by admin | Mar 17, 2023 | TCEN NEWS
It is undeniable that religion and LGBTI+ rights have what can only be described as a ‘difficult relationship’. Across the Commonwealth, leaders from many different mainstream religions have argued that their faith justifies discrimination, stigma and even violence...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | TCEN NEWS
The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN) stands in solidarity with Uganda’s LGBTQI+ community as we learn of the Ugandan Government’s actions to deregister and suppress non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that support LGBTQI+ people. LGBTI+ people in...
by Luke Stamps | Nov 4, 2022 | TCEN NEWS, Uncategorized
These are just some of the questions we intend to address during a Learning Workshop thatKaleidoscope Trust (KT) plans to host for the cross-learning benefit of LGBT+ organisationsoperating in the Commonwealth. The workshop is scheduled to take place in February 2023...
by Luke Stamps | Sep 29, 2022 | TCEN NEWS
The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN) is alarmed and concerned about recent reports from Zambia of a wave of discrimination and attacks against LGBTI+ people and stands in strong support of the Zambian LGBTI+ community. Over the past couple of months, there has...
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Aug 12, 2022 | TCEN NEWS
The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN) stands shoulder to shoulder with our friends, siblings and colleagues in Uganda. The shuttering of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), Uganda’s leading civil society organisation fighting for the rights of LGBTI Ugandans, is...
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Aug 11, 2022 | TCEN NEWS
Background information Kaleidoscope Trust is a founding member and host to the Secretariat of The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN), the first civil society network to sustainably advocate on behalf of LGBT+ people in the Commonwealth. Since its foundation in 2013,...