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Article: All Africa symposium on HIV/Aids and human rights for lgbts: lgbt stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender--people.
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- Sister Namibia
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- March 1, 2004
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) people from 16 African countries representing 22 lgbt organisations met in Johannesburg in February for the All Africa Symposium on HIV/Aids and Human Rights. Since many of the 55 delegates had concerns about confidentiality, the conference was not widely advertised and there was no media presence.
Much time was spent on identifying the issues affecting people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities and in Africa and how these impact on their lives. During this exercise participants had the opportunity to share experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender in their respective countries. The ...