Activists not sold on new Mormon gay support
America’s leading LGBT rights group has acknowledged the historic new Mormon support for LGBT anti-discrimination laws, but it’s not convinced. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, held a televised news conference on Tuesday, urging the US to ensure that gays and lesbians are protected from […]
Tearful gay wedding suspects paraded by Nigeria morality police
Sharia morality police have arrested 12 people at a party that the authorities described as a “gay wedding” in Northern Nigeria on Monday. According to the Nigerian media, one of the arrested men was 20-year-old Faruq Maiduguri, who was “on the verge of tying the knot with his partner” in the state of Kano. At a press briefing by […]
Gay men threatened by mob after testing for STIs
Ugandan police reportedly detained nine gay men who tested for STI’s after they were threatened by an anti-gay mob. Erasing 76 Crimes reports that the incident took place on 15 January, when the Rainbow Health Foundation (RHF), which assists men who have sex with men, arranged an STI screening and treatment visit to a rural […]