14% of LGBT Americans voted for Donald Trump
Despite his proposing a number of anti-LGBT policies, a surprising number of LGBT Americans voted to elect Donald Trump as president. According to exit poll results published by The New York Times, 14% of those who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender said they’d cast their vote for the controversial candidate. This compares to […]
Orlando to turn Pulse gay nightclub into a museum
The city of Orlando in Florida is planning to buy the Pulse gay nightclub and turn it into a memorial. The venue, which has continued to operate as a club, was the site of the cold-blooded massacre of 49 LGBTQ people by 29-year-old Omar Mateen on June 12. “This location is now a permanent part […]
Brakpan restaurant threatens legal action over anti-gay date night claims
An Ekurhuleni restaurant has threatened to sue the lesbian woman accusing it of discrimination over the venue’s opposite-sex-only date nights. Mia Agrela claimed on Facebook and in the media that the Lake Restaurant’s “date night” events are exclusively for heterosexual couples and that this amounts to discrimination. She discovered this when she she booked to […]
New “revolutionary” political party attacks gays and lesbians
Just what we need in South Africa; a new political party that’s out to diminish and reject gays and lesbians. The Daily Sun reports that the KwaZulu-Natal-based People’s Revolutionary Movement (PRM) had its launch in Durban on Sunday, where it expounded on its anti-LGBT views. “As a movement we are 100 percent against same-sex marriages. […]
DA wants Parliament to debate govt’s anti-LGBT stance at the UN
Update 11/11/2016: South Africa’s Department of International Relations has categorically denied that it supports efforts to suspend the recently appointed UN LGBT watchdog. Details here. The DA has called on Parliament to debate South Africa’s increasingly disturbing approach to LGBTI rights at the United Nations. The move was in response to reports that South Africa […]
Fears for LGBTQ equality in the US as Donald Trump is elected president
As the world reels from the reality that Donald Trump has been elected America’s 45th president, there are concerns that he could undermine LGBTQ equality in the US. In a statement on Wednesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation’s biggest LGBTQ rights group – reacted to the shocking election results, which will also see Mike Pence […]
No romance for lesbian couple turned away by Brakpan restaurant
A restaurant in Ekurhuleni has been accused of discrimination against a lesbian couple, telling them that its date night events are for straight people only. Mia Agrela and her partner hoped to enjoy the Lake Restaurant’s advertised romantic 7-course candlelight dinner, complete with a pianist and singer, but soon had their plans ruined. Agrela made […]
Tamara Dey: “I’ve always been an underdog”
Music diva Tamara Dey will be unveiling brand new dance tracks at this Saturday’s Therapy 20-year-reunion party at Carfax. She’s set to perform three times during the event, seen as Jozi’s most-anticipated bash of the year, alongside Therapy’s DJ family, including the iconic Stuart Hillary. Dey, who is also the voice of elctro-dance band Flash […]
Zimbabwe rejects LGBT rights, accused of “spin” on same-sex marriage
The Zimbabwe government has rejected recommendations to decriminalise homosexuality, claiming that the West tried to force it to accept same-sex marriage. The country’s media reported this week that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that Zimbabwe had “shot down” recommendations “on homosexuality” by European members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, but had accepted 142 other […]
Local LGBTI groups slam SA’s alarming “betrayal” at the UN
Update 11/11/2016: South Africa’s Department of International Relations has categorically denied that it supports efforts to suspend the recently appointed UN LGBT watchdog. Details here. Local LGBTI activists are outraged at South Africa’s support for the Africa Group’s attempt to suspend the UN Human Rights Council’s appointment of a global LGBTI watchdog. South Africa has signed […]