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LGBTI Rights Challenges in Africa

  • When
  • October 19, 2010
    2:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington DC

Please join us for a reception and panel discussion on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals in Africa.

Speakers

  • Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor (opening remarks)
  • Julius Kaggwa, Director, Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development
  • Cheikh Traore, Senior Advisor of Sexual Minorities, UN Development Programme
  • Jesse Bernstein, Senior Associate of Refugee Protection Program, Human Rights First
  • Michael Heflin, Director of LGBTI Rights Initiative, the Open Society Foundations (moderator)
  • Elisa Massimino, President and CEO of Human Rights First (closing remarks)

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