ARE SEX VENUES HARMING THE GAY COMMUNITY?
A British LGBT rights campaigner has controversially argued that gay sex venues like saunas and steam-baths should be closed down if gay people want to be accepted as “normal” by society. James Wharton, an openly gay former soldier who served with Prince Harry, made the statement in an article published by Wing magazine. He wrote […]
GAY GROUPS BACK SA GOV STANCE ON UGANDA
In a surprising move, six leading LGBTI NGOs have backed the South African government’s “quiet diplomacy” stance on Uganda’s new anti-gay law. The government has been slammed by numerous sectors of civil society for failing to loudly condemn the oppressive Ugandan law, or similar laws in other African countries. In a statement, the groups – […]
IS MUGABE PLANNING UGANDA-STYLE ANTI-GAY LAW?
According to the Zimbabwean media, President Robert Mugabe may be planning to introduce an anti-gay law similar to the one enacted in Uganda last week. The Herald reported on Monday that the proudly homophobic Zimbabwean leader proclaimed his support for the Ugandan law, which has been criticised by the US and European nations. He described President […]
SCHOOL PUPILS DEMAND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN GIRLS
Tembisa high school pupils in the east of Johannesburg have joined a protest against their school for allegedly discriminating against their lesbian schoolmates. Last week, media reports emerged that seven openly lesbian teenage school girls claimed to have been warned by Phomolong Secondary School Deputy Principal Mashego that their “satanic” lesbianism would not be tolerated. […]
WORLD BANK SUSPENDS $90 MILLION LOAN TO UGANDA
The World Bank has confirmed that it has put a planned loan to Uganda on hold due to the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The $90 million loan was intended to bolster the country’s health care system, reported Reuters, but the bank says that it now needs to assess if the discriminatory law will affect […]
SA GOV WON’T COMMENT ON UGANDA LAW, BACKS QWELANE
The South African government has confirmed that it won’t condemn Uganda’s anti-gay law and sees no problem with having homophobe Jon Qwelane as its representative in Kampala. Speaking to journalists yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said: “Countries pass many bills and we don’t really comment on them, so I don’t know why you need […]
PE GAY WEDDING PHOTO SPARKS HATE BACKLASH
The angry public response to a front page photo of a Valentine’s Day gay wedding reflects how far LGBT people still have to go to be accepted in South Africa. The 15 February edition of the Weekend Post published a photo of Case van der Touw and Shaun Luyt’s Greek style wedding in Port Elizabeth […]
MUSEVENI SAYS F..K YOU TO WORLD: SIGNS ANTI-GAY BILL
After months of speculation, President Museveni has finally done it. On Monday he made a defiant display of signing Uganda’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill – one of the harshest in the world – despite international condemnation. Museveni assented to the bill at a press conference at State House in Entebbe, the official office and residence of […]
VICTORY AS HOME AFFAIRS RELEASES GAY ACTIVIST
The Department of Home Affairs has bowed to activists’ demands and released internationally known Ugandan activist Dr Paul Semugoma and will allow him to stay in South Africa. On Thursday, the department faced a contempt of court application by civil society groups at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg after officials refused to release […]
MUSEVENI’S SCIENCE REPORT: “GAYS ARE AFRICAN”
It appears that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has not been entirely honest about the contents of a “scientific” report that he commissioned to prove that homosexuality is “unnatural.” The president said last month that he would only sign his country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill once he received a report from a team of scientists on the issue. […]