Roger verbrachte 1 Jahr im Gefängnis,weil

Roger just spent a year in prision for sending an SMS to another man.
Unless we act before Monday, he could go back for 2 more years.
Tell President Biya to free Roger and end Cameroon's laws against homosexuality.
Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé just spent a year prison in Cameroon for sending this SMS to another man:
I'm very much in love w/u.

Roger has a new hearing on Monday, but he's facing two more years in a jail where he faced daily abuse from guards and horrific health conditions.

Homosexuality is still illegal in Cameroon, but President Paul Biya and the Minister of Justice could put a stop to this right now by freeing Roger and
declaring a moratorium on this discrimanatory law. President Biya has been swayed in the past by international pressure and knows that Cameroon's
reputation is at stake.

We have just a few days to raise a massive outcry and keep Roger from going back to jail. Will you sign the petition now calling on President Biya and the Minister of Justice to free Roger and end Cameroon's anti-gay laws?

www.allout.org/Roger

This problem is bigger than just Roger. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Cameroon major are facing a major crackdown right now – more than 20 people have been arrested in the last year because they're suspected of "homosexual behavior."

Even Roger's own family have turned their backs on him in disgust, leaving him fighting for his freedom alone. He told us, "Now, my family says I'm dangerous and they can not live with a homosexual. Cameroonians know who I am now. I don't know how I will even be able to go back to school and get a job."

We can't let homophobia and prejudice decide Roger's fate. The law's not with him, his family’s not with him. If 50,000 of us speak out before Monday, Cameroon's President and Minister of Justice will know they need to
act. Will you sign the petition and call on them to free Roger and end Cameroon's anti-gay laws?

www.allout.org/Roger

Thanks for going All Out.

Best,
Andre, Aviya, Guillaume, Hayley, Jeremy, Joe, Leandro, Marisa, Mike, Pablo,
Sara, Tile, Wesley, and the rest of the All Out team

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Yesterday a few members of Parliament in Ukraine rushed an anti-gay bill through its first hearing – overnight so no one would have the time to say anything. These anti-gay MPs are trying to make it illegal for anyone to say or do anything deemed "too gay" in Ukraine.

But this 'gay gag rule' can’t go into effect if the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn, refuses to sign it.
A few weeks ago he already raised concern on the bill because of an international outcry.
And he has the power to stop it for good.

The homophobic MPs are fast-tracking the process and hoping we can't ignite the same global outcry that stopped the bill the first time.
Let's show them how wrong they are!
Will you sign now and push Lytvyn to keep thousands of Ukrainians from being forced into the shadows?

www.allout.org/ukraine_gag

Back in July, more than 122,000 All Out members around the globe got the Ukrainian Parliament to take the "homosexual propaganda" law off their voting agenda. The chairman of Parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn, decided to stop the bill in its tracks to make sure it complied with, "all human rights and freedoms".

But a few MPs brought it back quietly enough to avoid the international uproar it triggered a few months ago. They think we won't have enough time to trigger the same outcry. They are wrong. Call on Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, to use its power to stop this horrendous anti-gay bill now:
www.allout.org/ukraine_gag

This terrible law makes it a crime for anybody to read, write, blog about, or declare any kind of support for gay rights in Ukraine. It also makes it almost impossible to continue health prevention work fighting diseases like HIV.

www.allout.org/ukraine_gag

Thanks for going All Out.

Best,
Andre, Guillaume, Joe, Leandro, Sara and the rest of the team at All Out.

P.S. Don't forget to share the campaign with your friends so it goes viral. We need to get the word out ASAP: www.allout.org/ukraine_gag

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

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