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Funding Opportunity: MSM Initiative – Latin America Subject: Funding Opportunity: MSM Initiative – Latin America amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is pleased to announce new funding for innovative projects that address HIV/AIDS among gay men, other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender individuals in Latin America. Grassroots organizations led by or closely linked to MSM/LGBT communities in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America are encouraged to submit relevant proposals. Funds for this round of awards are made available through the generous support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.  Application Deadline: 11 July 2011, 5:00 p.m. in New York City, USA (GMT/UTC 21:00) Visit www.amfAR.org/grants  for forms, instructions and detailed information about this opportunity. Available Funding: Each organization may apply for an award of up to $20,000 USD to support project-related costs f...

In Kenya, pro-gay nominees to senior legal jobs stir backlash http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-kenya-pro-gay-nominees-to-senior.html Mutunga, as portrayed on one Kenyan blog Nominees to Kenya's top two legal jobs are proving extremely controversial - because of their pro-gay history. Kenne Mwikya looks at the context, and the strange focus on the fact that Kenya's proposed next Chief Justice has an earring. The nomination of Dr. Willy Mutunga and Nancy Baraza to the post of Kenyan Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice has brought with it a unique chance for Kenyans to rethink stereotypes and the policing of certain bodies, values and ideals differently. The Judicial Service Commission, the body mandated to vet candidates who had applied for both positions made it clear that one of the main reasons it chose the said candidates is that they were known reformers, were outsiders from the judicial system (meaning they are lawyers rather than j...