Phumi Mtetwa of the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project reminds us of the Freedom Charter and the SA Constitution and calls on all of us to unite against homophobia. The gains that are in our laws today did not happen by accident. Let’s ALL march against hate speech and crimes targeting all people, including LGBTIs.

The first Training of trainers commenced on 26 November and will run until 30 November 2007. The CFPs will be groomed to be able to fulfil their roles as in-country focal points. The training will create awareness and ability for the CFPs to use a variety of digital, traditional and edge-of-the-net media tools, media access and media skills.

Although this is an online group, there is still a need to facilitate and apply common group process skills that we would use in face-to face settings.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are inevitably coming up world wide and forcing changes in life, speeding up almost everything. The world is becoming a busier place than ever, while time is getting scarcer and scarcer, leaving us with a question on what role ICT plays saving time, for as we go ahead with further technological advancements, we seem actually to have less and less time.

At the threshold where we stand, please I plead with you to say immediately bye to the past year 2009 and say with happiness welcome New Year 2010. As I encourage you to positively to do that, I know there are sorrows and challenges of failures for the past year 2009. But I am strongly persuaded that this is the time of serious resolves and that great opportunities will open for you and me.

Going to a local pub to play pool and to relax with a couple of friends is my cup of coffee. Its always interesting to go to a place where everyone knows your face or name, well so I think. Besides, I enjoy the comfort of being in a safe environment for that matter. In the midst of all the electrifying beats and the pulsating dances, the strong stench of beer and smoke, I just enjoy being in a small corner where usually a group of men gather to play pool.

KENYA: The victims of anti-gay attacks, who were arrested on suspicions of planning a homosexual wedding and being gay, say their lives are in danger since they have fingers pointed and insults thrown at them everywhere they go. Preferring to use only their first names, Yvonne, George, Nicholas, Ali, Hanza and Lameck were attacked by a mob of anti-gay Kenyans, starting what was to become an ugly crusade against homosexuals in the country.

Kampala city, like any other African city, is a busy one with many business activities taking place. Early mornings as I get to work, I usually see the Uganda traffic police scuffling with the motorcyclists. Motorcycles have become a daily means of public transport for people rushing to work. Traffic Jam is the order of the city of Kampala.

For some years now, we have been hearing murmurings, rumors as well as shouts demanding women's rights, equality and gender awareness. Women, through demonstrations, the media and organisations dealing with the law, are demanding what they claim to be their rights. I don’t know from whom and who took their rights, and where....

We always hear of crimes of passion being committed in the heterosexual world, but rarely do we hear of such in homosexual relationships. However the reality on the ground is that there is a lot of violence that goes on in same sex relationships too. The fact that LGBTI people live secret lives, fuels domestic violence in their relationships, which is really disturbing.

A documentary reflecting the issues of ‘Being gay in Kenya is in the pipeline and with it, producers say they want to break the myth that gays and lesbians do not exist in the country, as believed by some members of society. Consisting of the first-hand experiences of gay Kenyans, the documentary reveals issues of homophobia, stereotyping and stigma in a society in which the majority feel that homosexuality is unAfrican and unbiblical.

There are twenty four hours in a day and one hundred and sixty eight hours in a week. What do you do with these hours? How many of these hours were invested in knowing and serving the Lord? Time is a precious gift from God. However, time is also a perishable gift. That is, whatever time was lost last week, it has been lost eternally.

When polygamy (a man married to more than one wife) became part of our culture, polyandry (woman married to more than one husband) was never considered. A practise that does not promote equality is a guaranteed no in my book… and I just have one question for polygamy defenders: what’s culture got to do with?

We have a new killer in Africa, called democracy. This term democracy is highly forced by foreign media to us as if Africans understand this phenomenon. During election times, here comes this killer, democracy. If the very good western puppet is declared the winner, then the election was free and fair, no matter what. Otherwise, not fair, no transparency.