Hollywood stars and SA icons honour Pieter-Dirk Uys
A new film about the life and work of openly gay performing artist and activist Pieter-Dirk Uys will be released in cinemas in July. In Nobody’s Died Laughing, a film crew tries to keep up with one of the hardest working artists in South Africa on a journey from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Stellenbosch to […]
Lesbian couple arrested for kissing in Hawaii get $80,000
Two lesbian women have accepted a settlement from the city of Honolulu after they were arrested for kissing in public last year. Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero from Los Angeles were visiting Hawaii in October when they were harassed by police officer Bobby Harrison in a grocery store. He reprimanded them for holding hands, hugging and […]
Suspicious theft and murder at offices of Ugandan human rights group
Two men have murdered a security guard at the offices of one of the human rights groups that successfully challenged Uganda’s dreaded anti-homosexuality law. Ugandan LGBTI activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera revealed on Facebook that the offices of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) were broken into in the early hours of the morning. She […]
Desmond Tutu’s daughter forced to quit church position over her same-sex marriage
The daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Rev. Mpho Tutu-Van Furth, has resigned as an Anglican minister after threats to fire her over her lesbian marriage. Tutu-Van Furth married her wife, Professor Marceline Van Furth, in The Netherlands in December. This was followed by a wedding in the Western Cape earlier this month. She told […]