Editorial | FPB Appeals Tribunal must resign over homophobic ‘Inxeba’ ban
The members of the Film & Publication Board (FPB) Appeals Tribunal must follow in the footsteps of Jacob Zuma and resign after abusing their power to ban Inxeba (The Wound). In a shock announcement this week, the board said it had changed the film’s earlier 16 LS rating to X18, one usually given to hardcore pornography. […]
Cape Town hate preacher fumes at “sodomites” as he’s ordered to court
Notorious anti-LGBTQ Cape Town pastor Oscar Bougardt is furious after finally being ordered to appear in the Equality Court to again account for his hate speech. On Friday, Bougardt lashed out at “filthy sodomites” and the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC ) on his Facebook page. He said he’d received a notice from the Equality Court […]
Romantic relationships help gay youth cope with homophobia
We should be enabling gay teenagers to find romance with one another, just like their heterosexual counterparts, say researchers. A new study has confirmed that young lesbian and gay American youth who are in relationships suffer less psychological distress than those who are not. The research by Northwestern Medicine and the University of Cincinnati also […]
ANC-allied LGBTIQ group welcomes Ramaphosa as SA’s new president
A collective of LGBTIQ supporters of the ANC has applauded the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as South Africa’s new president. On Thursday, following Jacob Zuma’s long-awaited resignation, Ramaphosa – the head of the ANC – was voted into office by Parliament as the country’s leader. This was seen as a positive move by the Embrace […]
Indonesia | Details of transgender women’s abuse by police emerge
Some of the transgender women who were recently publicly victimised by police in Indonesia have detailed their harrowing abuse. The women were brutally violated when police raided five beauty salons where they worked on 27 January in North Aceh. They were publicly humiliated, kicked and slapped, and had their hair cut in a bid to […]