SOUTH AFRICA VOTES ‘YES’ FOR GLOBAL LGBT EQUALITY
The South African government has stuck to its constitutional commitments and voted in favour of another ground-breaking resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). On Friday afternoon, the country was the only African nation in Geneva to say “yes” to resolution A/HRC/27/L.27/Rev.1, condemning violence and discrimination on the […]
GROUPS SAY SA GOV MUST BACK UN LGBTI RESOLUTION
Human rights groups have written to the South African government insisting that it support a pending resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity at the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The resolution, sponsored by Chile, Uruguay, Colombia and Brazil, is a follow-up to the landmark 2011 resolution […]
EKURHULENI LESBIAN MURDERED, LEFT BEHIND KILLER’S BED TO ROT
South Africa’s LGBTI community remains under siege. Another lesbian woman has been raped and murdered in an apparent hate crime in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, outside of Johannesburg. According to activists, the body of Thembelihle ‘Lihle’ Sokhela, believed to be in her late 20s, was found in her alleged killer’s room on Tuesday, two days after she’d […]
IS SOUTH AFRICA PLANNING TO VOTE AGAINST LGBTI RIGHTS AT THE UN?
There are concerns that South Africa will not vote in favour of a new UN resolution against LGBTI discrimination and violence. The country has in the past been accused of inconsistency and of flip-flopping on the issue of international LGBTI equality, especially when it comes to other African countries. After a miserable record in that […]
OUTRAGEOUS! UGANDA WOOS GAY TOURISTS
In an unbelievable move, Uganda’s tourism association is trying to convince America’s gay and lesbian community to holiday and spend its dollars in the country. The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has revealed that it recently met with staff from Uganda Tourism and tourism businesses from Uganda’s private sector to discuss LGBT tourism […]
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 […]