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Thursday, 7 January 2010

Videos of the protest outside the Ugandan Embassy in London to support the Ugandan LBGTI community and oppose the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
The keynote speakers were gay Ugandan John Bosco and straight Ugandan human rights activist, Michael Senyonjo.
John Bosco – Gay Ugandan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH4hEbjG5G0
Michael Senyonjo – Ugandan human rights activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S54WZHbPbyE
Skye Chirape - Zimbabwean lesbian activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQHe96-GXYRev Rowland Jide Macaulay – Nigerian gay pastor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_F9ZQCAtDs
Godwyns Onwuchekwa – Nigerian LGBT activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YoBWgozMKITopher Campbell - Black gay activist, Rukus Foundation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbJ79YTXTmMPeter Tatchell 1/2 - OutRage! gay activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMnTQR2Z8b8Peter Tatchell 2/2 - OutRage! gay activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbMdPT_PT6A
Terry Conway – Lesbian trade union activist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CZejmcPlSM
See also photos of the protest here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/outrage/sets/72157622975859486/
These photos are free to use. Please credit Brett Lock of OutRage!
Among the protesters were African LGBTI activists from Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Congo and Kenya.
The photos and videos omit some of the Ugandan LGBTI exiles who joined the demo. They asked to not be photographed or filmed in case there are reprisals against their families in Uganda. This is proof that homophobia is already – even before the Anti-Homosexuality Bill – wrecking the lives of LGBTI Ugandans and their families and friends.
For more details of the protest, see here:
http://www.petertatchell.net/international/london-uganda-demo.html
More information:
Peter Tatchell – 0207 403 1790
John Bosco – 07908 08 3853
Michael Senjonjo – 07939 860 139

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