PIZZERIA BANS HOMOPHOBIC LAWMAKERS
A pizza restaurant in Arizona has banned Republican legislators after they passed a bill that will allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. If signed by Governor Jan Brewer, the so-called “Religious Freedom” bill will entitle businesses and service providers in the American state to refuse to serve gays and lesbians if they believe […]
TRADITIONAL COURTS BILL DEAD
The controversial Traditional Courts Bill, which could have led to legal discrimination against women and LGBT people in rural areas, has been dropped by Parliament. The bill sought to create a parallel system of justice in which traditional leaders in rural areas would be able to unilaterally decide on matters and hand out punishments on […]
MUSEVENI SAYS F..K YOU TO WORLD: SIGNS ANTI-GAY BILL
After months of speculation, President Museveni has finally done it. On Monday he made a defiant display of signing Uganda’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill – one of the harshest in the world – despite international condemnation. Museveni assented to the bill at a press conference at State House in Entebbe, the official office and residence of […]
MUSEVENI CHALLENGES OBAMA ON GAYS
President Museveni says that he will review Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill if American scientists can prove to him that people are born gay. Museveni issued a statement on Friday in reaction to President Obama’s condemnation of the pending law in which Obama warned that it could “complicate” America’s relationship with Uganda. The Ugandan president said that […]
SCIENTISTS: HOMOPHOBES DIE YOUNGER
Homophobia is bad for everyone it seems. Following a recent study that showed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people living in anti-gay communities die younger, another has revealed that the bigots themselves are also likely to die earlier. The authors of the study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, set out to determine […]
TUTU SAYS UGANDA ANTI-GAY BILL LIKE NAZI LAW
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Uganda’s President Museveni of breaking his promise to not approve his country’s anti-gay bill. In a statement issued on Sunday, the retired cleric revealed that when he spoke to Museveni last month, the president “gave his word that he would not let the Anti-Homosexuality Bill become law.” Tutu said he was disheartened […]