US STATE TO ALLOW CHRISTIAN BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE
Companies in the American state of Arizona could soon be entitled to refuse to serve gays and lesbians if it’s against their religious beliefs. An appalling piece of legislation to legalise this was passed by the Republican-led House on Thursday, with 33 voting for the bill and 27 against. It now goes to Governor Jan Brewer for her […]
REPORT: LESBIAN TEENS BANNED FROM TEMBISA SCHOOL
A high school in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, has reportedly told seven openly lesbian teenage school girls to leave because of their sexuality. According to the Daily Sun, four of the girls – Hloni Mokoena, Asanda Gonyela, Lwazi Maluleke and Rhulani Tibane – have come forward to make the accusation after they stopped going to […]
VICTORY AS HOME AFFAIRS RELEASES GAY ACTIVIST
The Department of Home Affairs has bowed to activists’ demands and released internationally known Ugandan activist Dr Paul Semugoma and will allow him to stay in South Africa. On Thursday, the department faced a contempt of court application by civil society groups at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg after officials refused to release […]
SA SPOOF T-SHIRT COMPANY IN GAY SLUR FURORE
Satire t-shirt company Laugh It Off has been slammed on social media for mocking clothing retailer JayJays by using a gay slur. Laugh It Off, which won a landmark 2005 Constitutional Court case after it was sued by SAB for satirising its Carling Black Label beer brand, has accused JayJays of stealing one of its […]
SOUTH AFRICA RISES IN PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
South Africa has risen eleven places in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index, which has lauded President Jacob Zuma. The country is now placed at number 42 (previously 52) on the annual Reporters Without Borders list, above the United States (46), Japan (59) and Zimbabwe (135) but below Namibia (22), Ghana (27) and the United […]