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Faith and Legislation: Unraveling the Role of Religion in Anti-Homosexuality Acts Across Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania

Ⓒ Dr Brains (GFDL 1.2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html> oder GFDL 1.3 <www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html>), via Wikimedia Commons

Introduction

In the heart of Africa, a storm is brewing within the hallowed halls of legislative chambers, and the tempest is named the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. 

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Religious freedom can only be ensured if churches are safe spaces for LGBTIQ+ people

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We believe in change 2023, Poster Vorderseite, ©Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung

We live in a world in which there is an unspoken assumption that human rights apply only to heterosexual people. This glaring gap in the protection of human rights also applies to the freedom of religion and belief. It means that the human rights of queer people – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTIQ+) people ‒ are denied or restricted in the name of religion. It means that religion is instrumentalized for purposes of power, and that LGBTIQ+ people are systematically prevented from living their faith. How to change this situation was the focus of “We believe in change”, a project by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation. Here are the project’s main results, summarized in ten theses:

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Literaturliste zum Projekt — We believe in change: Menschenrechte im Spannungsfeld von Religions- und Weltanschauungsfreiheit und dem Schutz von LSBTI* vor Gewalt und Diskriminierung — 2023

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Talk with Siya Khumalo: You have to be gay to know god — a writer’s account on faith and the human rights of queer people

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Siya Khumalo, copyright: Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung

The Solution is Discourse: The places we have to go to see our different human experiences

South African author Siya Khumalo was this year’s final guest speaker at the Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation’s “We believe in change” project. 

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Webtalk mit Siya Khumalo, 21. Dezember 2023, 18 bis 19 Uhr MESZ

Siya Khumalo, copyright: Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung

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Article

You have to be gay to know god”– a writer´s account on faith and the human rights of queer people

Siya Khumalo wuchs in einem Township in Durban auf, wo eine einzige Predigt einen Lynchmob gegen alle, die als anders gelten, auf den Plan rufen konnte. Ausgehend von persönlichen Erfahrungen — seiner Kindheit, dem Leben in der Armee, dem Besuch der Kirche und der Teilnahme an Wettbewerben — erforscht Khumalo das LGBTQI+-Sein im heutigen Südafrika. 

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Queerphobia in Africa: Time to unlearn the bad theology and to relearn the good

In March 2023, a group of Ugandan parents of LGBTIQ+ children published an open letter to Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, imploring him not to sign into law the Anti-Homosexuality Bill which had been tabled in the country’s parliament.

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The role of certain Christian churches in fostering anti-LGBTIQ legislation in Uganda and other nations – we have to confront these dangerous ideologies with unwavering determination

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Intervention by X., activist from Uganda at the Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung conference “We believe in change” at Kunsthalle Osnabrück on 7 Sep 2023

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We Believe in change – Video Message by Ecclesia de Lange, director of Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) for the We believe in change conference

Ecclesia de Lange, We believe in Change, Foto: Benjamin Beutler ©Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung

on 7 Sep 2023 at Kunsthalle Osnabrueck

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Global Culture Wars: Christian Churches in the Fight against Human Rights?

Dr. Regina Elsner, Foto: Benjamin Beutler ©Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung

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Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner, University of Münster
Conference: “We believe in change: What can religious peace look like for queer people worldwide?”

7 September 2023 at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück

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Fighting for LGBTIQ+ inclusion in Rwanda’s deeply religious society

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Over the past few months, across East Africa, there has been an increased crackdown on the rights and freedoms of LGBTIQ+ communities. Countries such as Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia have successfully passed repressive legislation and/or witnessed an increased number of arrests of LGBTIQ+ persons.