Some of the nicest people I know are homophobes…
I was recently invited to debate the ongoing issue of wedding venues turning away same-sex couples on the Cliff Central online radio channel. The experience left me a little bewildered by some of the assumptions that were thrown around. The discussion focused on a recent incident in which a gay couple was refused service by […]
Cape Town man strikes back against American ‘ex-gay’ twin billboard
The international furore over an anti-gay billboard in the US, featuring a South African man, has taken a new turn. In December it was revealed that stock photos of Capetonian Kyle Roux were used, without his knowledge, on a controversial anti-gay billboard along a major highway in Richmond, Virginia. Erected by the “gay cure” group Parents […]
Cape Town Pride race row grows as Alternative Pride launched
LGBT activists have launched an “Alternative Inclusive Pride” amid continued accusations that Cape Town Pride is exclusionary and not representative. The group, through its Facebook page, announced a calendar of events that will take place at the same time as Cape Town Pride to offer “safe, non-oppressive LGBTIAQ spaces in Cape Town.” The activists put […]
Fired Cape Town lesbian minister goes to Constitutional Court
In what could be a landmark development, a lesbian Western Cape Methodist minister fired for marrying a woman is taking her five-year-long battle for equality to the Constitutional Court. Ecclesia de Lange was dismissed by the Methodist Church of South Africa (MCSA) in January 2010 after she announced her intention to marry her partner at the time. De Lange has […]
Another Gauteng wedding venue snubs gay couple
A gay couple have been turned away from a leading Gauteng wedding venue because of their sexual orientation.
DJ and musician releases vile anti-gay song
A Ghanaian DJ and musician, known as DJ Eminimu, has released an appalling rap song rallying against the so called “abomination” of homosexuality. Real name Enoch Kwasi Fobih, the homophobic DJ is, somewhat ironically, employed by Rainbow Radio International, a radio station with offices in Accra and London. On its website, the station praises its […]
Men allegedly raped PE lesbian to “show her she’s a woman”
Two men are on trial in the Port Elizabeth High Court for allegedly raping a lesbian woman in the Eastern Cape township of Kwazakhele. On Wednesday, a witness, Thabizolo Nodada, described how four men – Sonwabo Ngcete (20), Khuselo Manta (22), Siyamthanda Ndiza (21) and Siyabonga Mahlangu (21) – allegedly attacked the unnamed woman in […]
Benedict Cumberbatch & Stephen Fry join gay pardon campaign
British stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry have joined a growing campaign to see the thousands of men convicted of homosexuality in the UK pardoned. Homosexuality was only legalised in Britain in 1967, when the law for “gross indecency” (section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885) was overturned. By that point, more than 49,000 […]
Kenya says no gays have been jailed because of their sexuality
Kenya’s government has defended its LGBTI rights record at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, and claimed that it is not enforcing its gay sex ban. On Thursday, the country addressed the issue during its UN Universal Periodic Review, a process that all UN members undergo every four years. Sweden’s Minister-Counsellor Josefin Simonsson Brodén noted […]
Malawi’s anti-gay Catholic bishop killed in car crash, lauded by president
Malawi’s President Mutharika has praised anti-gay Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, who passed away last week. Zuza, 59, who was bishop of the Mzuzu Diocese and headed up Malawi’s Episcopal Conference, died from injuries sustained in a car accident last week. He was known for his anti-gay views and, according to Malawi 24, was […]