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NEWS & LETTERS, May-June 2010
Queer Notes
by Elise
Vigilante mobs in Kenya are beating up people merely suspected of being LGBTQ, spurred on by Islamic and Christian fundamentalist scholars and leaders, including Bishop Lawrence Chai and Sheikh Ali Hussein. Chai and Hussein called for an investigation of The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) because it provides HIV/AIDS services. Its Mtwapa offices closed since the anti-gay attacks. The police are arresting the victims of the beatings while the assailants are allowed to remain free.
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In late January public health workers, AIDS activists and their friends protested outside the White House against the inadequacy of President Obama's proposed minimal HIV funding increases--especially in light of deep budget cuts on the state level and a spending freeze announced in his State of the Union address. "Money for AIDS, Not for War" and "Frozen AIDS Budget Means Waiting Lists for AIDS Housing and Treatment" were among the protesters' signs.
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"I Am Not Immoral" is a video and photographic campaign against the Philippine government's decision to bar the Ang Ladlad party from running in the 2010 elections because it is "immoral." Ang Ladlad seeks human rights and equality for all, including Transsexual, Intersex, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people. Their campaign seeks to raise awareness and reverse the false notion that GLBT people are immoral and to force the government to let Ang Ladlad run in the elections.
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