Posts By PEN OutWrite
The locked door – The life and death of Dr. Srinivas Ramchandra Siras | Rishi Majumder
13th June 2016 | PEN OutWrite13 June, 2016
Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras didn’t deserve to die. More to the point, he didn’t deserve to live like he did.
If you watch Aligarh, Hansal Mehta’s film on Siras’ life, read about Siras or talk to those … Read More
Nigeria: Jail the Gays or Kill Them
10th June 2016 | PEN OutWriteby Nick Patricca with Unoma Azuah
Originally published in WINDY CITY TIMES: Open to Thinking on Wednesday 01 June 2016
THE LAW.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE (PROHIBITION) ACT:
“A marriage contract or civil union entered into between persons of the same sex: … Read More
Love: Act of Resistance, Act of Life
17th May 2016 | PEN OutWriteLGBT*IQA Association Okvir, Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.okvir.org
People of Bosnia and Herzegovina are heavily post-traumatized by the war, queer persons included – internal dynamics still interwoven with imprints of memories of loss. Violence has become relativized, the boundary between life … Read More
Being Queer in Tehran
14th December 2015 | PEN OutWriteOriginally published in Slobodna Bosna.
Three Iranian writers and LGBT activists, Elham Malekpour, Maryam Sheikh and Babak Salimzadeh, were guests at the PEN International organisastion and PEN Centre of BiH in Sarajevo and Tuzla; these young civil activists spoke with … Read More
Resolution: Anti-LGBTQI Legislation in 75 Countries restricts the right to freedom of expression
13th November 2015 | PEN OutWriteAssembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 81st World Congress in Québec City, Québec, Canada, 13th October to 16th October 2015
In October 2014 at its 80th Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, PEN International delegates recognized the harmful … Read More
Faces and Phases | Zanele Muholi
30th October 2015 | PEN OutWrite“I arrived on the scene to find Disebo’s half-naked and lifeless body surrounded by community members. The wire that was used to strangle her had punctured her skin and was still lodged inside her neck, while about 20 cm of … Read More
The Right to Read Female Writers | Leopoldo Brizuela
29th September 2015 | PEN OutWrite“Reading women was a way of transforming our Homeric burdens of pain, hatred and violence into a new, and alternative, productive force” says the author of “Inglaterra. una fábula y de Una misma noche.”
Ever since I first started writing and, especially … Read More
A New Form of Engagement | Jude Dibia
13th August 2015 | PEN OutWriteVery recently the Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari was in Washington to meet with President Obama to discuss issues pertinent to both countries, probably more so for Nigeria with its prevalent security issues caused by the Boko Haram sect.
I found … Read More
I sensed something was wrong | Christina Mavuma
11th August 2015 | PEN OutWriteMy visit to the clinic was the worst day, I will never forget.
This is one of the problems I never imagined myself experiencing, but unfortunately I came across it.
On the 17th of October 2012, I went for a check-up … Read More
Obscure Oddities | Moraa Gitaa
2nd July 2015 | PEN OutWriteBen Curtis, AP
Louis Beautah is a disturbed and depressed man. Deep down he feels like a failure because of something he’s always known – his oddity or absurdity. The anomaly he has spent his life running away from. He’s … Read More