Vatican slams Ireland’s gay marriage vote
The Vatican says that Ireland’s overwhelming vote to legalise same-sex marriage last week is a “defeat for humanity.” On Tuesday, a senior Vatican official, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, spoke out against the outcome of the predominately Catholic country’s referendum at a press conference in Rome, reported The Guardian. Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State and described […]
Limpopo Pride 2015 a two day event
The fourth annual Limpopo Pride is set to be a two day event, taking place in Polokwane on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June. Organisers earlier this month postponed the original May 9 event to ensure the safety of participants and to rally more support from civil society and government. The two day event will […]
Health: There is someone in our corner
I am a 48-year-old gay male who recently contracted the hepatitis B virus. This is my story. It all started late last year when out of the blue I felt very bloated; a feeling I was not accustomed to. This was replaced by on/off nausea and feeling tired. I thought it would pass but when […]
Justice served! Killer gets two life sentences for horror lesbian murder
Activists have welcomed the two life terms handed out to the man who brutally murdered Disebo Gift Makau, an openly lesbian woman, in August last year. The Potchefstroom High Court last week sentenced Stoffel Pule Motlhokwane to life in prison for rape, life for murder, and 15 years for robbery. Motlhokwane was found guilty of raping […]