Lynne Brown | Africa’s most senior LGBT politician implicated in corruption

Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown – the most powerful openly LGBT politician in Africa – and her romantic partner, Ingrid Tufvesson, have been accused of corruption. According to reports that emerged on the weekend, it’s been alleged that E Smart Solutions, a company owned by Tufvesson, was awarded two contracts worth R1.2 million by […]

UK | Doctors ordered to ask if patients are gay or lesbian

A move towards better health care or an invasion of privacy? Doctors and nurses in England have been told to ask patients about their sexual orientation. In a new policy document titled “Sexual Orientation Monitoring”, NHS England has ordered staff to “record sexual orientation at every face to face contact” with patients over the age […]