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ISHTAR MSM Pays Tribute to LGBTI activist David Kato
January 28, 2012Ishtar MSM joins the hundreds of Ugandan activists and family members who gathered together at the heart of Uganda, Kampala to commemorate the life of one David Kato who was brutally murdered on the 26th of January 2011. David Kato was the former advocacy officer for Sexual Minority Uganda an LGBT group in Uganda. “We are all gathered here to thank the almighty for the life of David Kato, our beloved brother in Christ, friend, mentor and Human rights activist,” former Anglican Bishop and...
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Call for MSM and Transgender Abstracts for the 2012 International AIDS Conference!
January 21, 2012MSMGF offers technical assistance program and webinar for those who are submitting abstracts focused on MSM and transgender issues to the International AIDS Conference* As many of you know, the next International AIDS Conference is right around the corner, taking place this July in Washington, D.C. This is a crucial venue for activists, researchers, funders and service providers working on MSM and transgender issues to come together, share information and forge new partnerships to enhance th...
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The Executive’s Heart
January 20, 2012Every New Year is always exciting. It finds me and perhaps many others looking forward to the opportunity and challenges ahead and, of course, setting those massive, goals. Raising the bar and committing to tangible results is no walk in the park like many tend to think but is a healthy exercise for my team and I. It provides a road map for the things we hope to accomplish in the New Year and beyond. Taking the time to understand goals and how to attain is considerably the prime of suc...
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The Start of a New Year
January 11, 2012God grant me the serenity... The countdown to a new year is probably the one thing that happens universally and the Eve probably the only day in the year that almost the whole world is awake past mid night. It is awaited with trepidation and bated breath. The countdown goes 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Then the cheers, toasts and texts come flooding in like a rush down a waterfall. It’s probably time to kick the festivities into high gear. ...to accept the things I cannot cha...
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Street survivor looks out for homeless LGBT youths
November 27, 2011Despite being a star student, Mia Tu Mutch is amazed she survived high school. Facing bullying from her classmates, constant thoughts of suicide, rejection from her Southern Baptist parents, and the very real prospect of ending up permanently homeless, she clung to any reason to keep living. "Every day I would say, 'I'm not going to kill myself today. I have a test tomorrow,' " Mia says. Mia is transgender. She became homeless at a young age, but unlike most teens in her ...
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We Are A Community Based Organization Working with Men Who Have Sex With Other Men (MSM) on HIV, STIs and Reproductive Health Rights. Ishtar MSM was founded in 1997; currently with a membership of more than 300 MSMs.
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