Ben Wikler: Changing the World of Changing the World
Liveblogging Ben Wikler’s presentation on Changing the World of Changing the World: Pushing the Models of Online Organizing at the Berkman Center. Please excuse misrepresentation, misinterpretation,...
View ArticleGV Uganda: President Says He Will Block Anti-Gay Bill
My next piece is up at Global Voices Online: Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 still awaits a final decision by the country’s Parliament, but the country’s Daily Monitor newspaper reported...
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The Other Eight
Uganda’s proposed anti-gay legislation has gotten a lot of press since its contents were made public in October. I think this is fantastic, especially as the coverage becomes increasingly focused on...
View ArticleUganda’s Anti-Gay Bill, Explained
This is the clearest explanation of the full weight of the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill that I’ve seen. To sum up: there are lots of ways this bill can kill you, even if you’re not gay. Watch:
View ArticleGV Uganda: Gay Rights Activist Found Murdered
This is heartbreaking. My thoughts are with David’s friends and family, and with the Ugandan GLBT community as a whole. Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was found murdered yesterday, just weeks...
View ArticleCall Me Kuchu: New documentary about Uganda’s LGBT community
Two documentary filmmakers traveled to Uganda last year to help tell the story of Uganda’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community — a community that is besieged by a hostile administration,...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day from the Ugandan Government!
Uganda’s State Minister for Ethics and Integrity crashed a private conference for gay rights activists in Entebbe today, announcing, “I have closed this conference because it’s illegal. We do not...
View Article#ugandaspeaks against #kony2012
Congratulations to @jssozi, @RosebellK, @maureenagena, and @echwalu on taking steps to provide Ugandan perspectives on the LRA. Wishing the team had more northern Ugandan voices, particularly given the...
View ArticleCall Me Kuchu: March 12, 2013 in Salem, MA
I just got back from a screening of Call Me Kuchu, a film about Uganda’s LGTB activist community, at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. I’ve been eager to see this film since I first blogged about...
View ArticleAnonymous asks people to call Congress; US responds by shutting down wifi at...
Earlier this evening I saw that the Associated Press and others are reporting that the US military has shut down wifi service, along with access to Facebook and Twitter, at Guantanamo. According to...
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