GAY US BASKETBALL PLAYER SIGNED BY TEAM
After testing his talents, the Brooklyn Nets have signed openly gay basketball player Jason Collins to their team for the rest of the season. Collins came out in April last year to widespread praise from the likes of President Obama but failed to find a sporting home until last month when he was given a […]
SA GAY PARTY DROPS OUT OF ELECTION RACE
South Africa’s recently formed gay and lesbian political party has dropped out of this year’s election race. Last month, Michael Herbst, founder of the Equal Rights Party, made international news when he announced that the party had registered to contest the upcoming national elections. He said that he hoped to secure a number of seats […]
AFRICA’S ANTI-GAY CRACKDOWN: IS KENYA NEXT?
The Kenyan parliament has demanded that the government explain why gays and lesbians are not being prosecuted under the country’s existing anti-gay laws. MP Irungu Kangata, who has been actively campaigning against LGBT rights, demanded that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the State explain what measures have been taken to enforce these laws. Kangata […]