ANTI-GAY SA PASTOR ATTENDS HOMOPHOBIC “FAMILY” CONFERENCE IN RUSSIA
Pastor Errol Naidoo, South Africa’s Christian crusader against gay equality has spoken at an international “family” conference in Moscow, which has called for global “gay propaganda” laws. The Large Families – the Future of Humanity International Forum was held last week at the Kremlin after the planned anti-gay World Congress of Families conference in the […]
STEVE HOFMEYR WRITES TO GAY, WHITE EFF MEMBER
A recent article on a gay, white and Afrikaans student member of the EFF has inspired controversial Afrikaans singer and actor Steve Hofmeyr to respond with a homophobic and racist diatribe. In SAPA’s September 5 article on Jaco Oelofse, headlined by IOL News with “He’s gay, white and from the EFF,” the 23-year-old philosophy and […]
JON QWELANE GAY HATE SPEECH CASE TO RESUME IN NOVEMBER
The years-long legal battle to make Jon Qwelane face the consequences of his homophobic hate speech will continue later this year. On Monday, Qwelane’s lawyer, Andrew Boerner, said in a statement that the South Gauteng High Court will hear the disgraced journalist’s effort to challenge certain provisions of the Equality Act on 13 and 14 […]
CLAIM: TOP JOBURG SCHOOL FIRES MAN FOR BEING GAY
A man is claiming that he was fired from a top private school in Johannesburg after his supervisor discovered that he’s gay by snooping on his Facebook profile. Alexander Bruce told Mambaonline that he started working as a security guard at the school in May, on a three month contract. The contract came to an […]
UGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL TO RETURN TO PARLIAMENT
Described as akin to the mythical Hydra with many heads, the horrific Anti-Homosexuality Bill appears set to return to Uganda’s Parliament. According to the Daily Monitor, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanya, has received written notification from MPs David Bahati and Benson Obua Ogwal of their plans to re-table the legislation. It was Bahati […]
FIRED LESBIAN MINISTER STUNNED BY ‘HOSTILE JUDGES’
Ecclesia de Lange, the lesbian Methodist minister fired for marrying her partner, says she was stunned by the “hostility” of the Supreme Court of Appeal justices who heard her case this week in Bloemfontein. De Lange has been fighting for more than four years to have her job reinstated after she was dismissed by the Methodist […]
FIRED LESBIAN MINISTER CONTINUES HER FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
The former Cape Town minister who was fired from the Methodist Church for marrying her female partner continued her more than four-year-long battle for equality in court on Tuesday. Advocate Anna-Marie de Vos told the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein that Ecclesia de Lange was constitutionally entitled to marry her partner in light […]
GENERATIONS WAGE DISPUTE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GAY KILLINGS?
Have South Africans become so immune to hate crimes that a soapie generates more attention than the murder of a teenage lesbian? That’s the question being asked by the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), which slammed the government and the media for being more interested in the Generations cast’s firing than the most […]
WEDDING VENUE IGNORES COURT RULING – SNUBS ANOTHER GAY COUPLE
Another gay couple has been snubbed by a wedding venue. Outrageously, it’s one that was previously found guilty of discriminating against gays and lesbians. In July 2012, the Alberton Magistrates’ Court, sitting as an Equality Court, found that the Sha-Mani Lodge in Alberton, Johannesburg unfairly discriminated against two lesbian women by refusing to allow them […]
ZAVION’S GAY GAMES GOLD MEDAL BONANZA
Survivor’s Zavion Kotze has made South Africa proud, bringing home an impressive stash of medals from the Cleveland Gay Games. The week-long event came to a close on Saturday night with a ceremony featuring a performance by Boy George. Thousands of athletes from 50 countries took part in the Games – touted as a success for […]