SA POLICE BEING TRAINED ON RIGHTS OF LGBT PEOPLE
South Africa’s Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu has revealed that police are being trained to be more aware of the rights of LGBT people. The SABC reported that Sotyu attended a meeting in Gugulethu, in the Western Cape, with LGBT and sex worker community groups on Thursday. The meeting was intended to address “rendering non-discriminative […]
REPORT: UGANDAN LESBIAN IN COMA AFTER MOB AMBUSH
A Ugandan lesbian activist is in a coma after she was apparently lured into an ambush and was attacked by a mob in the town of Jinja. According to various unconfirmed reports, 25-year-old Jennifer Ikanza from the Gender Equality and Health Organisation (GEHO), received a call from a woman claiming to be bisexual and in […]
JUSTICE EDWIN CAMERON DEFENDS MALEMA
South Africa’s openly gay Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron has defended controversial politician Julius Malema’s constitutionally protected right to say what he does. Cameron was speaking at a meeting on “The Rights of Ordinary South Africans” hosted by the Dikeletsong Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Pretoria. “When I see Mr Malema speak with the utter openness […]
COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON GAY CURE THERAPIES FOR MINORS
A US Court of Appeals has upheld California’s ban on efforts to change the sexual orientation or gender expression of minors. Last year, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that made California the first state in the US to outlaw “reparative” or “conversion therapy” for people under the age of 18 on the […]
AL-QAEDA KILLS GAYS IN YEMEN
AP has reported that Al-Qaeda gunmen have gunned down a man in Yemen because they believed that he was gay. “Armed Al-Qaeda suspects on a motorbike opened fire on 29-year-old Salem Ahmed Hasan in a market in Huta,” a southern town, the official told AP. He said that the man died immediately. Two other men […]
CAPE TOWN FASHION WEEK 2013 MENSWEAR GALLERY
A striking set of collections from designers such as Craig Port, David Tlale and Ruald Rheeder saw menswear come to the fore at the recent Mercedes Benz Cape Town Fashion Week.