Trial of 54 charged with holding ‘gay wedding’ starts in Nigeria
A court in Nigeria is trying a group of up to 54 people on charges of attending a party celebrating a same-sex marriage. The accused, most of whom are believed to be students, were arrested on 15 April in a raid on a motel in the city of Zaria, in the northern state of Kaduna. […]
Qantas CEO got pie in the face because he supports marriage equality
The CEO of Australia’s national airline was targeted with a pie in the face because he’s spoken out in support of same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, Alan Joyce, the head of Qantas, was in the midst of a business breakfast speech in Perth when a man walked onto the stage and shoved a pie into the […]
New York woman becomes 10th US transgender murder victim this year
The onslaught against transgender women, particularly those of colour, continues in the US with the killing of Brenda Bostick in New York City. Bostick, a 59-year-old black transgender woman, died last week Thursday from injuries sustained in an attack on April 25th in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan. According to media reports, the homeless woman […]
Theresa May speaks out against Chechnya’s anti-gay purge
The British Prime Minister has called the crackdown against the LGBT community in Chechnya “abhorrent” and has promised to take action. Theresa May addressed the subject in a letter, dated 10 May, in response to MPs who had requested the government’s intervention in the matter. “I am writing to thank you and your co-signatories for […]
Afrikaans celebrity lay preacher slammed for dangerous views on homosexuality
Gretha Wiid’s claim that homosexuality is a developmental aberration caused by an unloving father, which can be cured if caught in time, has gone viral. Wiid is a popular public speaker, lay preacher and relationship ‘expert’ in the Afrikaans community and has been described as a female version of controversial preacher Angus Buchan. She and […]