Dutch sleuth continues search for gay man in Cape Town
A private investigator from the Netherlands has arrived in Cape Town to continue the search for Dutch gay man Frank Kater. The 42-year-old went missing last year while undergoing treatment for addiction. He left the Cape Town clinic for an afternoon out on 12 October and never returned, despite not taking his passport or credit […]
Obama urged to ban Gambia’s homophobic president from US
Human rights groups have called on the Obama administration to take stronger action against the Gambian government in response to its crackdown and persecution of LGBT people. In their letter to President Obama, the 13 organisations stated: “It is not too late for the United States to send President Jammeh and his regime a clear […]
Russia fines LGBT youth support group founder
A Russian court has fined a journalist who created an online support group for LGBT youth for contravening the country’s gay propaganda law. On Friday, the court fined Elena Klimova 50,000 rubles (about R9,000) because it found that she had promoted “non-traditional sexual relations.” Klimova is the creator of the Children 404 group, which use […]
Zambians elect “go to hell” anti-gay president
Zambia’s LGBT community is likely to be concerned after vocally anti-gay politician Edgar Lungu was elected the country’s new president. Lungu, who’s been a minister of various government departments, was voted into power during last week’s presidential elections that followed the death of President Michael Sata in October last year. He won by a narrow […]