JUBILATION! UGANDA’S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT IS DEAD
In a landmark judgement, Uganda’s Constitutional Court ruled today that the reviled Anti-Homosexuality Act is null and void. On Friday, the court’s five justices agreed with petitioners that the anti-gay law, said to be one of the harshest in the world, had been passed illegally by Parliament because there were not enough lawmakers present at […]
UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT COULD BE STRUCK DOWN TOMORROW
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has begun hearing a petition to nullify the country’s oppressive Anti-Homosexuality Act. The petitioners opposing the law include high profile LGBT and human rights campaigners and groups, an MP, and a university professor. If their first argument about the legality of how the law was passed is accepted by the court, the […]
EAT: HAYDEN QUINN – THE SURFING COOK
South Africa’s had a love affair with surfing celebrity cook Hayden Quinn ever since he appeared on MasterChef Australia 3 back in 2011. While he didn’t win, he parlayed his fun bloke next door personality (and good looks) into a thriving brand that’s stretching out across the globe. To the delight of his SA fans, he can now […]
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 […]