By NATION REPORTER Posted  Thursday, May 3  2012 at  22:30 The government’s human rights watchdog wants same-sex relationships and prostitution legalised. This is amongst a raft of recommendations the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) has proposed in a report that recommends how to safeguard sexual and reproductive health rights. …

Wanja Muguongo, the founding executive director of UHAI-EASHRI (the East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative), has been selected to participate in the prestigious Yale University World Fellows 2012 Programme. Wanja Muguongo The programme runs annually from mid-August to mid-December and provides training to emerging leaders from around the world…

同妻：中国同妻数量预计超过1600万 几年前，央视记者柴静做了一期《以生命名义》的电 视节目并播出，这是在国内主流媒体上首次深入地探讨有关“同性恋”和“同妻”群体的话题。该片受到很多同性恋者认同。一名来自大连的“同妻”在节目中出 镜，该片的解说词说，“由于传统社会的认知障碍，中国的男同性恋中有90％在社会舆论的压力下选择了婚姻，而他们的配偶大多数对此一无所知。” 根据相关公益组织的估计，国内约有3000~5000万的同性恋倾向者，由此产生的“同妻”和“同夫”（女同性恋者的丈夫），数量亦相当多。其中，国内 的“同妻”人数不少于1000万，国内研究同性恋问题的专家张北川估计在1600万左右。他们面临着被传染艾滋病的风险。 除了面临被传染艾滋病的风险和生理上的“不性福”，更多“同妻”的精神纠结来自不能摆脱恋人是“同性恋”的心理阴影。（新闻来源：凤凰网）

March 16th 2012 Paper Bird If you want to know what life and death are like in Iraq, here’s a story. When a colleague and I went there during the killing campaign in 2009, among those we met were three men, best friends, all calling themselves “gay” in English, though…

March 12th 2012 Behind the Mask A controversial bill that blocks homosexuals from access to HIV prevention and treatment has resurfaced in Uganda’s parliament. The HIV/Aids Control Bill 2010 was tabled by Rose Najjemba, the Chairperson of the HIV/Aids Committee in parliament last month. It is not clear why Parliament…