NIGERIA: CAPE TOWN GAY SOCCER PROTEST
Capetonians have been urged to attend Sunday’s African Nations Championship (Chan) football match between Nigeria and South Africa to voice their anger against Nigeria’s new draconian anti-gay law. The idea to use the game between the two African giants at the Cape Town Stadium for an expression of LGBT solidarity first emerged on social media […]
BABYLON CO-OWNER PASSES AWAY
Graham McLeroth, a prominent figure in Gauteng’s gay community and one of the owners of Babylon nightclub in Centurion, has passed away unexpectedly. McLeroth, who lived in Blairgowrie in Johannesburg, tragically died from a heart attack last week. Known by some as “Mr Karaoke”, he was just 41-years-old. In addition to his part in creating one of the most […]
NIGERIA: MAN WHIPPED FOR GAY SEX
As LGBT Nigerians face an increasingly desperate future, a Muslim man has been spared the death sentence and instead received 20 lashes after a Sharia court found him guilty of homosexuality. According to BBC News, Mubarak Ibrahim (20) was given the more “lenient” sentence because the judge said that his crime had taken place seven […]
HAS UGANDAN PRES REJECTED ANTI-GAY BILL?
There are reports from Uganda that President Yoweri Museveni is not willing to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was passed by Parliament late last year, although he remains firmly bigoted when it comes to his views on homosexuality. The Daily Monitor has published parts of a letter by Museveni to Parliament, dated 28 December 2013, […]