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Ethiopian sexual minorty association
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Ethiopian commented on the article |Dear all GLBT human right actors/organizations
Like other oppressive homophobic governments & society homosexuality remains illegal & totally taboo in Ethiopia. Any acts of showing this behavior will end in three years imprisonment with sever corporal punishment & torture. Since, this sexual orientation does not conform to the legendary tale & primitive ideology of this conservative society; gays & lesbians of Ethiopia prefer to live hidden behind the curtains with lack of confidence & constant fear.. Ethiopia has an ever growing gay & lesbian's population from time to time; the society thinks homosexuality as a western influence (foreign import) & inexcusable sin. Therefore, gays & lesbians of Ethiopia are suffering a lot from the government's hostility, stigma, violence, discrimination, hatred, disrespect, intimidation, abuse, harassment, negative attitude & social injustice.
In Ethiopia, if some one is discovered or even suspected to be gay, no one will shake his hand; they want you to be burned in the ever-lasting flame.. Many gays & lesbians of Ethiopia have committed suicide & fled out of their country in response to this & they still fear for their lives back in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian gays, lesbians, bisexual & Trans gender committee are established in 2007 on the aim of demanding & safeguarding sexual freedom in Ethiopia ..it has 604 members now. We are working day & night for the license & acknowledgment from the Ethiopian government but their response was discouraging & they told us to emigrate only for our difference in sexual orientation. As a steering committee of the commission we are responsible for generating a storm of publicity about Ethiopian gays, lesbians, bisexual & Trans gender peoples sexual freedom allover Ethiopia but no way to accomplish this because the government is putting obstacles not to give press conference, no gay summit pride parade; we are surrounded by the government security forces in every step we make. We strongly believe that we don't have to get a majority of the population on our side to enjoy our basic human rights; a civil right does not depend on a majority approval to be exercised. Recently, we have started some grass root activities for the acknowledgment, understanding, & legalization of sexual freedom of gay & lesbians in Ethiopia. So, Ethiopian gay & lesbians organization (ELGO) steering committee members will be very glad if International human right organizations work with us in partnership/collaboration of any means to achieve the planned projects of Ethiopian LGBT community to bring the desired human right & social justice for those who are victimized, traumatized, oppressed & stigmatized. We need your immediate response &help. Waiting for your generous reply impatiently.
Thanking you in advance
ELGO ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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