REPORT: ANOTHER LESBIAN LIFE LOST
City Press has reported the murder of a lesbian woman in the township of Ratanda, to the east of Johannesburg, earlier this month. Openly lesbian Maleshwane Radebe (36) was stabbed in the neck and died following an attack on the home she shared with her girlfriend. Two men broke into their shack in the early […]
UGANDA PASSES ANTI GAY LAW
In a shocking development, Uganda’s parliament has finally passed the widely condemned “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” after four years in limbo. On Friday, MPs overwhelmingly approved the legislation. According to the bill’s author, MP David Bahati, the version approved by parliament does not include the original death penalty clause. In response to news of the law’s passage, […]
GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL IN NEW MEXICO
A New Mexico Supreme Court ruling will allow same-sex couples to marry throughout the American state. Although same-sex marriage was already legal in eight New Mexico counties, Thursday’s ruling that barring same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, means that the right is now extended across the state. New Mexico’s 33 counties had asked the court to address […]
GAY FLAG OF SA TURNS 3
The Gay Flag of South Africa, and the non profit organisation (NPO) behind it, celebrated their third birthday this week. The flag, an adaptation of Gilbert Baker’s international gay rainbow flag and the South African national flag, was launched in December 2010 at the annual MCQP costume party in Cape Town. Countries such as Canada, […]