I remember talking with a friend of mine who is transgender with the assumption that we both experienced dysphoria, which is the distress or discomfort that occurs when the gender someone is assigned does not align with their actual gender. As I was talking, I could see their eyes start to stare off in another […]
LGBT Voice Tanzania urges the Tanzanian Government to withdraw the proposed anti-LGBTI  bill (The Bill to Prohibit and Control any form of Sexual Relations between Persons of the Same Sex, 2014’) from the parliament immediately  and amend Sections 154 to 157 of the Penal Code of Tanzania that makes homosexual acts between men an illegal offense
For 41-year old James Wandera Ouma, LGBT activism has become his life’s work. As the executive director of LGBT Voice Tanzania , Ouma works to advance equality, diversity, education and justice for LGBT people in Tanzania. Recently, Ouma was in attendance at the Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association’s ( OPALGA ) annual awards
Pictured right: Mohamed Mbata, Deputy Director of LGBT Voice Tanzania This past November, I sent my associate Chris Westling to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to meet with LGBT activists and discuss the lack of progress in the area of human rights as related to LGBT issues. Currently, it is a crime punishable by imprisonment to
