways past few months, but in vain asthere is no work here for locals let alone foreigners. According to the law of Cyprus, to have a job you need to have a work permit. A work permit can only be obtained from the employer, another vicious circle. However, if we were a heterosexual couple, or had gay rights marraige and equality here then this problem, would not have arisen for us. We could get married, and Anna and I would have the opportunity to live and work in Cyprus. To date, we morally, psychologically and financially exhausted. Because of the inequality of rights, to be together, we are forced to move from country to country, as if we are outcasts. We now have only 6 days left in Cyprus. After 6 days, the visa expires (for Russians visa-free entry is for 3 months). We are now desperate and an urgently need to leave this country. We cannot go to England, because Anya didn't get a UK visa. We cannot go to Russia, because there is the terrible laws for gays and human rights there, which are viruslly non-existent. We recently learned that Argentina is the only country where marriages between foreigners and Gays are allowed. This is our only chance now! So we decided to go to Brazil as it's next door and we have friend there and then to marry in Argentina, to increase our chances for a UK visa in March as they cannot refuse us if we are married as they do have some equal rights there. If we don't leave Cyprus on 20th December, Anya will be blacklisted and this will affect all future European visa applications especially the one we need to eventually live in the UK! But sadly we now have no funds to leave this country, as we have 2 Euros left. Friends and family have helped as much as they could, but we are not out to everyone we know being Russian and Greek Orthodox being Gay is the worst sin against our religion! We have tried everything we can to raise funds to leave here and have now realized it is time to tell the world and the public about our situation. As we desperately need help! We have both helped so many people in our past and are owed monies we cannot collect, we wanted to borrow it but have been let down, so now we are on our knees and need all the help we can get! We really need money to buy tickets to Brazil and the means of life for the first time. This is not such a big amount, but it affects our future. As Christmas is the season of good we are praying for an act or acts of kindness and a miracle so we can spend this Christmas and the rest of our lives together! We hope that in this big wide world there is someone for whom the two people, (women) who love each other and want to be together mean something. It's time to find out if anyone really cares and if anyone is prepared to help us!!! Please... Please... please... Support us!
We are grateful for any help and support!!!
contact us
Tel:00357 96491327
Email: annamkyr@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sosgayrights
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOSGayRights

I've been to South-Africa, it was an exchange program,
and I was pretty scared because I didn't know how homosexuality was in South-Africa.
Well, the area where I went (Pretoria) , was totally okay with it. Even their religion accepted gay people. (I felt really good about the religion-part, it's something catholicism has to work on...)
I have to admit I had a feeling it must not be easy for a South-African to come out. I think a lot of gay South-Africans struggle to come out.

Also, I've only been 'integrated' within the 'whites', so I don't know about homosexuality for 'blacks'.

I felt accepted and even normal in South-Africa as (obviously) gay.

Piet

Hi, my name is adi(not my real name) and i'm from indonesia.(sorry if my english sounds weird and bad grammar) Well this is my life story.
i live in a democratic country, indonesia. most of foreign people said that indonesia is a friendly gay country, but that's not true, i know there is no laws against gay in here but we have community law which our society looks don't care about gay people in indonesia but they keep away from gays and talking quietly behind, they think that gay is disease and disgusting, even worse.

how can i became gay?? it's all about my past, when i was kid, about 5 years old, a man who i think i can trust abuse me sexually, i don't know that's a wrong thing to do because i was just a kid( but i still remember about the incident, when he locked me in a room in the kindergarten school, and he did that. and when i was 12, my older cousin rape me, he threatened me, my heart can still feel the pain. i never tell anyone about this humiliating secret.

i live in a muslim conservative family, i never told anyone about my sexual orientation especially my father, if he knew about it, he wouldn't hesitate to kill me because being gay is the worst thing, so sinful, so it's obligatory to kill gay people like me. feel sad, but there's nothing i can do.

I will never be able to feel love and be loved. many people think that gay just need penis,sex. but we should deserve love too, if i have a choice: i can love and have him, but we both must cut off our penis, then i'll choose it, love is blind, but sex isn't.


i've last thing to do in my life, i will coming out to my family, i don't care if they hate me or want to kill me, though after it i'll end my life
because i can't live without love, "pefedict?" yes, but you don't know what pain i have, all this time.

well i dont tell long stories im 28yrs.got in a Fight with my boss becaiuse she wanted to pay me ne to nothing coz according to her gay people should be glad they getting a job. i cant go to the police for that. 2. trying to access public tranport. wow. ive been pleted with bottles many times and recently as well just for being at the park to catch the buss to go home and the moile police outpost is right their and the guy the police man just came out and close his door. i figure coz he realize im gay being the people are ccreaming our burn battiman. 3. its rediculas to get health care in guyana when u r gay. first they dont want to look at you and then when you turns comes which is way after they arrast you. 4.human rights is not even a issue in guyana when it should be.5. im a gay male and Guyana had scuccesslly made me know that im a outcast. thanks Guyana.6. I was a christian un till i was trown out o my church they should e somthing that monitors that coz it has had a real impack on my social life. who is to e heald responcible? but then again im gay, its my fault

The LGBT people of Colombia need your help.

This is a decisive moment for the human rights about all of us. The person who is the guardian of the human rights is terrible. He is a homophobic, transphobic and misogynistic. This is a history about a lawyer, he is gay, and he worked in the proctor general office, http://tinyurl.com/c5qtcur . We need your help because the next year the LGBT people will not have rights. The next year the LGBT people no will exist more in colombia, because the goverment have fear about the power of the proctor.

We need your help and prevent to the proctor Alejandro Ordo単ez will be re-elected in this charge.

More information:
https://www.google.com.co/search?source=ig&rlz;=&q;=Alejandro+Ordo%C3%B1ez+LGBT

i am palestinian gay guy who live in lebanon beirut and looking for orgnization in lebanon or out of lebanon for lgbt rights i have healthy case hiv+ and cant get any ealth insurance or any help and my parents they dont know about that cuz i will be in bad stiuation if anybody have idea for help plz conact me at this email amigo_ss_23@hotmail.com

http://klug.cfsites.org/custom.php?pageid=38064

Speaker Kadaga promises to revive shelved gay Bill

The Speaker’s promise follows her experience in Canada, where foreign officials asked her to block the bill.


Entebbe

Days after her defence against a Canadian minister’s attacks on Uganda over homosexuality, Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has promised to expedite the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

Ms Kadaga made the assurance while addressing religious leaders and journalists at Entebbe International Airport on Monday. “They said I should stop the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill but I assured them there is no way I can block a private members Bill,” she said.

At the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Quebec, Canada, Ms Kadaga was involved in an altercation with that country’s Foreign Affairs minister, Mr John Baird, after the latter accused Uganda of trampling on human rights.

The accusation saw Ms Kadaga tell the minister to stick to the day’s theme and respect Uganda’s sovereignty. “I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality,” she said, adding that she was not aware she was speaking for many people in the world, some of whom were in the conference.

“I was surprised when colleagues came and thanked me saying that’s what they have always wanted to say but they had never gotten the courage to. That when it came to me that I had spoken for the whole of Africa, for the Arab world and Asians,” she said.

The welcome ceremony and press briefing was organised by religious leaders, former Ethics and Integrity Minister Nsaba Buturo and the mover of the Bill, Mr David Bahati, all of whom are pushing for the enactment of the anti-homosexuality Bill.

A large procession comprising members of different Pentecostal churches, Makerere University students and boda boda cyclists camped at the airport from 10am to after midnight when Ms Kadaga emerged to greet them as they ululated and waved placards appreciating her boldness in Canada.

“You are our saviour, we want the bill now,” one of the placards read.
Pastor Michael Were, who spoke on behalf of the religious leaders, called on other national leaders to follow Ms Kadaga’s footsteps for the sake of the country’s culture and traditions.

Asked whether she was not mindful of Uganda being denied aid and her being denied entry visas to pro-gay countries, Ms Kadaga said such countries were welcome to keep their aid and visas.

i wish that the LGBT community come to our country (Kuwait) bec. we really need help and we need some people to understand us bec. we're being hated by our friends and family and goverment and everyone when we tell them the truth and we can't show our love relationship to the people that's why we're keep hiding our true feeling so we can live a nice life with people around us !

hola acabo de tener un bebe... y ahora resulta que el padre no esta de acuerdo con que yo este con mi pareja... y todo porque el quiere estar y formar una familia con migo... mi madre esta en completo desacuerdo con que yo tenga una pareja mujer... a pesar de que fue ella la que estuvo con migo en el embarazo y el padre no... el padre dice que se quiere hacer cargo de mi y mi bebe... el problema es que hablo con mis padres y ahora se complico todo... mi familia espera que yo me case con el... mi padre ya no me apoya económicamente para mis estudios a pesar de que era para lo único que me daba dinero... y todo porque el padre de mi bebe les dijo que el se haría cargo de todo y ni siquiera da lo necesario para los gastos del bebe y ya tiene un mes que no se aparece solo llama para decir que vendrá a ver al bebe por no viene... y aun así quieren quitarme la custodia de mi bebe... por el momento ando buscando accesorias para ver de que formas me pueden quitar a mi bebe y que puedo hacer al respecto... SI ALGUIEN TIENE UN PROBLEMA ASÍ MEJOR BUSQUEN ACCESORIA Y AYUDA EN VEZ DE TIRAR LA TOALLA CON SU PAREJA...

During the first months of this year a newspaper in El Salvador published the interview with a christian pastor , Reina de Salazar - member of the Christ of the Nations church based in Dallas, TX.
I was astonished to read that according to this pastor "Homosexuality is a disease", so all these people should treated like that.
Mrs Reina de Salazar runs a church in El Salvador and often comes to the US to collect donations for her church. I invite you to read the article - it would be available translated if needed.

http://elfaro.net/es/201202/el_agora/7561/

"If we are to speak scientifically I prefer that homosexuality is a disease"
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omissão, descaso e hipocresia

Este caso não foi aceito pelas autoridades brasileiras e órgaos competentes.

Este é um relato real.

I suffered bullying from childhood because I was often mistaken for a girl, evasive avoided contact with people, fearing my own identity. Because of this I have developed defenses regarding relationships and frustrating tendency to reading, seeking knowledge in order to justify my problems. But I became a connoisseur of cultures and languages, as for being "different" but suffered no discrimination by sexuality in principle, but the distance between me and the rest of the world, becoming the target of ridicule and often nasty comments even from gays, and harassed by nasty people and humiliated by people whose should understand me.
For me positively identified children as soon as I asked to be my real intentions, but I never would abuse a child. But teenage boys attracted me, dividing me from becoming a father and husband, wanted for my children, or assume that I had become a young homosexual and I go down this route, but without ever being promiscuous.
When my father died, my younger sister mentally became ill, my family went bankrupt, relatives and supposed friends moved away and I started to be further discriminated by not having a relationship or a girlfriend, being homosexual is not be in the streets seeking men, for continuing to live with my mother, for not having married, for not having time for another of completed college (psychology and pedagogy), for not keeping me in a steady job, for having abandoned the practice in Academy (martial arts), for having done various courses alternatives and never exercise them, by learning other languages ​​and not teach ... well, I being discriminated against, either by relatives or people from my living how could I take my life project ahead? Even my desire to adopt a child was given up ... However, I abandoned my goals for freedom to act within my preferences though in secret to no longer have to justify to anyone else.
For eleven years I lived in a big house with a pool, where my nieces when children playing with other children, boys eventually went to attend my house and never were no major problems.
At about thirty years without real reason my older sister Sandra morally defames me by insinuating that I being bisexual and love to children would pedophile and whenever I played with a kid came a rumor. She my sister came to insinuate that I could have abused her daughter when was two years, without ever were proven, as I discovered too long after she Sandra used phoning relatives and acquaintances will inventing rumors about me, concluding with that's why I suffer discrimination for many years. For it to I move to the current address I by Sandra and her husband Jilmakson whose ironically was transvestite, I suffered the terrible accusations of rumors heard by locals, as I had already been arrested, drugged me and even prostituted me even killed a child, and also that I had left fled from where I lived, facts which never occurred ...
In about 12 years I am living with my elderly mother disabled physically and my youngest sister with special needs in the same place and in this time we are suffering from neighbors: discrimination, harassment, vandalism, humiliation, by having already often resorted to police action that in most cases not solved the problem, but as my house has already been invaded, shot and stoned many times, there have been at least one lawsuit against the authors, but not that they be disturbed by the fact because although it remained hidden practicing such acts and now after a few years they decided to act openly as before when the lawsuit, and as before summoning people to participate in their "crimes" against me and my family, including my tenants whose not even pay for housing.
Myself because my bisexuality and like to keep in touch with young people and as I like children a lot I was taxed as a pedophile, have suffered persecution and defamation, as lynching, attacks with use of stones, sticks and even "shot" but luckily I survived. The absurdity of such events still occur I appealed for justice to help me solve this problem. The responsible are residents in Caraguatatuba Street, Vila Silva Telles, Itaim Paulista, São Paulo (SP) where I live with my family.
I've done several complaints proven and expert reports, but with no success, and contacted some facts about the prosecutors local, but in this particular case which involves "discrimination" I could not count on any support, and basing in it is that many events occurred. They Authors use the argument that I'm a pedophile and talk about my involvement with minors or whose children do not even I know which never had any approach and this has given them credit against the police, possibly because there is a false complaint that without proof. But causes distrust of authorities and arouses anger in people.
I quote some of the leaders whose names have already answered some criminally but nothing has changed:
Sandra Aparecida Correa Udson 53, resident of No 45 Caraguatatuba Street, Vila Silva Teles, which with his former teammate Jilmakson Barbosa Pinheiro which is living with another man, both founded on the rumors cited since 2000 recruited people from the neighborhood to antagonize me with argument that I being bisexual and also I would like children I was pedophile, they along with some neighbors, frightened people who came to visit me, and yet in 2003 spread around the neighborhood that I had abused my nephew, Jilmakson's son with only 3 yars at the time .
Everton Conde de Jesus 30 years, resident in 89 of the same street instructor of taekuondo which usually maintain sexual acts with children, he's strangely beloved by vicinity, along Willian 25 years, resident at 17. Since I was living in that place, he Everton innate children and adolescent boys against me based on rumors mentioned, I was cursed deer, fagot, rapist, pedophile, Joe Mad, persecuted, stoned and even suffered bombings of deception on the part of Everton accompanied minors, and I had suffered several threats since coming to be attacked by people linked to Everton, having been the target of my house slings and bombs several times, having been shot up. He sent his boys to expel any child or teen who approached my house, antagonizing any visitors whoever I was, and still does.
Edmilson Simões 47 years resident in 14B, repeatedly brought people against me, always insulted me, made obscene gestures, indecent proposals, and participated in some threatened attacks against my home and family, and even used his house to promote parties untill dawn, with participation of minors and booze, not allowing my family and I could rest, the police were always thrown, but did nothing, Edmilson along with Everton and William always present at these parties, with others already responded to criminal prosecution in 2009 by cited some facts - criminal court forum of São Miguel Paulista.
Patricia Bezerra resident on10, 40 years, along with solange Simões 39 years resident in 14B, Edmilson's sister, always participated in the acts cited by allowing their minor children to walk with Everton and also practiced the actions already mentioned, the making so far.
My current tenants Jorge Targino de Godoy and Carmelia Monte Negro de Almeida, joined the others mentioned and began to make threats and insults constantly, even after having lawsuits against them, the house has already been claimed for having inspired the term they movie and yet remained and they shall have a son Cristian, teenager with cerebral palsy whose never had any contact with me, but he was used to accuse me that I have tried or wanted abusing him abusing grounded in falsehoods already cited, the case was taken to 63 DP whose responsibility was delegated Dr Ruas, this after Carmelia Tues cursed and threatened my mother and told the police to attend, I had tried to abuse her son. And all this is because these neighbors want to avenge the lawsuit already answered by them.
Other tenants, Fatima in 2009, the mother of Carlos Eduardo 7 years, used to go out at night being pregnant to consume injectable drug leaving the boy alone, I contacted the tutoring assistance and nothing happened, but that tenant accused me of abusing her son under proposal the cited neighbors and then she just disappeared with the boy. And in 2008 I had a dentist as tenants named Elton Sousa Rosa Fernandes, his partner Maria Claudia dos Santos and a stepdaughter 10 years. Elton promoted by early morning encounters with teenagers in the house and when I questioned him about it, he insulted me and Elton also made threats, as well as his companion and soon I discovered that they were there because they had been infiltrated by my aforementioned neighbors. Elton along with these neighbors caused many disturbances due to which it was moved a criminal case which has been cited also involving Everton, Willian and Edmilson for disturbance caused by them and minors who frequented the house of Elton, meanwhile Elton and his companion also insulted me morally and hinted that I would be interested in teenagers whose frequented his house. Absurd conclusion for those whom attended college!
In 2002 I had made a complaint of injury, defamation and slander by neighbors at 50 DP Itaim Paulista, but no further. As on other occasions later without having any further, just reprisals from perpetrators.
In October 2005 I was walking at night to my house, because I had left to buy medicine for my sister, I was almost fatally attacked with stones, sticks, iron and shot up by 8 individuals whose connections maintained with the said neighbors, especially Everton Conde de Jesus, with the argument that I had attacked a child - BO 5836/2005 50 DP - without prosecution. Due the attack I lost some vision in my right eye, balance on the right side body, I felt failure and a bullet mark in the middle of my forehead.
In 2006 my home was vandalized crates after an investigation by Police Chief Carlos Laet holder of 50 DP , whose authors were Everton Conde de Jesus with teenagers under the connivance of the aforementioned neighbors, the case did not proceed. And also the same year I was attacked with stones by 2 indviduals in front of my house, whose used to meet with Everton, but the case did not proceed well.
In 2007 there was a 19 year old guy whose named Jonas approached me and I went to visit, being sleazy small and unintelligent despite having completed second grade, was the target of my neighbors until I host him temporarily for a few days. And when the boy was discharged to avoid comments, because even at times my neighbors Everton and his boys were coming provocations and threats to call the police saying I was abusing a disabled child as they had done at another time with the 3 disabled children of a friend whose house I usually attend. Jonas pulled away for 2 days and back to fetch his belongings with him came three boys and Jonas entering into my home,the boys began to shout that he would leave whether as he were a child and were suffering abuse because they had combined with Jonas what they would do. In a few minutes there were more than 20 people with sticks and stones tried to break into the house to catch me, the police appeared at the time that they had managed to enter the house and did some blatant individuals, while neighbors hid in their homes after having watched each other part of the act, among them were two minors. And one of the greatest was Rodolfo Santos Shmidt, brother of Alice friend of my sister Sandra Aparecida aforementioned. Alice whose brother intervened, so that I was not stuck with that also dispense others (BO 2308/2007. Yet the next day when I out of my house the way to the Police station to give evidence of the fact, I was attacked with blows on the head with rafters, one wrapped with barbed wire by 4 boys among them two of whose had previously attacked me and everyone known to have connections with the much quoted Everton Conde de Jesus (BO 2377/2007 DP 50), attempted homicide qualified principal delegate Carlos Laet, the case never has continued. I carry sequels of this event.
In 2008 when the tenant was evicted, Elton dentist, my house was shot under the auspices of the aforementioned neighbors (BO 5489/2008 DP 50) delegate Dr Moreli holder, but the case did not proceed well.
As the cases cited numerous times and have had no further, today I am suffering the same hardships and always with arguments which undermine my conduct and my sexuality, and I hope that as this may be the solution.

Universal Movement of Consciousness
by Edson Udson (all rights reserved)

A great movement for peace, love and freedom around of the world, but to obtain results and do solve problems as poverty, abuses and violence is necessary "union" and "good will" translated in a simple word..."love". Respecting and preserving the nature or combating differences as racism, sexuality or culture and accepting any kind of love, no discriminating anyone in anywhere for anything. I believe it be possible...because love, respect and freedom are all of good.

for worldwide children

omissão, descaso e hipocresia

Este caso não foi aceito pelas autoridades brasileiras e órgaos competentes.

Este é um relato real.

I suffered bullying from childhood because I was often mistaken for a girl, evasive avoided contact with people, fearing my own identity. Because of this I have developed defenses regarding relationships and frustrating tendency to reading, seeking knowledge in order to justify my problems. But I became a connoisseur of cultures and languages, as for being "different" but suffered no discrimination by sexuality in principle, but the distance between me and the rest of the world, becoming the target of ridicule and often nasty comments even from gays, and harassed by nasty people and humiliated by people whose should understand me.
For me positively identified children as soon as I asked to be my real intentions, but I never would abuse a child. But teenage boys attracted me, dividing me from becoming a father and husband, wanted for my children, or assume that I had become a young homosexual and I go down this route, but without ever being promiscuous.
When my father died, my younger sister mentally became ill, my family went bankrupt, relatives and supposed friends moved away and I started to be further discriminated by not having a relationship or a girlfriend, being homosexual is not be in the streets seeking men, for continuing to live with my mother, for not having married, for not having time for another of completed college (psychology and pedagogy), for not keeping me in a steady job, for having abandoned the practice in Academy (martial arts), for having done various courses alternatives and never exercise them, by learning other languages ​​and not teach ... well, I being discriminated against, either by relatives or people from my living how could I take my life project ahead? Even my desire to adopt a child was given up ... However, I abandoned my goals for freedom to act within my preferences though in secret to no longer have to justify to anyone else.
For eleven years I lived in a big house with a pool, where my nieces when children playing with other children, boys eventually went to attend my house and never were no major problems.
At about thirty years without real reason my older sister Sandra morally defames me by insinuating that I being bisexual and love to children would pedophile and whenever I played with a kid came a rumor. She my sister came to insinuate that I could have abused her daughter when was two years, without ever were proven, as I discovered too long after she Sandra used phoning relatives and acquaintances will inventing rumors about me, concluding with that's why I suffer discrimination for many years. For it to I move to the current address I by Sandra and her husband Jilmakson whose ironically was transvestite, I suffered the terrible accusations of rumors heard by locals, as I had already been arrested, drugged me and even prostituted me even killed a child, and also that I had left fled from where I lived, facts which never occurred ...
In about 12 years I am living with my elderly mother disabled physically and my youngest sister with special needs in the same place and in this time we are suffering from neighbors: discrimination, harassment, vandalism, humiliation, by having already often resorted to police action that in most cases not solved the problem, but as my house has already been invaded, shot and stoned many times, there have been at least one lawsuit against the authors, but not that they be disturbed by the fact because although it remained hidden practicing such acts and now after a few years they decided to act openly as before when the lawsuit, and as before summoning people to participate in their "crimes" against me and my family, including my tenants whose not even pay for housing.
Myself because my bisexuality and like to keep in touch with young people and as I like children a lot I was taxed as a pedophile, have suffered persecution and defamation, as lynching, attacks with use of stones, sticks and even "shot" but luckily I survived. The absurdity of such events still occur I appealed for justice to help me solve this problem. The responsible are residents in Caraguatatuba Street, Vila Silva Telles, Itaim Paulista, São Paulo (SP) where I live with my family.
I've done several complaints proven and expert reports, but with no success, and contacted some facts about the prosecutors local, but in this particular case which involves "discrimination" I could not count on any support, and basing in it is that many events occurred. They Authors use the argument that I'm a pedophile and talk about my involvement with minors or whose children do not even I know which never had any approach and this has given them credit against the police, possibly because there is a false complaint that without proof. But causes distrust of authorities and arouses anger in people.
I quote some of the leaders whose names have already answered some criminally but nothing has changed:
Sandra Aparecida Correa Udson 53, resident of No 45 Caraguatatuba Street, Vila Silva Teles, which with his former teammate Jilmakson Barbosa Pinheiro which is living with another man, both founded on the rumors cited since 2000 recruited people from the neighborhood to antagonize me with argument that I being bisexual and also I would like children I was pedophile, they along with some neighbors, frightened people who came to visit me, and yet in 2003 spread around the neighborhood that I had abused my nephew, Jilmakson's son with only 3 yars at the time .
Everton Conde de Jesus 30 years, resident in 89 of the same street instructor of taekuondo which usually maintain sexual acts with children, he's strangely beloved by vicinity, along Willian 25 years, resident at 17. Since I was living in that place, he Everton innate children and adolescent boys against me based on rumors mentioned, I was cursed deer, fagot, rapist, pedophile, Joe Mad, persecuted, stoned and even suffered bombings of deception on the part of Everton accompanied minors, and I had suffered several threats since coming to be attacked by people linked to Everton, having been the target of my house slings and bombs several times, having been shot up. He sent his boys to expel any child or teen who approached my house, antagonizing any visitors whoever I was, and still does.
Edmilson Simões 47 years resident in 14B, repeatedly brought people against me, always insulted me, made obscene gestures, indecent proposals, and participated in some threatened attacks against my home and family, and even used his house to promote parties untill dawn, with participation of minors and booze, not allowing my family and I could rest, the police were always thrown, but did nothing, Edmilson along with Everton and William always present at these parties, with others already responded to criminal prosecution in 2009 by cited some facts - criminal court forum of São Miguel Paulista.
Patricia Bezerra resident on10, 40 years, along with solange Simões 39 years resident in 14B, Edmilson's sister, always participated in the acts cited by allowing their minor children to walk with Everton and also practiced the actions already mentioned, the making so far.
My current tenants Jorge Targino de Godoy and Carmelia Monte Negro de Almeida, joined the others mentioned and began to make threats and insults constantly, even after having lawsuits against them, the house has already been claimed for having inspired the term they movie and yet remained and they shall have a son Cristian, teenager with cerebral palsy whose never had any contact with me, but he was used to accuse me that I have tried or wanted abusing him abusing grounded in falsehoods already cited, the case was taken to 63 DP whose responsibility was delegated Dr Ruas, this after Carmelia Tues cursed and threatened my mother and told the police to attend, I had tried to abuse her son. And all this is because these neighbors want to avenge the lawsuit already answered by them.
Other tenants, Fatima in 2009, the mother of Carlos Eduardo 7 years, used to go out at night being pregnant to consume injectable drug leaving the boy alone, I contacted the tutoring assistance and nothing happened, but that tenant accused me of abusing her son under proposal the cited neighbors and then she just disappeared with the boy. And in 2008 I had a dentist as tenants named Elton Sousa Rosa Fernandes, his partner Maria Claudia dos Santos and a stepdaughter 10 years. Elton promoted by early morning encounters with teenagers in the house and when I questioned him about it, he insulted me and Elton also made threats, as well as his companion and soon I discovered that they were there because they had been infiltrated by my aforementioned neighbors. Elton along with these neighbors caused many disturbances due to which it was moved a criminal case which has been cited also involving Everton, Willian and Edmilson for disturbance caused by them and minors who frequented the house of Elton, meanwhile Elton and his companion also insulted me morally and hinted that I would be interested in teenagers whose frequented his house. Absurd conclusion for those whom attended college!
In 2002 I had made a complaint of injury, defamation and slander by neighbors at 50 DP Itaim Paulista, but no further. As on other occasions later without having any further, just reprisals from perpetrators.
In October 2005 I was walking at night to my house, because I had left to buy medicine for my sister, I was almost fatally attacked with stones, sticks, iron and shot up by 8 individuals whose connections maintained with the said neighbors, especially Everton Conde de Jesus, with the argument that I had attacked a child - BO 5836/2005 50 DP - without prosecution. Due the attack I lost some vision in my right eye, balance on the right side body, I felt failure and a bullet mark in the middle of my forehead.
In 2006 my home was vandalized crates after an investigation by Police Chief Carlos Laet holder of 50 DP , whose authors were Everton Conde de Jesus with teenagers under the connivance of the aforementioned neighbors, the case did not proceed. And also the same year I was attacked with stones by 2 indviduals in front of my house, whose used to meet with Everton, but the case did not proceed well.
In 2007 there was a 19 year old guy whose named Jonas approached me and I went to visit, being sleazy small and unintelligent despite having completed second grade, was the target of my neighbors until I host him temporarily for a few days. And when the boy was discharged to avoid comments, because even at times my neighbors Everton and his boys were coming provocations and threats to call the police saying I was abusing a disabled child as they had done at another time with the 3 disabled children of a friend whose house I usually attend. Jonas pulled away for 2 days and back to fetch his belongings with him came three boys and Jonas entering into my home,the boys began to shout that he would leave whether as he were a child and were suffering abuse because they had combined with Jonas what they would do. In a few minutes there were more than 20 people with sticks and stones tried to break into the house to catch me, the police appeared at the time that they had managed to enter the house and did some blatant individuals, while neighbors hid in their homes after having watched each other part of the act, among them were two minors. And one of the greatest was Rodolfo Santos Shmidt, brother of Alice friend of my sister Sandra Aparecida aforementioned. Alice whose brother intervened, so that I was not stuck with that also dispense others (BO 2308/2007. Yet the next day when I out of my house the way to the Police station to give evidence of the fact, I was attacked with blows on the head with rafters, one wrapped with barbed wire by 4 boys among them two of whose had previously attacked me and everyone known to have connections with the much quoted Everton Conde de Jesus (BO 2377/2007 DP 50), attempted homicide qualified principal delegate Carlos Laet, the case never has continued. I carry sequels of this event.
In 2008 when the tenant was evicted, Elton dentist, my house was shot under the auspices of the aforementioned neighbors (BO 5489/2008 DP 50) delegate Dr Moreli holder, but the case did not proceed well.
As the cases cited numerous times and have had no further, today I am suffering the same hardships and always with arguments which undermine my conduct and my sexuality, and I hope that as this may be the solution.

Universal Movement of Consciousness
by Edson Udson (all rights reserved)

A great movement for peace, love and freedom around of the world, but to obtain results and do solve problems as poverty, abuses and violence is necessary "union" and "good will" translated in a simple word..."love". Respecting and preserving the nature or combating differences as racism, sexuality or culture and accepting any kind of love, no discriminating anyone in anywhere for anything. I believe it be possible...because love, respect and freedom are all of good.

for worldwide children

I just want to know how to get married with my boy (?)
We both want badly to get married with each other, but we are in Morocco, and this is totally illegal...
I want your advices, your opinions. It's not only an impulsion or a crazy dream; we seriously want to marry. It's a life decision.

I can move to europe without problems, I work on cinĂŠma theater and music, I will be in Belgium (Wallonie) from october 10th for a project, so if somebody can help us realizing this or just leading us to an association specialized on this, contact me on pynhassjill@gmail.com

Thank you

Hi, I'm Turkish and a lesbian and it really bothers me to see others of my ethnicity act like this towards the LGBT community. I have to wait at least 2 more years until I can even tell my parents about my sexuality...my girlfriend's mom already knows about her sexuality and all of my friends know that we're together, except for my parents. It's just not right when you can't go to your parents for help. They're your PARENTS. They're supposed to have your back no matter what you're like. Your parents are supposed to love you no matter what...what if that prosecutor had a gay child? Would he arrest his own child or beat him or something of the like? It's just unbelievable how homophobic someone can be...I recently watched a Turkish movie called Zenne Dancer that was made as a tribute to a gay man who was killed by his own father for being gay. We need to get some in the closet homosexuals into the Turkish government...

hello, well, i am 20 years old, and i have a perfect life(good parents, good education), but i started to realized the true sexuality of mine, i realized that im into women, well i am a muslim girl, so no one ever knows about that, i mean my sexuality, because as you know islam considers homosexuality a wrong thing!! so i need some help and i want to know if i can contact with any other girl who's having the same trouble i have, and it's better if she's lebanese, thank you

Reading all those people suffering because of their sexual orientation in countries like Morocco, Uganda, etc. makes me sad; But it also makes me realize that my problems are nothing compared to them. I live in mexico. Recently they allowed, in mexico city (Federal District), marriage between gay couples and also adoption. Though is a big step in gay rights, the thing is that people still are not very fond of this idea yet. I live in a very religious family and even though i know my parents will never inflict any kind of physical abuse on me, if i were to come out, i know they'll give me their back. My parents laugh at gay people, judge gay people, and feel happy reading articles that justifies "gay behavior" as some psychological illness. I don't feel with the strength or courage to come out; i hope one day i can come out with someone by my side giving me strength.

Sorry if it was too long, just wanted to let it out.

My name is Yangfa, & I've put together a collection of real-life stories from LGBT people in Singapore.

It's called "I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender stories in Singapore".

I'd like to invite you to know a bit more about Singapore and the stories of some of the LGBT communities here, through the website:

http://iwillsurvivesg.wordpress.com/

Take care,
LEOW Yangfa
Editor, I Will Survive
Singapore

ILGA is fascist.

From September 2001 to July 2005, I lived in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) working for an international organization. I lived in both Sarajevo and Banja Luka. I traveled throughout Bosnia Herzegovina as well as to other parts of the former Yugoslavia -- Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
In Sarajevo I worked with the local LGBT group.
LGBTs in BiH are very closeted because society is very homophobic regardless of religion (atheist, Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, etc). All of the LGBTs I knew/know in BiH fear that if their family finds out about their sexual orientation/behavior that they will be disowned. Some lesbians are more open than others (gays, bisexuals, transgender).
A male homosexual I know has been repeatedly physically attacked in Banja Luka because he is suspected of being gay. The police will not assist or protect him or punish the perpetrators.
Discrimination against LGBTs is prevalent, widespread, and accepted. Any laws regarding prohibiting discrimination against LGBTs exist only on paper in order to impress the international community, and are not respected or enforced.
I have been told that many (most?) gay men in BiH do not use condoms because they cannot afford to buy condoms.
LGBTs in BiH live a very limited and precarious existence. Given the prevalence of violence and discrimination, LGBTs from BiH should be allowed asylum in other countries. LGBTs cannot live a normal, safe, productive, full life in BiH.

Ethiopia is one of the 38 African countries where Homosexuality is illegal. According to the 2007 Global attitude research done by Pew Research Center Project, 97percent of Ethiopians strongly consider Homosexuality as a serious of violation of morality. According to article 629 of the criminal code

"whoever perform with another person of the same sex a homosexuality act or any other indecent act, is punishable with simple imprisonment".

According to this article homosexuality is punishable even it is done by two parties with consent or agreement.The penalties for being engaged in homosexual act ranges from 3 years up to 15 years imprisonment.







Beside our criminal law that bans us, we always face stigma and discrimination from the society and often discouraged and being marginalized from getting different services. As a result we are vulnerable than other part of society because of discouragement we face from health workers and society to get health services and existence of conservative social values.





In Ethiopia the fundamental human rights that are inherent, universal and acquired by virtue of humanity are being violated because of our sexual orientation that was personal. Right to access health services, right to speech, work, association and basic human rights are still denied.





Their is no single organization that is engaged to provide human right and HIV prevention information to us. Different governmental and non governmental organizations are trying to create awareness on HIV and STI but none of them are working to the very at risk and vulnerable community of LGTB. They are extremely or totally ignoring us from any health services.





Why we hide it?



Stigma : Social stigma and discrimination driven homosexuality in to virtue of hiding. For fear of social discrimination and arrest, members avoid who they are. They hide their sexual orientation even to their parents in fear of exclusions from their family and neighborhood. Most of the time, older gays have large families, to be perceived as a straight in the view of the rest society.



Homosexuality is a taboo and most of the citizens perceived it as un existed. Coming out and expressing our selves as LGTB has its own social consequences, from a little threat and discrimination to death.





On January 27/2009, there was a call from religious leaders, including Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Protestants and Islam, to force the government to adopt a more strong law against LGTB’s. They are seeking to ban and end homosexuality, which they think “an evil of westerns” and “immoral/ abnormal act”, by amending harsh rule.





On the meeting Abuna Paulos-The head for Orthodox Church of Ethiopia as well as the world-said"This is something very strange in Ethiopia, the Bible condemns this very strongly. For people to act in this manner they have to be dumb, stupid like animals," he continued "We strongly condemn this behavior. They have to be disciplined and their acts must be discriminated, they have to be given a lesson."





There was a high public violence against the 16th ICASA conference held in Ethiopia. AMSHeR meetings were disrupted when a group of religious leaders called for a press conference to denounce the purported ‘gay meetings’ that was planned at Jupiter hotel. The AMSHeR meeting is altered from Jupiter hotel to the UN conference hall as a result of the public violence happened in Addis Ababa.





Fear of LAW: - as stated earlier the criminal law of Ethiopia bans homosexuality. The criminalization of homosexuality by the law of the land prohibits the community from getting different health services which increases their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and other STI. Peoples are leading bleak indeed life.

i always wanted to tell my story but never knew how. so here goes nothing.

my name is ismael vera jr. i was born and raised in new york. in Brooklyn. i am 21 now. i am gay Hispanic guy. my story had many story's. from the boy who was homeless because he was gay. to in high school drama. to bad relationship. to wanting to do it all to not doing anything. i just want a chance to some one to hear me out.

i am very nice. funny. out going. laid back guy. who likes to do many different things and always looking to try something new. but one thing is holding me back is that i never got to finish high school. when i started high school. it was great i loved to learn and loved school. my sister graduated from that school and my little sister came in after me. but my older sister was the only one who got to graduate. but my little sister and i had a little secret. i knew i was gay since i was little i use to mess with my cousin when i was younger. i always was into men. i was OK with my self. i got picked on in school but it didn't bother me as much as what was going on at home. i remember when i got a phone call from a teacher who i use to talk to. and that my mother had called the school demanding for me to come home. she said to me that she said that she read something of mine and that i was sick. from that i knew what she had found out for i use to write in my journal and my mother always looked though my things. i was so scared to go home that day. my mother is very religious. i remember going home and she asked me to read her my journal out load to her. she mad my sisters read it to her for she could not understand what i was writing. after that it was hell. she use to throw my cloths out. she threw out my books everything i had. i could not go out, have friends. watch tv. or anything. i would spend most of my time in my room. working out. she use to beat me and my sister. we fought a lot. i remember wanting to kill my self many times but was scared to go to hell. my mother hit my sister really bad once that she went to school and someone called ACS. my sister took the chance to leave. i was scared to leave. even though my mother did all that i couldn't do that, but i was just so tired and didn't want to live there any more. so i went with my sister. it was a scary thing going though ACS and foster care. its not what it seems. in court. i went back home in terms i would work.

my mother never let me work for she did not want to me become independent. she didn't even let me get my state id. i remember not going to school and stealing my social secretary card and my documents from my mother so i can get my state id. when got my first check for 260. if i remember right my mother went crazy. and said i got paid to much. she did not want me to work. i never understood why until she took me to this place. she where they gave her money because i was a premature child and got SSI. she use to tell me to act like i couldn't read. she did not tell them i was working. when they found out my, and my mother had to pay them back she was upset and said i had to pay back a lot of money. she hated that i was gay and that my sister left with foster care and blamed on me. i went home one day and she threw everything out. i was 18 and i could not go back to foster care. so i was in my last year of high school and need 3 credits to graduate. i was leaving from house to house. in trains. in a stockroom of a mall. i got a job and i started to go to programs for gay youth i got in. but i had to get a job and i just wanted to have my own place. so i got more work. i moved from program to program. i was modeling, go go dancing. working at 2 jobs and working for the census at the time and i couldn't do school. i didn't sleep. so i stop going. my school helped me as much as they can.

at one point in high school it was like the movie "mean girls". but things got bad. i remember my friend punching the mirror in the boys bathroom because of something and cops caking him aways. it was bad at one point. i went from a no body. to knowing everybody in high school. and at the end. i was by my self.

i was very stupid for not graduating. i really wish i could go back and do things over. now i am with my boyfriend in Italy for a month and i am going to try to get my GED in new york. i just wanted to tell my story. it gets better.

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Mr. Ssemakula please contact: sogiah.uganda@gmail.com.
There are however, certain issues you may know about being "gay" in Uganda. Many have thought it is a ticket to getting hand outs and this assumption has led to much disappointments. Please get your act together: engage in genuine work to earn money, engage in genuine obedience to your leaders/benefactors/parents. Live your life as a responsible person. No one out here has a pot of money to help you as long as you see yourself as a destitute. You are a dignified person. Make friends by showing the positive side of you.Do not beg using the internet!!!

Being a homosexual in Pakistan means being a criminal, a person who is in complete violation of laws and culture. Gay people get killed just by being gay, our friends abandon us, families disown us, all because we choose to like a certain person. People wouldn't even talk about this topic. This is how bad we are considered in our own country. I wish i could have a way to change this. I wish i could give people hope and freedom. I wish i could save people from hiding their identities and their love for someone. The situation in Pakistan is especially sad because of the religious extremism. Islam is a beautiful religion and people are corrupting it by saying it forbids homosexuality. There is no such thing like that and i want people to know. We need a change and its time we started working on it.

I'm Max, another oppressed member of the LGBT society in my country.
Here at my country, strong religious movements of the Muslims make life unbearable for people like me. They will often try to corrupt the public and said 'Homosexuality is a sin. You will go to hell.' . They will justify what is right and wrong for them in accordance to their own beliefs. Although the morality police will only take action on the Muslims, the news that appeared on local newspaper served as a warning to other non-Muslims to un-gay ourselves. The Muslim religious gurus will go beyond the limits of their authority, and try to spread their anti-LGBT crusade to other non-Muslim religion and the people, which is odd when they should spend more time to stop their terrorist brothers from bombing buildings, rather than insulting  gay rights.

No end for woes, no hope for comforting days, when this vortex of unrest and discrimination will keep spinning and suck out all the will to live from the LGBT society in Malaysia. 
Democracy means no one gets left behind. But Malaysia is obviously rooting for 'selective democracy' because the government itself discriminate LGBT society.

But I will not back down, because being a bisexual man is not a mistake. I am equally functional like other people. I refused to let the Muslims saturate their anti-LGBT hatred into my mind because gay rights is human rights, ask United Nation. Take that, haters.

Dear friends,I'm from Ukraine, Lviv and I was going to attend your upcoming forum in Roma , in december 5.2011.Fist the organiser Alessandro Valera told me I was wellcome to attend, but later on Monday they refused me to atend this forum, telling me they don't have enough fund for my travel.Can you help me to attend this event as I'm doing aresech on LGTB in Ukraine and I'm going to create an organisation here in Ukraine.
Regards
Volodymyr Sadnytskyy

Im still a student in SL... about 1 year ago (when i ws doing my A/Ls) i discovered that I'm a Gay.... I have had some small experiences with few boys in my school. But I thought it as just a kind of fun...
However now I know That I'm gay... I don't what to change it because its a part of my identity... BEING GAY IS THE PICTURE OF ME... IT TELLS "WHO I AM"...
I'm a buddhist. I knw 100% tht my parents won't accept me as a gay... I knw they hate the word GAY even.. But i have to make my future...
Im not fond of having sex... i'm looking into a long relationship... umm.... not like "being boyfreinds". but being good buddies...

Disable people call them selves "Differently abled"..
being Gay is just like that.... People can't treat us bad, just because WE ARE GAY... V are a part of this world...
Any1 can't change it...


If u are willing to write to me, don't hesitate.. write ur ideas...
I'll reply them when ever i have tym...
my email address is= um8knwme@hotmail.com

...Hi My name is Naseer Ahmed Khan...I am gay and want a same sex marriage...but very unfortunately here in my country...its never allowed and its considered like a huge sin...If i will take any step in front of all..I may be killed by relatives or religious people....somebody please give me an advice...I shall be very thankful to you for this act of kindness..

Best Regards,
Naseer

LGBTI in Malaysia is not treated well. They have to face ridicule and are bullied. To make things worst, there are LGBTI who sexually harassed or raped younger straight people and trying to seduced other people to became LGBTI causing LGBTI to be shunned from the society even more. But they can also be the nicest people on earth (especially the trans). I pity them. But I believe LGBTI can be normal. I can. I always wish Im a boy since Im a little kid. I nearly turned into a lesbian but I choose not to. I pray and fast and keep myself away from other girls. Im cured. Love is not those you saw in movies, love grows, so its your choice if you want to pamper that crush you had into something else. Our body (that includes your feeling and stuff) is under our control. It is our responsibility. So, take control. Stop the madness. Its your right.

Ah, Jordan, homophobia to its fullest. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is anonmous, and Im a 14 year old straight boy living in Amman, capital of Jordan. Now lately ive been interested in guys so i guess Im Bi-Curious? Anyway, Ive been living here all my life, except for a couple of years I lived in the states for. And being gay, lesbian, trans, inter, is not anything to be in Amman. There is no law about it, so yes its not illegal, but if you are found out to be any of the above, expect to possibly be: Hated on, harrassed, physically hurt, maybe killed. In Jordan, an islamic country, being gay is forbidden in there religeon, so its not gonna be cool for the people is it? Th funny thing is, if you are caught with your girlfriend dating somewhere public, you will be mocked, but Ive seen guys hold hands, embrace and even kiss on the cheek randomly and no one says anything about that.... Help me.

Hi, I live in US, but I'm an Italian citizen. My partner and I adopted a beautiful baby 22 months ago. Today he is 22 months old, almost 2!
Well, I was trying to get his Italian citizenship for him. I went to the Italian consulate, they received all the papers and 2 months later they said that they can not proceed with his citizenship, because an Italian law from 1983 (Legge 4 maggio 1983 n. 184, art.44). This means, because Italy doesn't accept gay adoption, my son can not be Italian. I'm very frustrated about it. I'm not looking for an adoption in Italy, I just want my son to be Italian as his father. How should I proceed? any thought? I feel this is a discriminatory act, not just with me, but with my son.

As an American girl in her college years, I meet people from all over the world and of all different religions. Although America tends to have some horrendous issues on the subject of gay marriage, they are, overall, quite accepting. Since one of my majors in college is religious studies, I have made a lot of Muslim friends and have learned a lot about Arabic countries. It saddens me to hear of countries where you can be put in jail for life or even put to death for being gay. I simply cannot, whatsoever, understand such ignorance and hatred towards a person simply due to a basic part of their personnage that does not harm anyone else! I'm glad to say though, that everyone single one of these Islamic friends, who come from countries such as Morocco, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, are all open-minded! Whatever their typical religious or cultural beliefs, they all believe in freedom of expression and a person being aloud to be who they are as long as they don't harm others. This, to me, sounds like a major step. Not only are they spreading Arab and Muslim culture that will spread Gay Tolerance here in America, but most of them even hope to do so in mother countries. I can only wish them the best of luck as they attempt to do so, hoping that I too can do something to aid the situations of those countries where gays are put to death simply for being themselves. I've begun to learn a lot about the Qur'an (Koran) and have learned to speak Arabic. I hope to start various online and in-person groups to continue the spread of positive LGBT outlook from the Muslim/Arab community.