NIGERIA: MOB THROWS STONES AT GAY ACCUSED
Nigerian police have been forced to use teargas and fire shots into the air to disperse a mob throwing stones at a group of men accused of homosexuality outside an Islamic court. The men (reports say there are between seven and nine) have been charged under Sharia law, which could see them sentenced to death by […]
NIGERIA: SA LGBT GROUPS MUST TAKE ACTION
Health4Men, the sexual health campaign for gay and bisexual men, has urged South Africans to take a more vocal stance against Nigeria’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The organisation, a project of the Anova Health Institute, said that it was “gravely concerned” by the law and expressed its “alarm and trepidation” at the resultant human rights […]
ELTON JOHN SLAMS HIS FAN, PUTIN
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments that his nation doesn’t discriminate against gays because he and the Russian people love Elton John, the iconic singer has again made his feelings clear on Russian homophobia. Putin recently defended his country’s anti-gay laws by stating on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “Homosexual people can’t feel inferior here, […]
GAY BRIT TO BE DEPORTED FROM UGANDA
The 65-year-old British man on trial for homosexuality in Uganda has been spared jail but is to be returned to the UK. Bernard Randall, a retiree living in Uganda, and his Ugandan friend and housemate Albert Cheptoyek (30) were arrested in October 2013 for “acts of gross indecency”. Randall was also charged with “trafficking obscene publications” […]