[OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in Tanzania

[Mark Iliffe]

Hi Maria,

Yes, it is partly. Our LOC is formalising a partnership with HOT currently,
as per an earlier email to the list, and this is our first topic of
discussion. With regard to the legislation, it is unfortunately a legacy
from the colonial times, as someone who had lived there for 6 years in a
vibrant international community, I am yet to see an instance where these
laws have been applied - however, I stress, this is my personal view.

Our plan is to hold further consultations with the OSGEO LGBT+ community
and I have personally reached out to those in a  position of responsibility
within this intersection for further advice. I assisted HOT with drafting
their initial response [1] to this concern also.

As the FOSS4G 2018 co-chair, I would welcome that people share their
concerns publicly, or if they wish, privately with myself. But on behalf of
the LOC, I stress that our stated vision in both our proposal and now,
through our website, is to the most inclusive FOSS4G that we can be. We, as
a LOC, are firmly committed to equality, regardless of sexual orientation,
gender, race, and creed. We want to provide the safest possible space at
this year's FOSS4G, setting this out in both our vision and Code of Conduct
[2].

We will be discussing this in our weekly LOC meeting tomorrow and I will,
in due course, feedback to this list.

Best,

Mark Iliffe
2018 FOSS4G Co-Chair


[1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014201.html
[2] http://2018.foss4g.org/code-of-conduct.html

On 19 February 2018 at 16:00, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm following this conversation on HOT:
>
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/2018-February/014199.html
>
> Is this real? Do this year's organisation have a plan? Is it legacy
> deprecated laws or are they being applied? Do we have a problem with LGBT+
> next FOSS4G? Should we warn the community? Can we do something about it?
>
> Regards,
> Maria.
>
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