ETHIOPIA: GAYS ACCUSED OF RAPING CHILDREN
Anti-gay groups in Ethiopia are accusing gays of child rape as a wave of homophobic fervour spreads across Africa. AP has reported that an anti-gay demonstration has been planned for later this month while Ethiopian lawmakers are expected to make homosexuality a non-pardonable offence. The April 26 rally is being organised by the government-affiliated Addis Ababa […]
BOYBAND HUNK: I’M GAY BUT I STILL LIKE WOMEN
Duncan James, the hunky member of the British boyband Blue, has revealed that while he considers himself gay he would still sleep with a woman. The issue of shifting celebrity sexual identity, specifically bisexuality, has been in the headlines in the UK recently. This week, pop singer Jessie J controversially announced that her previously claimed […]
HOMOPHOBIC HOME AFFAIRS STILL REJECTING GAY COUPLES
The Department of Home Affairs is struggling with firmly entrenched homophobia as another gay couple is refused marriage services. And the problem appears to be spreading. Two weeks ago, Lance Ledingham went to the Home Affairs office in North End, Port Elizabeth, to make an appointment to marry his partner of 22 years, Craig Durant. […]
AFRICAN GAY ARTISTS TO SHOW IN SENEGAL
A groundbreaking art exhibition about LGBTI Africans is stirring controversy in its host country Senegal, where homosexuality is illegal. The exhibition, Precarious Imaging: Visibility and Media Surrounding African Queerness, is set to take place from 11 May in Dakar, as part of the informal programme for Dak’Art 2014, the 11th Biennale of Contemporary African Art. Curator Ato Malinda […]