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

Good afternoon
I am happy to meet you all here in Osnabrück on this occasion of contemplating the lessons of history and the path toward religious harmony, I would like to share about a critical issue that strikes at the very heart of our existence – the troubling role that certain Christian churches have assumed in fostering anti-LGBTQ legislation in not only Uganda but also other African nations.

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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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Good day, I am Ecclesia de Lange, director of Inclusive and Affirming Ministries, I will use the acronym IAM to refer to our organisation as I continue to share with you.

Thank you for the opportunity to introduce IAM to you.  I would have loved to participate in-person however we are currently facilitating a Regional Trainers of Trainers — Embodied facilitation practise engagement in Gordons Bay.

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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.

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Holy hatred: The Ugandan Cleanse

A talk with Ugandan LBQ+ activists

Reject Anti- LBTQI+-law in Uganda

The relationship between religion and sexuality has been complicated throughout history. To date, religion is the basis on which many African countries and those within their borders have an anti-sexuality stance. Sexuality, more so sex, is taboo, one that shouldn’t be discussed. This lack of information for individuals and communally as a society means there are many misconceptions fuelled by religious morality. The fact that religion, in particular christian ethics, was brought through colonisation to negate African practices is as foreign to African christians as wearing cow hides.

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Invitation: We believe in change: What can religious peace look like for queer people worldwide? Conference at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück on 7 September 2023

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We believe in change - Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung, gay in may, Hochschule Osnabrück

Date: 7 September 2023
Duration: 1 – 6 pm, followed by a “queer walk”
Location: Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Hasemauer 1, 49074 Osnabrück
Conference languages: English and German with translations
Registration: https://pretix.eu/lindmanns/queerer-religionsfrieden/
Please note that the registration is binding; space at the conference is limited to 70 people.

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We believe in change: A project by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation on religion and LGBTIQ+ human rights

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“I have no doubt that in the future, the laws that criminalize human love and commitment will look the way the apartheid laws do to us now, so obviously wrong!” Desmond Tutu

This article appeared in the summer 2023 issue of respekt!, the magazine from the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD).

In April 2023 more than 1,000 delegates gathered for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Kigali, Ruanda. Held every five years, GAFCON represents an archconservative current in the Anglican Church centred largely around opposing opportunities in the Church for homosexuals.

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For religious freedom to prevail, churches must be places of safety too

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Panel-Kirchentag,Foto: privat

Opening statement by Sarah Kohrt from the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation at the German Protestant Kirchentag in Nuremberg on 8 June 2023 for the podium discussion “Church as a safe® space for queerness”: A discussion between religious people of colour and queer people held by the Gender Worlds and Rainbow Center at the Langwasser community building, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg.

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Dialogue with church leaders in Rwanda – the Inclusive Mission for Health and Hope (IMHH) presents their work

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Webtalk 1 June at 5:30 PM

Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation cordially invites you to an online discussion with Reverend Augustin Bahati, Executive Director of the Inclusive Mission for Health and Hope (IMHH) in Rwanda.

Please join the online discussion on religion and inclusion from a Rwandan perspective.

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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way

We believe in change — Experiences with faith based actors in international human rights work for LGBTQI+” unter diesem Titel haben sich am 27. April 2023 im Berliner Kulturzentrum Oyoun rund 30 internationale Aktivist*innen aus dem globalen Norden mit Vertreter*innen von Kirchen, INGOs und der Bundesregierung zu einem halbtägigen Workshop getroffen. Thema war die internationale Menschenrechtsarbeit mit und für LSBTIQ*Personen und die Kooperation mit kirchlichen und religiös orientierten Gruppen.
Wir veröffentlichen den Beitrag von Pastorin Martina Basso, Vereinigung der Deutschen Mennonitengemeinden (VDM) in englischer Sprache mit freundlicher Genehmigung.

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Follow the Money – CNN-investigation: aid funding linked to anti-LGBTQI+ groups in Ghana

In December 2022, CNN published an investigation linking aid funding from pro-LGBTQI+ Western governments to anti-LGBTQI+ groups in Ghana.

Between 2016 and 2021, reporting by Claire Provost and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah of CNN found, “at least” $5 million went to Ghanian churches whose leaders are vocally opposed to LGBTQI+ human rights.

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