Sign for the right to love - I stand by Brenda
I believe in the right to love no matter if your love is of the same or the opposite sex. I believe that you have the right to be with whom ever you want to be with and not get killed for it. I'm lucky to live in a country where this is possible and where harassment for your sexual orientation is forbidden by law. Not everybody are as lucky.
I've tried and tried to write this in as precise terms as possible so as to be of any use, but I think the stories talk for themselves. Brenda Namigadde are about to be sent back to Uganda from the UK if the Home Secretary and the Home Office don't get their act together. Brenda is lesbian and as such vilified, that's why she fled. Just today a famous gay activist was murdered for his sexual choices, a murder spurred on by a major national newspaper. I've found a petition for the Home Office begging that they reconsider for Brendas safety and common decency.
Sign the petition. One voice might not be much, but it's something.
http://www.allout.org/brenda
SOURCES:
1. Ugandan Gay Rights Activist David Kato Found Murdered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered
2. Ugandan Gay Rights Activist is Beaten to Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html
3. Fears for Safety of Ugandan Lesbian Due to be Deported
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/26/brenda-namigadde-deportation-fear-uganda
I've tried and tried to write this in as precise terms as possible so as to be of any use, but I think the stories talk for themselves. Brenda Namigadde are about to be sent back to Uganda from the UK if the Home Secretary and the Home Office don't get their act together. Brenda is lesbian and as such vilified, that's why she fled. Just today a famous gay activist was murdered for his sexual choices, a murder spurred on by a major national newspaper. I've found a petition for the Home Office begging that they reconsider for Brendas safety and common decency.
Sign the petition. One voice might not be much, but it's something.
http://www.allout.org/brenda
SOURCES:
1. Ugandan Gay Rights Activist David Kato Found Murdered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered
2. Ugandan Gay Rights Activist is Beaten to Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html
3. Fears for Safety of Ugandan Lesbian Due to be Deported
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/26/brenda-namigadde-deportation-fear-uganda