ISHTAR: 2011 Successes and Plans for 2012

HIV and AIDS continue to impact men who have sex with men (MSM) despairingly in Kenya. However there have been minimal prevention interventions targeting this group. In response to this challenging environment from 2010 to 2011 ISHTAR MSM with the support from East African Sexual Health Rights Initiative (EASHRI) launched the Link Project that established an independent condom and...

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GALZ and CEDAW

The Gender Office of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe took advantage of CEDAW review to highlight challenges experienced by lesbians, bisexual women and transgender persons due to State sanctioned discrimination. The Gender Office’s rationale is that Lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) people living in Zimbabwe are confronted by systemic discrimination on a daily basis by the patriarchal...

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Call For Members of Income Generating Committee for GALCK

The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya – GALCK, an LGBTI Rights and Welfare organization, is looking for members of the LGBTI community to set up a committee for the Income Generating Committee [IGA] which will seek to find indiviliduals from the LGBTI community to aid in enhacing empowerment programmes within the community.
 
Mandate of the IGA Committee The purpose for the...

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Envisioning Project takes off

The Envisioning Global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Human Rights project and the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya have partnered in Human Rights advocacy for the LGBTI community in a unique way by the use of research and documentary making to address issues of criminalization of people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity /expressions and the need to...

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GALCK: 2011 Successes and Plans for 2012

Gays and Lesbians Coalition of Kenya  (GALCK) themed the second half of the 2011 “Business Unusual”.  2011 was the year that GALCK underwent turbulent moments such as a challenging transition of leadership and governance but was able to pull through and record remarkable successes.

These successes included:

Institutional strengthening – GALCK developed,...

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Gay murders: OUT launches campaign to alert gay men of dangers of casual sex dates

OUT, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) health and well-being group in Pretoria, has launched a campaign to alert men who have sex with men (MSM) about the dangers of casual sex dates with strangers.

The campaign has been launched in response to the murder of at least seven gay men over the past two years in the Gauteng region.

The killings...

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ISHTAR MSM Pays Tribute to LGBTI Activist David Kato

Ishtar MSM joined the hundreds of Ugandan activists and family members who gathered together at the heart of Uganda, Kampala to commemorate the life of one David Kato who was brutally murdered on the 26th of January 2011. David Kato was the former advocacy officer for Sexual Minority Uganda an LGBT group in Uganda.

“We are all gathered here to thank the almighty for the life...

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Call for MSM and Transgender Abstracts at the 2012 International AIDS Conference: Technical Assistance

As many of you know, the next International AIDS Conference is right around the corner, taking place this July in Washington, D.C. This is a crucial venue for activists, researchers, funders and service providers working on MSM and transgender issues to come together, share information and forge new partnerships to enhance their work with these key populations.
 
Despite the...

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ISHTAR MSM seeks to recruit members to the board.

ISHTAR MSM – which is a community based organization, that carters to Men who have sex with Men in Kenya, seeks to constitute a new board. This is in line with the new restructuring process being undertaken by the organization.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

The suitable candidates would preferably be male sex worker and/or Gay or MSM...

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JOB OPENINGS AT OUT

OUT serves the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) community in Pretoria and beyond. With a 17 year history, OUT is one of the oldest LGBT community groups in South Africa. Our main focus is on health issues of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and LGBT people. We manage a clinic and do prevention work, advocacy and health care worker training.

OUT is currently recruiting for two...

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