Ugandan president: Colonial anti-gay law is good enough
President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t think a new anti-gay law is needed in Uganda and that colonial-era legislation is sufficient to criminalise homosexuality. Just over a year ago, Uganda’s Constitutional Court struck down the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Act on a technicality. There have been threats by MPs to re-table another similar law ever since. Speaking to AP […]
Kim Davis loses same-sex marriage delay bid – again
Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis has once again been told by the courts that she cannot stop her office from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court rejected her bid to suspend this service to gay and lesbian couples while she sues Governor Steve Beshear. Davis has taken Beshear to court claiming […]
Did a Putin impersonator fool Elton John?
Has Elton John fallen victim to a hoax or is President Putin playing games with the world’s LGBT community? The Kremlin has now denied the singer’s announcement that the Russian leader had called him to discuss the issue of LGBT equality. John also claimed that Putin had agreed to meet him in the flesh at a date […]
Soweto Pride 2015 returns to Meadowlands
Two lesbian victims of hate crimes will be honoured at the 11th annual Soweto Pride on 26 September in Meadowlands. Held at Credo Mutwa Park in Jabavu for the last few years, the 2015 edition will return to Meadowlands Zone 2 Park, in Moroka Street, opposite the police station. Siphokazi Nombande, Advocacy Coordinator at FEW […]