| 20130507144859| Pan Africa ILGA
On this day, we will raise our voices and take our cause to the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. Iranti-org in collaboration with: Forum for the Empowerment of Women, Transgender & Intersex Africa, Coalition of African Lesbians, Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee, Pan Africa ILGA, Gender Dynamix, TransBantu Zambia, Sexual Rights Centre Zimbabwe and Uthingo the Rainbow, will be hosting the first large-scale IDAHOT event in South Africa.

KENYA | 20130426090252| Pan Africa ILGA
The new Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Raychelle Omamo once called on dialogue on gay rights when she applied for the position of Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ).

ZIMBABWE | 20130422142309| Pan Africa ILGA
GALZ joins the nation in celebrating and honouring Zimbabwe’s men and women who sacrificed their lives to bring freedom for ALL. One of the reasons for the struggle for independence was to bring about equality for all before the law and GALZ strives to see this becoming a reality in present day Zimbabwe.

SOUTH AFRICA | 20130419111142| ILGA
ILGA Bulletin 4/1999 Page 1 In a successful and the biggest ever ILGA conference, 200 delegates from 40 countries gathered at the plenary session to elect Unisons’s Kursad Karhamanoglu from the United Kingdom and GLOW’s Phumizile Mtetwa from South Africa as their secretaries general. The next world conference will be held July 2000 in Rome.

UGANDA | 20130404085000| Pan Africa ILGA
First lady, Janet Museveni is reported to have said that the Anti Homosexuality Bill is not meant to persecute gay people, noting that Ugandans do not necessarily kill them although adding that they are not admired either.

SOUTH AFRICA | 20130404084932| Pan Africa ILGA
Speaking during a dialogue on HIV-Aids for the LGBTI community at Constitution Hill on Tuesday, Clr Nonceba Molwele called on all South Africans to respect the human rights of gays and lesbians and remember those who had been murdered or raped because of their sexual orientation.

NIGERIA | 20130403081342| Pan Africa ILGA
Davis Mac-Iyalla, a leading African gay activist who had risked prison in his native Nigeria where homosexuality is illegal, finally said “I do”. And he did so with a message of hope for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Africans: “Don’t give up, be proud of who you are.”

SOUTH AFRICA | 20130403081309| Pan Africa ILGA
Swarr, a UW associate professor in gender, women and sexuality studies, will discuss the intersections among gender, sexuality and race in her talk, “Racing the Boundaries of Gender and Sexuality: Rethinking Apartheid and Transitional South Africa.”