Merkel says “nein” to gay marriages
Despite growing pressure to legalise same-sex marriage across Europe, the German government says it has no plans to do so. While registered life partnerships for same-sex couples were implemented in 2001, offering most of the same rights as heterosexual marriages, full marriage equality is still not a reality in Germany. Last week’s overwhelming vote in […]
Ugandan tabloid outs gays at Pride “sex fest”
A Ugandan tabloid has published photos of gay Ugandans celebrating Pride in Birmingham, describing the event as “a sex fest”. The pictures of exiled Ugandan LGBT activists from the Out & Proud Diamond Group were splashed on the front cover of Thursday’s edition of Hello Daily. A number of African and Commonwealth LGBT activists marched […]
Complaint laid against homophobic Afrikaans gospel singer
Afrikaans gospel singer Suné Botha has outraged members of the LGBT community with her homophobic comments calling on God to punish gay people. In a May 24 post on her Facebook page, Botha wrote that she was shocked to hear that Ireland had recently voted to legalise same-sex marriage. “How sick,” she said. “And how contrary […]
Are South African gays among the world’s happiest?
An online survey has found that South African gays live pretty happy lives, relative to most of the rest of the world. The claim stems from a massive global “gay happiness” survey of 115,000 gay men by the Planet Romeo dating site, in collaboration with Germany’s Johannes Gutenberg University. In the index, South Africa rates […]