Malawi Gay Couple To Be Imprisoned: I Will No Longer Keep Quiet

Posted on: May 15, 2010 | Filed under: I Live Here, Miscellaneous, News & Gossip | 3 Comments

My name is Mia Kirshner and I am the director of I Live Here Projects. The aim of our organization is to provide urgent care to communities that have slipped through the cracks. Our first project is in Kachere Juvenile Prison in Malawi, where we are forming a full-time school, permaculture garden project and legal rights. These children had slipped through the cracks when we first arrived in Kachere.

That is not what this piece is about.

I am writing about an issue that I can no longer keep quiet about.

While I was in Malawi in December, Malawi’s first gay couple got married in a public commitment ceremony. Their names are Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza. I read the headlines detailing their wedding and sardonic commentary of the journalists writing the pieces. Two days after they married, they were met with both public cheers and humiliation. They now face over a decade of hard labor in a Malawian prison for their actions.

Catching up

Posted on: February 24, 2009 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Miss Conception, Public Appearances | 1 Comment

My apologies for the recent lack of updates. I’ve had a ton of things going on in my personal life lately and I just haven’t had much time for online things. I’m sure you all understand how that goes. Now to play catch up even though you probably already know about it…

Enter for a chance to win a piece of Jenny Schecter’s wardrobe in the Jenny Schecter Memorial Sweepstakes.

Mia will be attending Starfury: L6 this year. The convention runs September 18-20. The gold tickets are sold out, but they still have full weekend and day passes available. Click here to for full information. Thanks to Jo for the heads up!

Miss Conception dvd screencaps and featurette screencaps are now available in the gallery.