Tourism minister says South Africa is open to the world’s LGBT travellers
South Africa’s Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom says that the country is eager to receive LGBT tourists from around the world. Hanekom spoke at the opening of the first-ever international LGBT business conference to be held in Africa: the 33rd Annual Convention of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) in Cape Town on […]
Court blow to same-sex marriage hopes in China
An attempt to secure same-sex marriage rights through the courts in China has failed. On Wednesday, a judge in the city of Changsha dismissed a historic marriage equality case brought by Sun Wenlin, 27, who hoped to marry his partner, Hu Mingliang, 37. Sun had sued the civil affairs bureau after it refused to recognise their relationship. […]