Still Moment: Malawi
The image above is that of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a same-sex couple from Malawi who’ve been jailed and are standing trial for…you guessed it…homosexuality.
If the picture doesn’t speak 1,000 words, the two men have been handcuffed together in the back of a truck, while taunted by a riled up crowd. Each could spend years in prison for nothing other than expressing their love in a public ceremony of friends.
With the Federal Proposition 8 challenge underway this week in the US, it seems important to note the freedoms gay and lesbians do have in this country. I can’t imagine the pain and torment these two are going through and thankful I don’t have to.
*Still Moment will be a weekly blog post in which I’ll post an image I’ve found that I find worthy of sharing.
