MUGABE ATTACKS GAYS ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY
Adding to the plight of LGBT people on the continent, Robert Mugabe has used the occasion of his 90th birthday to once again attack gays and lesbians. On Sunday, the Zimbabwean President celebrated his birthday with a massive bash in Marondera, east of Harare, estimated to have cost around $1 million. Confirming that his advanced […]
PIZZERIA BANS HOMOPHOBIC LAWMAKERS
A pizza restaurant in Arizona has banned Republican legislators after they passed a bill that will allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. If signed by Governor Jan Brewer, the so-called “Religious Freedom” bill will entitle businesses and service providers in the American state to refuse to serve gays and lesbians if they believe […]
TRADITIONAL COURTS BILL DEAD
The controversial Traditional Courts Bill, which could have led to legal discrimination against women and LGBT people in rural areas, has been dropped by Parliament. The bill sought to create a parallel system of justice in which traditional leaders in rural areas would be able to unilaterally decide on matters and hand out punishments on […]
MUSEVENI CHALLENGES OBAMA ON GAYS
President Museveni says that he will review Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill if American scientists can prove to him that people are born gay. Museveni issued a statement on Friday in reaction to President Obama’s condemnation of the pending law in which Obama warned that it could “complicate” America’s relationship with Uganda. The Ugandan president said that […]
SCIENTISTS: HOMOPHOBES DIE YOUNGER
Homophobia is bad for everyone it seems. Following a recent study that showed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people living in anti-gay communities die younger, another has revealed that the bigots themselves are also likely to die earlier. The authors of the study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, set out to determine […]
TUTU SAYS UGANDA ANTI-GAY BILL LIKE NAZI LAW
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Uganda’s President Museveni of breaking his promise to not approve his country’s anti-gay bill. In a statement issued on Sunday, the retired cleric revealed that when he spoke to Museveni last month, the president “gave his word that he would not let the Anti-Homosexuality Bill become law.” Tutu said he was disheartened […]
US STATE TO ALLOW CHRISTIAN BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE
Companies in the American state of Arizona could soon be entitled to refuse to serve gays and lesbians if it’s against their religious beliefs. An appalling piece of legislation to legalise this was passed by the Republican-led House on Thursday, with 33 voting for the bill and 27 against. It now goes to Governor Jan Brewer for her […]
REPORT: LESBIAN TEENS BANNED FROM TEMBISA SCHOOL
A high school in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, has reportedly told seven openly lesbian teenage school girls to leave because of their sexuality. According to the Daily Sun, four of the girls – Hloni Mokoena, Asanda Gonyela, Lwazi Maluleke and Rhulani Tibane – have come forward to make the accusation after they stopped going to […]
SA SPOOF T-SHIRT COMPANY IN GAY SLUR FURORE
Satire t-shirt company Laugh It Off has been slammed on social media for mocking clothing retailer JayJays by using a gay slur. Laugh It Off, which won a landmark 2005 Constitutional Court case after it was sued by SAB for satirising its Carling Black Label beer brand, has accused JayJays of stealing one of its […]
SOUTH AFRICA RISES IN PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
South Africa has risen eleven places in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index, which has lauded President Jacob Zuma. The country is now placed at number 42 (previously 52) on the annual Reporters Without Borders list, above the United States (46), Japan (59) and Zimbabwe (135) but below Namibia (22), Ghana (27) and the United […]