For #equality and #diversity supporting #Lesbians #Gay #Bisexual #Queer asylum seekers and #refugees in the UK and #Netherlands
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O.P.A.L retweeted
🖤🌈 I helped Abbey Kiwanuka from Uganda win asylum in the UK
Today, through OPAL, he helps persecuted LGBTs in Uganda with safe houses via the Dauglas Project, which my foundation has funded
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honour Abbey ❤️
More info: tinyurl.com/4bej7wjj
O.P.A.L retweeted
Huge honour to be first among equals @ndawards.
In my speech I dedicated this award to the activists of @RoshaniyaLGBT and mentioned that whether in Palestine, Ukraine, Tamil Eelam, Uganda, or West Papua — one day, we will all be free.
@nematsadat @GINindianUK
#NDA24
O.P.A.L retweeted
LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund is available to England-based LGBT+ non-profit groups, orgs and projects that are led by and for:
-D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent LGBT+ People
-LGBTQIA+ Women
-LGBT+ People of the Global Majority
-Older LGBT+ People
-Trans and Non-Binary People
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O.P.A.L retweeted
Home Office changes detention guidance to allow more vulnerable people like torture, sexual violence and trafficking victims to be held for deportation to Rwanda
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O.P.A.L retweeted
#ArrivedHome at around 1:30am - as I opened our front door I was greeted with a wave of the calm holy incense from Mark’s 31st day ceremony on 13 April - Mark’s spirit embraced me as I returned to our home. I said thank-you.
Also greeted by a pile of post neighbours Jewlsy and Mike had kindly left for me on the dining table - had to be opened.
It is good to be home. – at Islington, London
O.P.A.L retweeted
We're excited to announce we've been shortlisted in the Charity of the Year category for this years @rainbowhonours 🤩🥳
Shout out to the others in our category:
@breakout_youth
@galopuk
@imaanlgbtq
@justlikeusuk
@keshetuk
@lgbthero
@mermaids_gender
@outandproud
@umbrellacymru
O.P.A.L retweeted
‼️BREAKING: We are ecstatic that this government’s cruel plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda has been found unlawful by the Supreme Court.
This is a huge victory for kindness and common decency.🌈
#CompassionNotCruelty
ALT LGBTQI+ people seeking safety here will not be sent to Rwanda!
O.P.A.L retweeted
Today at @ukblackpride we are unwavering in our solidarity with LGBTs in #Uganda🇺🇬
@FCDOGovUK, we seek a travel ban on MPs & clergy supporting Uganda's Anti Homosexuality Act
Our call to the #Commonwealth @PScotlandCSG & @commonwealthsec:Speak out now!
@HouseofRainbow
O.P.A.L retweeted
We cannot rest until we get justice for Queer Ugandans.
Travel ban on Ugandan MPs and clergy who supported Anti-Homosexuality
Bill.
This Pride Month, scan to Sign the petition if you are based in the U.K.
Please retweet, like, share and talk about this in your community.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
O.P.A.L retweeted
Despite a robust human rights protection framework and decades of progress in the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧, after my country visit I am concerned about the impact of current political & social narratives on the rights of #LGBT persons. 🌈
Read my full statement: bit.ly/3VXJJ04
O.P.A.L retweeted
Travel ban on Ugandan MPs and clergy who supported Anti-Homosexuality Bill - Petitions petition.parliament.uk/petit…
O.P.A.L retweeted
Solidarity in action to #SayNoToAHB23.
@ukblackpride @ACTUP_LDN @OUTandPROUD @rainbowmigrants @MicroRainbow @africadvocacy @AfricanEqualit3 @LGBTIScotland @PeterTatchell
Sign this petition now: bit.ly/UgandanPetition
O.P.A.L retweeted
“We need this bill to be killed.”
LGBTQ+ activists gathered in London on 25 April to protest Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
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O.P.A.L retweeted
.@AbbeyKiwah was jailed & tortured in Uganda because he was gay
Forced to flee, he sought asylum in the UK
Abbey now helps other African LGBTs fleeing persecution via his group @OUTandPROUD
Bravo!
eastlondonlines.co.uk/2023/0…
@sebastianrocca @leilazadeh @lgsmigrants
O.P.A.L retweeted
Decriminalize homosexuality. – at Kampala, Uganda
Pastor Solomon Male has quashed as populist and hypocritical the tabling of another bill to criminalize homosexuality. Male argued that the law is unnecessary because the penal code already provides for harsher penalties including death. #NTVNews
