Saturday, June 6, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
New Vision - Bold plan - Moral Choice - Economic Freedom
Every so often an idea is launched that when you hear it you know deep inside of you that it will change the world. Meet Shai Agassi and listen to his plan that is already in action towards changing the world. Removing OIL BURNING cars from the road forever within 10 years.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend and Pink Floyd.
Keith Brand of WXPN explains his bizarre shopping habits and Pink Floyd. Celebration of Matty Hart's birthday. Narration by Chris (Lady) Bartlett on Gay sensibilities. Shot and edited by: Peter Lien
Friday, March 27, 2009
Patient Clarity - Peter and Scott focus on healthcare
This video is about our new focus on low impact and low profile shooting for healthcare and pharma industry. Check out the video.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Call your Congressperson or Senator on this issue today!
06/05/2008
Human Rights Groups Demand Immediate Release
For Immediate Release
June 5, 2008
Media Contact:
Frank Mugisha, SMUG, +256 772 616 062
Victor Juliet Mukasa, IGLHRC, +27 762 544 951
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today condemned the arrests of three Ugandan LGBT activists and called for their immediate and unconditional release. The three -- Onziema Patience, (an FTM transgender, 28), Valentine Kalende (female, age 27) and Auf (male, age 26) -- were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting currently taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Along with other LGBT and HIV and AIDS activists, they were peacefully protesting statements made by a Ugandan government official that no funds would be directed toward HIV programs targeting men who have sex with men. SMUG and IGLHRC have fears for the safety of the three activists.
On 2 May, 2008, Kihumuro Apuuli, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission, stated that, "gays are one of the drivers of HIV in Uganda, but because of meagre resources we cannot direct our programmes at them at this time." The SMUG activists staged a peaceful protest at the HIV Implementers meeting to protest the Minister’s statements and gross neglect on the part of the Ugandan government in responding to a growing HIV epidemic among the country’s LGBT community. They were arrested and detained at the Jinja Road Police Station immediately after taking the stage at the meeting, distributing leaflets and holding up small placards demanding attention to HIV vulnerability among LGBT.
"Today I realized how dangerous it is for us LGBTI people to express our constitutional rights,” said Frank Mugisha, Co-Chairperson of SMUG. “I am worried about my comrades who are in police custody.”
According to a recent report by the University of Nairobi and the Population Council, gay men in neighboring Kenya have a sero prevalence rate of 26%. Twenty-six years since the beginning of the epidemic, Uganda hasn’t implemented a single program to prevent transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men in the East African nation.
“The remarks made by the head of the AIDS Commission were very disturbing to members of the LGBT community,” said Kasha Jacqueline, Chairperson of Freedom and Roam Uganda, a lesbian organization in Uganda. “If they want us to die, let them ask themselves if they wish themselves the same. Excluding us is just going to make the situation worse.”
The HIV Implementer’s Meeting is an annual event described as an opportunity for HIV program implementers to share lessons learned and best practices in the scale-up of HIV/AIDS programs. It is co-sponsored by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), UNAIDS, the World Bank, the Global Fund, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+). IGLHRC is also requesting that the co-sponsors of the Implementers’ Meeting contact the Ugandan Government to demand the release of these activists.
“Gay men and lesbians are not ‘drivers of disease’,” said Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director of IGLHRC. “Homophobia drives HIV. Silence drives HIV.”
In November 2004, the Ugandan government fined a local broadcaster, Radio Simba for airing a program that discussed anti-gay discrimination and the need for HIV/AIDS services for lesbians and gay men. The government claimed that Radio Simba had violated federal law promoting broadcasting that is contrary to “public morality.”
Human Rights Groups Demand Immediate Release
For Immediate Release
June 5, 2008
Media Contact:
Frank Mugisha, SMUG, +256 772 616 062
Victor Juliet Mukasa, IGLHRC, +27 762 544 951
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today condemned the arrests of three Ugandan LGBT activists and called for their immediate and unconditional release. The three -- Onziema Patience, (an FTM transgender, 28), Valentine Kalende (female, age 27) and Auf (male, age 26) -- were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting currently taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Along with other LGBT and HIV and AIDS activists, they were peacefully protesting statements made by a Ugandan government official that no funds would be directed toward HIV programs targeting men who have sex with men. SMUG and IGLHRC have fears for the safety of the three activists.
On 2 May, 2008, Kihumuro Apuuli, Director General of the Uganda AIDS Commission, stated that, "gays are one of the drivers of HIV in Uganda, but because of meagre resources we cannot direct our programmes at them at this time." The SMUG activists staged a peaceful protest at the HIV Implementers meeting to protest the Minister’s statements and gross neglect on the part of the Ugandan government in responding to a growing HIV epidemic among the country’s LGBT community. They were arrested and detained at the Jinja Road Police Station immediately after taking the stage at the meeting, distributing leaflets and holding up small placards demanding attention to HIV vulnerability among LGBT.
"Today I realized how dangerous it is for us LGBTI people to express our constitutional rights,” said Frank Mugisha, Co-Chairperson of SMUG. “I am worried about my comrades who are in police custody.”
According to a recent report by the University of Nairobi and the Population Council, gay men in neighboring Kenya have a sero prevalence rate of 26%. Twenty-six years since the beginning of the epidemic, Uganda hasn’t implemented a single program to prevent transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men in the East African nation.
“The remarks made by the head of the AIDS Commission were very disturbing to members of the LGBT community,” said Kasha Jacqueline, Chairperson of Freedom and Roam Uganda, a lesbian organization in Uganda. “If they want us to die, let them ask themselves if they wish themselves the same. Excluding us is just going to make the situation worse.”
The HIV Implementer’s Meeting is an annual event described as an opportunity for HIV program implementers to share lessons learned and best practices in the scale-up of HIV/AIDS programs. It is co-sponsored by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), UNAIDS, the World Bank, the Global Fund, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+). IGLHRC is also requesting that the co-sponsors of the Implementers’ Meeting contact the Ugandan Government to demand the release of these activists.
“Gay men and lesbians are not ‘drivers of disease’,” said Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director of IGLHRC. “Homophobia drives HIV. Silence drives HIV.”
In November 2004, the Ugandan government fined a local broadcaster, Radio Simba for airing a program that discussed anti-gay discrimination and the need for HIV/AIDS services for lesbians and gay men. The government claimed that Radio Simba had violated federal law promoting broadcasting that is contrary to “public morality.”
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Happy Inaugeration Day!!
On the Philadelphia Mall - Independence Hall on Inaugeration Day with Jay Lassiter.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Skylar Fein speaks about community rising from ash
| Remember the Upstairs Lounge, Prospect.1 New Orleans |
"On the night of June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the stairway leading to the Upstairs Lounge, a popular gay men's club in the French Quarter. With no escape, desperate patrons, some of whom had been singing around the piano moments before, chose between jumping from the windows and facing the blaze. Thirty-two died; 15 others were badly burned. From the street below, charred bodies could be seen in the smoke-darkened windows. As reporter Angus Lind, then a writer for The States-Item, understated: "It was not pretty." Though a disgruntled customer was suspected of the crime, no one was convicted.
Some remember the fire as the stunning event that emotionally bonded the Crescent City gay community. Some remember it as a senseless loss of life and nothing more."
Skylar Fein a former Philadelphia resident and Radical Faerie moved to New Orleans shortly before Katrina hit.
http://blog.nola.com/dougmaccash/2008/11/fein_pages.html
Monday, December 22, 2008
It's almost Christmas time!
This year has been an interesting one. The country is going through it but my photography work has been booming! Strange. Well Eric and I are moved into a new house and we both feel a bit like a steamroller ran us up and down and I just found out that the first heating bill came to 535 dollars! So I hope that I will be able to get the new heater installed soon so I can start cutting down on the bills.
Chris Bartlett will be moving into our house now in March and not January which allows Eric and I a little more time to chill out and all that.
What is on tap for next year? Well a new kitchen for one and I will be doing a bit of traveling to Africa in the spring too.
Looking forward to a white and snowy new year!
Peace!
Peter
Chris Bartlett will be moving into our house now in March and not January which allows Eric and I a little more time to chill out and all that.
What is on tap for next year? Well a new kitchen for one and I will be doing a bit of traveling to Africa in the spring too.
Looking forward to a white and snowy new year!
Peace!
Peter
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