VILLAGERS CLAIM MAN IS GAY TO STEAL HIS LAND
The criminalisation of homosexuality and its associated fear and social stigma don’t just affect LGBT people, but are often used to scapegoat and target anyone for any number of reasons. This is illustrated by a distributing report that villagers in Cameroon have made up accusations of homosexuality against a man, apparently in order to steal […]
US FUNDING OF ANTI-GAY HATE IN AFRICA REVEALED
Despite the American government publicly supporting LGBT rights, it’s been claimed that it has continued to provide funding to anti-gay groups in Africa. In a recent The Nation article titled Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train, journalist Andy Kopsa writes that the Obama administration was informed years before Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality-Bill that it was funding anti-gay religious […]
GAY MAN ACCUSES CAPE TOWN POLICE OF HATE CRIME BRUTALITY
A gay Cape Town man has accused police officers of beating him after they allegedly refused to register his discrimination complaint. Junior Mayema, 26, who fled from the DRC because of his sexual and gender identity, told Mambaonline that the incident took place on Friday night. Mayema, who is renting a room in a house, […]
KYRGYZSTAN GAY ACTIVISTS PLEAD FOR WORLD’S ATTENTION
Gay activists in the Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan are calling for international support as a proposed Putin-style anti-gay law is set to limit the rights of LGBT people. The “gay propaganda” bill is similar to the one passed in Russia last year, which has been used to restrict press freedom and music concerts, to ban […]
UGANDA HEALTH MINISTRY REJECTS GAY DISCRIMINATION
Uganda’s Ministry of Health says that health care providers must offer health services to LGBT people without any form of discrimination. This follows concerns that the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act will not only allow health care providers to discriminate against LGBT people but will compel them to do so. It’s feared that doctors, clinics and researchers will need to […]
UGANDA: GAY ARRESTS NOT FOR PROMOTION OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Recent reports of the arrests of five Ugandans for the promotion of homosexuality under the country’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act appear to be incorrect. Last week, the Daily Monitor reported that the arrests took place in the Pader District in Northern Uganda. It was claimed that the suspects – two businessmen, a teacher, and two students […]
OBAMA HYPOCRISY? MUGABE NOT WELCOME BUT MUSEVENI IS
Why has President Obama refused to allow Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe to attend the upcoming US-Africa summit, but asked Uganda’s anti-gay President Museveni to take part? Last week, it was revealed that Museveni had been invited to Washington for next month’s summit. This despite White House sanctions, announced just days earlier, restricting travel to the US […]
ZAVION: BEING GAY DOESN’T DEFINE YOUR ABILITIES
Zavion Kotze made a splash this year as only the second-ever openly gay male contestant on Survivor South Africa. But his sexuality – and blond good looks, of course – were not the only reasons why he stood out. Zavion is a man of many talents. Born in Joburg, he grew up in KZN where […]
WTF? UGANDA DENIES ANTI-GAY BILL IS ANTI-GAY
The Ugandan government has absurdly claimed that its draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act is not really about targeting gays and lesbians, in a seemingly desperate bid to avoid losing further international aid. In a statement issued on Monday, the government stated that the law was only aimed at “curbing open promotion of homosexuality, especially among children and […]
LGBT FAMILIES: SOUTH AFRICA HAS EXPLAINING TO DO
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed its concern that South Africa endorsed the exclusion of LGBT families from a resolution passed last month by the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution, which called for “the protection of the family,” appears innocuous enough but activists are wary that it could be used as […]