BOTSWANA GAY BLOOD DONATION BAN CHALLENGED
Following the repeal of a similar ban in South Africa, an NGO is planning to take the Botswana government to court over its refusal to allow gays to donate blood. Cindy Kelemi from the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (Bonela), told Gabz Fm News last month that the restriction on gay blood donation […]
SLOVAKIA BANS GAY MARRIAGE IN ‘BACKROOM DEAL’
In what’s been described as a “backroom deal,” MPs in the Slovakian parliament have voted to outlaw same-sex marriage in the European country. One Wednesday, MPs from SMER (Social-Democrats) and KDH (Christian-Democrats) voted to define marriage as a “unique bond between a man and a woman” in the Constitution. According to the European Parliament’s Intergroup […]
MOGOENG: I WILL UPHOLD GAY RIGHTS
Controversial Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has insisted that he will ensure that gay people’s constitutional rights are upheld. Mogoeng faced a firestorm after he recently called for religion to be brought into the law at a conference at the University of Stellenbosch. “I believe that we can only become a better people if religion could […]