HAS OBAMA ALREADY RENEGED ON UGANDA GAY SANCTIONS?
President Obama has reportedly invited anti-gay Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to a summit in Washington, seemingly in contravention of his own government’s recent sanctions against the country. According to New Vision, Museveni is one of the African leaders invited by Obama to the first ever American-African Summit that will take place in August. Said Ugandan Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary […]
NOT ALONE IN THE WORLD: NAKHANE TOURÉ
Nakhane Touré, the openly gay South African singer and songwriter, is a stunning new talent who’s been breaking musical and social boundaries over the last year. The 26-year-old recently took home the Best Alternative Album honour at the South African Music Awards (Samas) for his acclaimed début album Brave Confusion. His music, introspective lyrics and […]
ALARM OVER EQUALITY COURT FAILURE TO BACK GAY RIGHTS
Activists are concerned that a Western Cape Equality Court has failed to rule in favour of a gay couple unfairly refused service by a guesthouse. Neil Coulson and his husband Jonathan Sedgwick were denied accommodation in November 2013 by the Watershed (renamed House of Bread) B&B in Wolseley, near Ceres, because their sexual orientation was in conflict […]
METRO’S DURBAN GAY PRIDE RESPONSE REJECTED
The openly gay DA councillor who was allegedly subjected to homophobic insults by an ANC member of the Ethekwini Metro Council has rejected an explanation by the Speaker. Councillor Martin Meyer last week claimed that Council Speaker Logie Naidoo refused to allow him to proclaim his support for Durban Gay Pride and then allowed an […]
NAMIBIA’S EFF WANNABE PARTY IS PROUDLY ANTI-GAY
A new Namibian political party launched this week is inspired by Julius Malema’s EFF, with one significant difference: It’s openly homophobic and already spouting anti-gay rhetoric. According to the Mail and Guardian, the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is a “populist movement sporting red berets, using military ranks and demanding nationalisation of all the land […]
SA-BORN ACTIVIST HONOURED BY SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE
Controversial and fiery, Melanie Nathan, a South African-born attorney and LGBT rights activist, has been selected as a Community Grand Marshal for this Sunday’s San Francisco Pride Parade. Grand Marshals are public emissaries who have made significant contributions to the LGBT community. They are selected annually by San Francisco Pride’s Board of Directors. Nathan says that […]
METRO WON’T SUPPORT DURBAN GAY PRIDE, ALLOWS HOMOPHOBIA
The eThekwini Municipal Council has apparently refused to express its support for Durban Gay Pride and has been accused of instead allowing a council member to display shockingly homophobic behaviour. At a meeting at City Hall this morning (25 June), DA Councillor Martin Meyer attempted to ask the Council to congratulate Durban’s LGBTI community on this week’s […]
UGANDA ANTI-GAY ‘ETHICS’ MINISTER WINS RIGHTS CASE
There’s been another victory for the Uganda anti-gay camp. A campaign by the homophobic minster of ethics to shut down LGBT groups has been firmly backed by the courts. On Monday, the Uganda High Court ruled that Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo was legally justified in conducting a February 2012 raid on a private LGBT rights workshop […]
SA GOVT ‘DELAYING’ REGIONAL AFRICAN LGBTI RIGHTS SEMINAR
African civil society groups have demanded that the South African government sets a date for its promised regional seminar on African LGBTI rights, claiming that it is deliberately delaying the process. In March, the original text of a speech given by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Nkoana-Mashabane, at the United Nations Human Rights […]
ANTI-GAY UGANDA MINISTER VOTED HEAD OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Despite an outcry from the world’s LGBT community, African nations have unanimously chosen to make Uganda’s anti-gay Foreign Minister the new President of the UN General Assembly. Sam Kutesa, 65, was elected to the post on Wednesday in New York. The year-long largely ceremonial position is chosen on a regional rotation basis and this time […]