JUSTICE AS SA’S DR SHOCK STARTS JAIL SENTENCE
South Africa’s infamous gay torture doctor Aubrey Levin has finally started serving his five year sex abuse prison sentence. Levin, 74, was handed the sentence in February after he was found guilty of sexually molesting three male patients in Canada. Ironically, the disgraced doctor is best known for heading up a horrific apartheid-era South African […]
BOLLYWOOD BACKS GAY EQUALITY IN MUSIC VIDEO
With one of the largest estimated populations of gay people in the world, it’s about time that the first ever Bollywood music video for gay rights is released. On Wednesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office launched the colourful video at a press conference in Mumbai to promote its Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, […]
OPENLY GAY SINGER NAKHANE TOURÉ WINS SAMA
Nakhane Touré, the openly gay South African singer and songwriter, took home the Best Alternative Album at Monday’s South African Music Awards (Samas). The 26-year-old, who’s been making a splash in the music world over the last year, was honoured for his acclaimed debut album Brave Confusion. He was also nominated in the categories of […]
SA GOVT LAUNCHES HISTORIC GAY RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Africa’s first-ever government campaign in support of LGBTI equality was unveiled in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Constitution Hill, site of South Africa’s Constitutional Court, hosted the historic launch of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) government programme. The event was led by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, along with his […]
NO ANC AT GAY RIGHTS DISCUSSION
Political parties participated in a discussion on Wednesday 23 April at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) constituency after 20 years of democracy. The event was hosted by various Western Cape civil society organisations. Neither the ANC nor the Freedom Front Plus sent representatives to […]