WEDDING VENUE IGNORES COURT RULING – SNUBS ANOTHER GAY COUPLE
Another gay couple has been snubbed by a wedding venue. Outrageously, it’s one that was previously found guilty of discriminating against gays and lesbians. In July 2012, the Alberton Magistrates’ Court, sitting as an Equality Court, found that the Sha-Mani Lodge in Alberton, Johannesburg unfairly discriminated against two lesbian women by refusing to allow them […]
ANGER GROWS OVER GIFT’S HORROR HOSEPIPE MURDER
Groups have slammed the murder of lesbian teen Gift Makau while her alleged attacker is ordered to appear in court again next week. The body of the 24-year-old was discovered in Tshing, Ventersdorp last week Friday with her hands tied behind her back and a running hosepipe shoved down her throat into her stomach. She […]
ANTI-GAY RELIGIOUS GROUP ‘ON ITS KNEES’ AFTER US CUTS FUNDING
A Ugandan religious organisation has been forced to let its staff go after the US government cut its funding because of the group’s support for the persecution of gays and lesbians. The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has over the years received tens of millions of dollars through USAID as part of the President’s Emergency […]