LGBTI conference tackles relations
The conference discussed the pressing issues affecting the LGBTI community in Southern Africa.
The Other Foundation hosted a conference for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community at Freedom Park on Monday.
What happened to our African narratives on homosexuality that has existed for years before we as African started embracing & enternalising western narratives & ideologies? @OtherFoundation #Kopano2017 #AcceleratingChange #FastForward pic.twitter.com/W4Pxbyancv
— Lesego Tlhwale (@lesegotlhwale) November 27, 2017
The four-day conference discussed the pressing issues affecting the LGBTI community in Southern Africa.
The conference provides a space for activists and scholars to discuss ways to advance equality, social inclusion and the well-being of the LGBTI community.
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#kopano2017 #fastfoward plenary session #acceleratingchange – what should we do anew to drive faster and deeper change ? – @OtherFoundation pic.twitter.com/PIcZvNeGgz
— African LGBTI Network (@algbtin) November 28, 2017
The Other Foundation advances equality and freedom in Southern Africa with a “particular focus on sexual orientation and gender identity” by defending and advancing their human rights.
Spokesperson Tendai Thondhlana said the conference encouraged the LGBTI community to find solutions to the problems they experienced.
He said the foundation did not seek the integration of, or equality for the LGBTI community into and within the existing “unjust dispensations”.
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“Rather, it contributes to the much broader challenge of building countries that have accountable governments committed to justice and freedom for all,” said Thondhlana.
“There is also space for participants to network while sharing their creative work such as films.”
Our co-chair, Bella Matambanadzo moderates the final plenary session for today @kopano – Accelerating Change. On the panel, Caine Youngman, Deyonce Narib, Lenny Lebon & Pansy Tlakula who will talk about reclaiming an African narrative for #LGBTI equality & inclusion. #fastforward pic.twitter.com/IQzVp7a3CR
— The Other Foundation (@OtherFoundation) November 27, 2017
Critical questions which formed part of the conference included:
– What constitutes change and how does it unfold?
– What is required of the movement in this global context?
– How can messaging and language be used to frame and communicate our struggles in ways that resonate with people of different political and ideological views?
– How should LGBTI activists relate to and collaborate with non-LGBTI allies?
– What potentials lie in the development agenda to support LGBTI struggles and lives?
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Lessons from #Kopano Accelerating Change. @irantiorg @OtherFoundation @galzinf @teddymunyimani @milesthought @carriemudzen @Pakasipiti pic.twitter.com/5SohlVYuAE
— 🇿🇼🏳️🌈VOVO🏳⚧ (@263vovo) November 28, 2017
Kopano seeks a deeper dialogue about how to accelerate and amplify social change across Southern Africa.
@OtherFoundation – Shaping new narratives with Dawn Cavanagh from the Coalition of African Lesbians #fastfoward #kopano2017 @OtherFoundation pic.twitter.com/rtkHlT3UvF
— African LGBTI Network (@algbtin) November 28, 2017
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