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Sœur sueur sort  – de ta photo à la rivière qui semble rire- tout est traduction – tout est voyage , que l’on accepte de faire Mais mieux que le voyage et comment voyage t’on , à dos d’âne ou en espadrilles, c’est le moment où l’on s’engage dans la palabre, la parole frictionne des langues et que jaillisse l’étincelle et que naisse le feu que commence le voyage qui compte les voyages, un voyage…

Amiche e amici, come state? Io bene, un po’ spiazzato dopo aver “litigato” con un tipo che diceva che il suo femminismo era più femminista del mio perché lui. “Di quale ondata sei tu?”, mi fa. E io: “ma io non sono di nessuna ondat…”, “SENTITELO IL QUALUNQUISTA!” a quel punto sono venute due mie amiche e lo hanno messo a posto (e a loro ha detto: “scommettiamo che sono ancora più femminista di…

Track star, ousted by team, now evicted by anti-gay family

By Erin Royal Brokovitch

Thierry Essamba (Photo from his Facebook page)

As if he were a character in a tragic soap opera, star athlete Thierry Essamba keeps suffering new varieties of homophobic abuse.

After he was expelled from Cameroon’s national track team on suspicion of homosexuality, his family warned him that he would have to find a new place to live. On Aug. 28, he was thrown out of the…

Lonely track star, victim of Cameroon’s homophobia

Thierry Essamba (Photo from his Facebook page)

Thierry Essamba, an internationally competitive runner in the 110-meter hurdles, was suspended from the Cameroonian track squad on May 24 because of rumors about his alleged homosexuality. When the story of his punishment first appeared, LGBT activists abroad offered him words of support. But none of those words led to any concrete assistance, either…

Athlète / victime au Cameroun souffre sans de l’aide

Publié le 9 aout 2014. Auteur : Erin Royal Brokovitch

L’auteur de ce commentaire est un militant pour les droits LGBTI au Cameroun qui écrit sous un pseudonyme.

Le 24 mai dernier, l’athlète Thierry Essamba était suspendu de la fédération camerounaise d’athlétisme suite à des rumeurs sur sa prétendue homosexualité. Trois mois après que son cas ait suscité l’émoi, Thierry a aujourd’hui le sentiment…