Ghana | LGBT people face mob attacks and family violence
A new report has highlighted the devastating scale of discrimination and abuse experienced by LGBT people in Ghana, both in public and in family settings. The 72-page Human Rights Watch report shows how the country’s colonial-era law punishing “unnatural carnal knowledge” relegates LGBT Ghanaians to effective second-class citizenship. “Having a law on the books that […]
Here’s America’s first openly gay Olympic male figure skater
Adam Rippon’s selection on Sunday for the 2018 Winter Olympics makes him just one of possibly two figure skaters who’ve been out while they competed at the Games. According to Outsports, Rippon, 28, “will become the first openly gay American male skater to compete in the Olympics” when he takes to the ice in South […]
Report: Transgender woman murdered in Rustenburg
The festive season continues to be a bloody one for LGBTI South Africans, as another possible hate crime murder comes to light. The body of Kagiso Ishmael Maema, a 25-year-old transgender woman from Seraleng in Rustenburg, was discovered on Saturday, January 6. Thabiso Mogapi wa Tsotetsi, Chairperson of Action For Social Justice International, spoke to […]
Now Jamaicans try to block ‘kill gays’ preacher Steven Anderson
After being banned by South Africa, American pastor Steven Anderson is now trying to spread his anti-LGBT hate in Jamaica. Anderson plans to visit the island nation on January 29 in order to “preach the gospel and preach about Jesus and preach about salvation”, he told The Gleaner. A petition has been launched calling on […]