HIV “CURE” FAILS
In disappointing news, HIV has returned in two men who it was hoped had been cleared of HIV through bone marrow transplants. In July, researchers from the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston revealed that the transplants to treat cancer in the two HIV-positive men had apparently also resulted in the […]
DUDUZILE SUSPECT REQUESTS BAIL
The man accused of murdering and raping lesbian Duduzile Zozo in June has surprised activists by applying for bail. On Tuesday, 22-year-old Lekgoa Lesley Motleleng made his second appearance in the Palm Ridge Magistrates’ Court in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg. At his first court appearance following his arrest in October he declined to apply for […]
GAY FLAG OF SA HONOURS MADIBA
The creators of the Gay Flag of South Africa have honoured Nelson Mandela’s role in securing LGBT equality. On Saturday, Eugene Brockman and Henry Bantjez, along with American-based activist Melanie Nathan, visited Nelson Mandela Square and placed small gay flags amongst the tributes laid out in honour of the late human rights icon. They caught […]
UGANDA GOV. SPLIT OVER GAY CLINICS
In a surprise move, Uganda’s health ministry has announced that it will open specialised HIV clinics for most at-risk populations (MARPs), including men who have sex with men (MSM). In July last year, Uganda’s health ministry criticised the launch by activists of the country’s first clinic for LGBT people in Kampala, saying that it was […]
SHOCK: INDIA RESTORES GAY BAN
India’s LGBT community is in shock after the country’s highest court overturned a previous ruling that had ended the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality. In 2009, the Delhi High Court decriminalised gay sex, saying that Section 377 of India’s penal code banning “sex against the order of nature” was discriminatory. Muslim and Christian religious groups took […]