Africa
GLBT Resources
Africa – general
Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask is a non-profit website magazine on gay and
lesbian affairs in Africa, which aims to empower and support lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered people in Africa - politically, culturally, socially
and economically, by the gathering of information. The site offers a comprehensive picture of
GLBT issues throughout the continent, including news, local information, and
further resources. Highly recommended! http://www.mask.org.za
Different Rainbows: Same-Sex Sexualities and Popular Movements in the
Essays edited by Peter Drucker. SA journalist Mark Gevisser
on 'Mandela's stepchildren: homosexual identity in post-apartheid
Queer Nations: Marginal Sexualities In
The
Essays on sexualities in
Heart Of Lavender: In Search Of Gay Africa
By Eugene J. Patron, published in Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Fall
1995. Also online: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/patron-africhomo.html
Egypt
Gay
Egypt
Leading site on Egyptian gay issues, based in
South Africa
Triangle Project: Triangle
Project is a Cape Town-based organization whose vision is to develop visible
and confident lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people in
communities that are in control of their mental, physical and emotional health.
Their purpose is to empower gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenderd persons
through health and social development programmes that promote individual and
community well-being and pride, and build individual and community capacity.
Triangle offers Medical Services and HIV testing and counseling; The Gay & Lesbian Helpline;
Face-to-face Counselling; Support & Discussion Groups; a Library Service;
and Training & Development Programmes including a variety of workshops and
training programs including courses in personal growth; counselling skills;
safer sex, HIV/AIDS; sexuality and gender issues.
Rainbow
UCT - GLBT Student Organisation at the
Lesbigay Stellenbosch
A website at the
Lesbian
and Gay Equality Project (
Formerly the National Coalition
for Gay and Lesbian Equality, the new Lesbian and Gay Equality Project is a
civil and human rights group that lobbies against discriminatory practices by
government and the private sector. Discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender and martital status is specifically outlawed in the Bill of
Rights chapter of the South African Constitution (1996).
Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa
GALA
provides a permanent institutional home for the wide range of historical and
archival material relating to gay and lesbian experience in
The official website of the Durban Lesbian and Gay
Community and Health Centre. The organisation empowers the lgbt community by
providing services, support and training to enable them to claim their rights
to equality, dignity and freedom within the context of transformation.
Q
on-line: A commercial site maintained by the Mail & Guardian
Weekly that has a mix of information, news, discussion groups, etc.
Uganda
Gay Uganda
A site “dedicated to all those in the
world who have discovered that to be gay is to be
human; and to those in
http://www.geocities.com/gayuganda/menu.html
GLBT Muslims in Africa
and elsewhere
Al-Fatiha Foundation
Al-Fatiha Foundation is dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, those exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity, and their allies, families and friends.
http://www.al-fatiha.net/index.html
General GLBT Resources
Rainbow
SIG
A
Special Interest Group of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The Rainbow SIG is comprised of diverse members of NAFSA whose goals are to
counsel international students and study abroad students who are gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgendered; to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
professionals in international education; to combat homophobia, heterosexism
and transphobia within NAFSA.
http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/lesbigay/
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
The
mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and
communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual
orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A
US-based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation,
coalition building, public education, and technical assistance.
The International Lesbian and Gay
Association
The International Lesbian and Gay
Association, founded in 1978, is a world-wide federation of national and local
groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and
transgendered people everywhere.