Hate speech victory? Cape Town LGBTQ-hate pastor narrowly avoids jail
Cape Town hate pastor Oscar Bougardt has been sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended for five years, for his vile attacks against the LGBTQ community. On Friday, Judge Lee Bozalek handed down his Equality Court judgment in the Western Cape High Court regarding charges by the SA Human Rights Commission that Bougardt had violated […]
Africa’s first LGBT+ Workplace Equality Index launched
Senior corporate leaders have spoken about the impact of being out in the workplace at the launch of the inaugural LGBT+ SA Workplace Equality Index (SAWEI) in Sandton on Thursday night The South African LGBT+ Management Forum formally launched the index, allowing companies to apply to take part in Africa’s very first survey that will asses their […]
Uganda’s chief homophobe stops IDAHOTB event at last minute
Despite having permission in place, an event marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) in Kampala, Uganda has been shut down minutes before it was set to start. Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) was forced on Thursday to cancel its function by the police on the orders of the notoriously homophobic Minister of […]