Christian party defends UCT’s homophobic SRC leader
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has come to the defence of UCT’s suspended SRC Vice-President, Zizipho Pae, who’s at the centre of a homophobia storm. ACDP President, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, said in a statement that the party is “shocked” by the furore resulting from Pae’s Facebook status describing the US Supreme Court’s decision to […]
Nigeria: A small shift in gay and lesbian acceptance
While the vast majority of Nigerians continue to support the country’s anti-gay law, a new survey reveals that tolerance towards lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people is slowly on the rise in Africa’s largest democracy. The poll of 1,000 Nigerians on the subject of homosexuality was conducted by the Initiative for Equal Rights in partnership […]
Watch: Little girl faces off with gay hate preacher
In a remarkable incident caught on camera, a brave seven-year-old girl has stood up to a gay hate preacher spewing religious condemnation. Zea Bowling was filmed by her father, Ryan, at a music festival in Columbus, Ohio, walking up to the fire and brimstone street preacher and holding out a small rainbow flag. In the […]
ASASA rules PJ Powers Spar alcohol ad is “exploitation”
The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASASA) says that Spar should not have used singer PJ Powers’ name in ads for its TOPS liquor stores. Powers, a recovering alcoholic, was outraged when she came across the ads and posters for various offers at TOPS featuring the tagline: “Grab a drink and show off those […]