COURT CITES MUGABE GAY VITRIOL TO DENY BAIL
A Zimbabwe court has cited President Robert Mugabe’s homophobic views to justify denying bail to a ward councillor being held on homosexuality charges in Harare. MDC-T Councillor Sydney Chirombe, 49, was allegedly discovered having sex with Joseph Muchena, 23, earlier this month. According to New Zimbabwe, the men’s applications to be released on bail were […]
KHUMBULANI PRIDE 2014 GALLERY
The Samora Machel township outside of Cape Town hosted the second Khumbulani Pride (“Remembrance Pride”) march on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. An after party was held at a nearby sports field. The event aimed to not only raise community awareness about LGBT rights in the area and to celebrate sexual […]
RUPAUL DISMISSES ‘TRANNY’ CONTROVERSY
American drag superstar RuPaul Charles has refused to back down over his use of the term “tranny,” seen by some members of the transgender community as offensive. The singer, actor and drag contest host had earlier been criticised for the use of the term “she-male” in a episode of his popular television show RuPaul’s Drag […]
GAY DADS’ BRAINS ALSO BEHAVE LIKE MOMS’
Researchers have discovered that the brains of gay fathers appear to adapt to take on the parenting roles of traditional heterosexual mothers and fathers. Earlier studies have shown that the brains of new mothers became extra sensitive to their children’s behaviour when they become parents. A new Israeli study, published in Proceedings of the National […]
DUDUZILE ZOZO CASE: WHERE’S RAPID RESPONSE TEAM?
Duduzile Zozo’s family’s hope that justice for the raped and murdered young lesbian was in the offing was dashed on Monday. The trial of the man accused of strangling and raping Zozo with a toilet brush has been postponed by another five months. The 26-year-old openly lesbian woman’s brutalised body was found in Thokoza, east […]
ZUMA APPOINTS LESBIAN CABINET MINISTER
President Zuma, widely perceived as being something of a homophobe, has appointed a lesbian woman as a minister to his Cabinet. On Tuesday, Lynne Brown, 52, was sworn in by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as the new Minister of Public Enterprises, replacing Malusi Gigaba. She is the first openly lesbian or gay cabinet minister in […]