Pakistan | Celebration and tragedy for transgender community
The transgender community in Pakistan is celebrating the passage of a landmark new law for equality while also mourning the murder of another of its members. On Tuesday, the county’s parliament voted to approve the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act that aims to guarantee the rights of transgender people. The historic legislation will outlaw […]
Uganda | HIV conference postponed over “promotion of homosexuality”
Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has reportedly blocked an HIV conference because he says it will “promote homosexuality and other dirty things.” The first Annual Conference on Key and Priority Populations in Uganda was meant to take place from 9 to 10 May in Kampala. It sought to provide “key insights, advances and […]
We are a family too: An open letter to Malusi Gigaba
Living under the constant threat of forced separation for more than a year, a married binational same-sex couple have appealed to Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, to recognise them as a family. Earlier this year, we reported on the bureaucratic and possibly homophobic challenges faced by American Wendy Kessman and South African Nomfundo Ngidi, […]
Has the Pretoria gay online dating gang finally killed someone?
A man has fallen to his death in Pretoria, possibly killed by the same gang that has been targeting gay men through online dating sites and apps. On Monday, a 23-year-old man was reportedly pushed from the seventh floor of a flat adjacent to the Tambotie apartment block in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria. Police believe […]