| Benefit Celebration for GLBT Rights in Uganda!!! |
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Friday, January 13 2012, 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
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Supporting the Fight for GLBT Rights, In Uganda
Friday January 13th – 7pm at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling
Bishop Mark Kiyimba from Uganda will speak!
A bill introduced in Uganda’s parliament last year would give the death penalty to any homosexual person who tests positive for HIV, and up to three years in jail for anyone who knows a gay person and does not report them. The proposal emerged after ex-Oregon Citizens Alliance communications director Scott Lively spoke to Uganda’s parliament. Kiyimba, one of a small number of straight supporters of gay rights in Uganda, has risked his life by holding an LGBT conference last February in Kampala, attended by 200 people. His church runs a school for 150 orphans who lost their parents to HIV and AIDS, as well as an orphanage for 22 children infected with the virus.
Tom Teasley will offer the gift of his music!
Tom Teasley, described in the Washington Post as “a percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense of the word,” maintains a unique career as a solo percussionist, composer and collaborator. A 2010 and design, Tom tours frequently throughout the world. Tom’s performance at this benefit will celebrate the profound work of Uganda’s GLBT activists.
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