Gay group in mutare, zimbabwe

Participants take part in a group session at a Youth Against AIDS training camp organised by the Jesuit AIDS Project in Domboshawa, around 80 km 49 miles north-east of Harare, April 13, BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - As a gay man in Zimbabwe, Admore braced himself for a hostile reception from medical staff when he went for an HIV test at a city-run clinic in Harare five years ago. His worries proved justified. they gave each other that look that made me feel they thought I was not normal," said Admore, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect his identity.

Some of these countrywide engagements are spearheaded by the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe VMCZ , a professional media self-regulatory body set up by journalists and other civil society stakeholders who subscribe to media freedom principles of accountability, independence, and ethical journalism. In four months, we saw eight to ten stories published by journalists we trained. This fear played out when some of the journalists approached for interviews for this story flatly refused to comment. But VMCZ say they will continue equipping journalists and the public with knowledge and skills to better cover and help integrate minority groups into the social sphere by focusing on conflict-sensitive reporting and unravelling the ills that affect minority groups, such as homophobia, child abuse, and violence against women while giving voices to the disadvantaged groups.

Patson Manyati cuts an awkward and lonely figure in a room bustling with young people in their twenties. His elegant poise, greying beard and baby blue shirt place him at least 40 years too old for this scene. Mr Manyati is on one of his first visits to the drop-in centre of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe GALZ in Mutare, in eastern Zimbabwe. GALZ is a membership-based association that promotes, represents and protects the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI people in Zimbabwe.

Recently, persons attending a public entertainment event in Harare. Since the global community of sexual and gender minorities celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia IDAHOT on May 17th. The day acknowledges. To promote, represent and protect the rights and interests of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people through.