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 […]
England’s NHS stops referring patients for “gay cure therapy”
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has told its staff to stop referring patients for so-called “conversion therapy,” which is intended to change a person’s sexuality. According to the BBC, conversion therapy is not directly offered through the NHS, but there have been occasions in which GPs, counsellors and psychotherapists have referred clients to people offering […]
Meet the man cycling across Africa for LGBT rights
Lawyer, social justice advocate, choreographer, dancer, director and musician – and now long-haul cyclist and fund-raiser. American Nate Freeman has just begun a remarkable journey – cycling 12,000 kilometres from Cairo to Cape Town to raise awareness and support for LGBT rights in Africa. His ambitious bicycle ride is part of the Out in Africa Ride project, […]
Miami archbishop will fire employees who support gay marriage
The schizophrenic nature of the Catholic Church’s stance on homosexuality has come to the fore in Florida, where same-sex marriage was legalised this week. In a letter to Church employees, the Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, addressed “recent decisions by courts in Florida that have imposed the redefinition of marriage.” In bid to provide them […]
Shocking! 600 Indians arrested for gay sex last year
A shocking number of people were arrested across India in 2014 simply for engaging in gay sex. The Deccan Herald has reported that almost 600 people were arrested under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises gay sex as “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” The colonial era law was struck down […]
Zim “prophet” hails Mugabe’s anti-gay stance
A well-known Zimbabwean religious leader has praised President Robert Mugabe for his anti-gay stance, saying that this has helped the country survive. According to the state-run Herald newspaper, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa told his United Family International Church congregants on Sunday that Mugabe should be commended for standing firm against the West, despite “illegal” economic sanctions. […]
Africa crowns its first black leather titleholder
For the first time in Africa, a gay leather title has been awarded to a black woman.
On Saturday, Selogadi Mampane was named Ms. SA Leather 2015, with Herman Groenewald taking the Mr. SA Leather title, at a ceremony in Sea Point, Cape Town.
Editorial: No, judge, we can’t be fixed
While he may have sentenced the killer of Duduzile Zozo to 30 years in jail, the judge in the case revealed an unsettling and dangerous lack of understanding about LGBT people. On Tuesday, we reported that Judge Tshifiwa Maumela sent Lekgoa Lesley Motleleng to jail for raping and murdering the 26-year-old lesbian woman last year, […]
Church fires Groblersdal minister over “gay” Facebook picture
The Afrikaans Protestant Church (APK) has dismissed a minister because he appeared in a photo with a group of LGBT people. Philip Olivier, 35, of the Groblersdal congregation, posted the picture in which he is seen at a social function hosted by Triarc, an LGBT insurance and medical aid company, on Facebook. According to Rapport, […]