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Day: March 9, 2014

Book signing at Gay’s the Word bookstore

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LGBT children’s book authors team up for joint signing in London.

Gay authors book signing

Authors, Luca Panzini, Fabri Kramer, and Eric Rosswood, are teaming up for a one time only book signing located at the Gay’s the Word Bookstore in London.

Panzini and Kramer are the co-authors of Some People Have Two Dads and Some People Have Two Mums, two books that cover the topic of children living in households with same-sex parents.

Panzini’s latest book is set to be released in early April and is titled, Adopting our Two Dads. The story revolves around two children who end up being adopted by a loving gay couple.

Rosswood is the American author of My Uncle’s Wedding, a children’s book about same-sex marriage which topped Amazon’s Bestseller’s List in the Gay & Lesbian Parenting & Families section when is was firstpublished. It currently has a 5 Star rating and California State Senator, Mark Leno, even gave the book a Senate Certificate of Recognition in the United States.

Leno said: “The book plays a vital role in creating a brighter future for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their parents.”

Panzini and Rosswood met on facebook where they discussed their admiration for each other’s work. Even though the two authors live on separate continents, they wanted to find an opportunity to meet up in person. They decided to have a joint booksigning and meet and greet in London to help promote LGBT storylines in children’s literature.

Rosswood explained: “People love to identify with the main characters in the books they read, but there aren’t many options for children when it comes to books that reflect LGBT families.”

“That’s why I’m excited to be teaming up with Luca and Fabri, two amazing authors who are helping to break down those barriers in children’s literature.”

 

The book signing will be held on Saturday, April, 19 at the Gay’s the Word bookstore located at 66, Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury, London – just a short walk from Russell Square Tube Station.

Panzini, Kramer, and Rosswood will be doing a public reading their work, meeting fans, answering questions, and signingbooks between 12 and 1PM.

Equality Network leads Scottish protest against Nigeria and Uganda anti-gay Laws

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Over 100 supporters of the Equality Network, Scotland’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality charity protested outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Friday, March 7.

Equality Network

They were protesting against anti-gay laws recently passed in Nigeria and Uganda. The protest was part of an international day of action called by Nigerian LGBT activists.

Scottish protesters joined similar protests in Johannesburg, New York, Stockholm, Washington DC, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Cape Town and Amsterdam.

Speakers called on the UK Government to use diplomatic channels to ensure LGBT human rights are upheld in Nigeria, Uganda and around the world.

They also urged the government to urgently review the aid the UK provides to countries including Nigeria and Uganda to ensure funds provide maximum support for equality, while maintaining overall funding levels.

Speakers at the protest included Alison Johnstone MSP and James Dornan MSP, who spoke of the importance of taking action based on the advice of activists on the ground in Uganda and Nigeria, Dr Matthew Waites, author of “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth”, and Dee, who gave a heartfelt and impassioned speech about how she feels as a bisexual Ugandan.

Scott Cuthbertson, Community Development Coordinator for the Equality Network, said; “As the eyes of the world fall on Scotland in the run up to the Commonwealth Games we must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with LGBT people in Nigeria and Uganda who face violence, discrimination and imprisonment because of who they are and who they love. Today we are sending a strong message to the international community that laws which criminalise LGBT people and violate their human rights cannot go unchallenged.”

For more information about the Equality Network, CLICK HERE:

 

Russia post Sochi covered in latest edition of The Pink Humanist

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Pink HumanistThe latest edition of Pink Humanist is now available for download.

The Pink Humanist is an online magazine published by the UK gay Humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT)

The vicious anti-gay rhetoric pouring out of Russia last year as the country introduced legislation to stop the “promotion” of homosexuality more or less halted when all eyes focused on the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Now that the games are over, will the Russian authorities resume their hate speech and stifle protest, and will violent attacks on gay communities by neo-fascists and members of the Orthodox Church continue once again?

In an in-depth, post-Sochi feature human rights activists warn that Russia could slip back into bad habits, and vigilance is called for.

The latest issue also examines developments in Africa, and focuses on Uganda where President Museveni signed harsh new anti-gay legislation into law – after earlier describing the Bill laid before Parliament as “fascist”. PTT secretary George Broadhead exposes the role of US Christian Evangelicals and the Anglican Church of Uganda in forcing Museveni’s hand.

In a related piece, Yemisi Ilesanmi, Nigerian human rights campaigner now living in the UK, counters propaganda generated by religionists that homosexuality is “un-African”.

The anger following India’s recriminalisation of homosexuality is also examined in depth.

On a lighter note, The Pink Humanist editor Barry Duke tells the cautionary (and hilarious) tale of a how a Kent-based Baptist Evangelist – Bob Hutton, an ardent believer in “praying away the gay” – got duped into publishing spoof comments from a supporter, “Doreen Potts (Mrs)”, from Ireland.

To read the The Pink Humanist, CLICK HERE: 

 

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