Gender Justice Archives     4 articles   5/29/03 Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Detained on Homosexuality Charges Uzbek authorities have detained rights defender Ruslan Sharipov and two colleagues for what appear to be politically motivated reasons, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Uzbek government to immediately release the three rights activists pending further investigation. Human Rights Watch     3/26/03 My Black Male Feminist Heroes As a young graduate student I was mentored by poet and Audre Lorde biographer Masani Alexis DeVeaux. She taught me the importance of being a black man who closed ranks with those black women who resisted and challenged the sexism, misogyny and patriarchal norms found among some black communities and institutions. Pop Matters Aishah Shahidah Simmons Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an award-winning independent feminist filmmaker, writer, international lecturer, and activist based in Philadelphia. Ms. Simmons is the producer, writer and director of NO! the forthcoming feature length documentary that poignantly exposes and addresses the collective silence of the Black community when Black men and boys rape Black women and girls. Afro Mama’s founder Trula Breckenridge talked with Ms. Simmons via phone about the NO! documentary. Afro Mama     1/8/03 Stakes Is High The Nation