UK Girl Guides and Brownies now open to transgender girls
Girlguiding, the group behind the Girl Guides, Brownies and Rainbows in the UK, has announced that transgender girls are now welcome to join the organisation. The move is a major change for Girlguiding which was launched in 1910 and previously only allowed members deemed to be girls at birth. The group has published a new […]
Lesedi FM’s Chomane Chomane apologises for homophobic remarks
Popular Lesedi FM presenter Chomane Chomane has apologised on air for his recent comments that offended members of the LGBTI community. Zenny Kgolokwane, from the LGBTI group Free State Rainbow Seeds, lodged a complaint with the radio station after she heard Chomane ask a gay man who would “play the woman role” if he was […]
Ugandan activist’s heartbreak as she’s blocked from adopting because she’s lesbian
An internationally acclaimed Ugandan LGBT activist has opened up about the devastation of being denied the opportunity to adopt a child because of her sexuality. On Monday, Jacqueline Kasha Nabagesera wrote on Facebook about the heartbreaking experience after she was interviewed by a government adoption panel, following years of planning and weeks of trying to set up an […]