HEADLINES
JAMAICAN LESBIAN ALLOWED TO STAY IN US:
A Jamaican lesbian who feared becoming the victim of violence in her home country has been allowed to stay in the US.
ALARM OVER ARV RECALL:
A packaging error by a factory worker has led to a nationwide recall of two types of antiretroviral drugs manufactured by Adcock Ingram.
PRESS OMBUDSMAN APPEAL REJECTED:
Calls to appeal Press Ombudsman Joe Thloloe’s ruling again the Sunday Sun for publishing a homophobic article have been rejected by the SA Press Appeals Panel.
GAY LECTURER SUES CHURCH FOR SACKING:
A music lecturer is suing the Moreleta Park N G Kerk in Pretoria after he was fired for having a same-sex relationship.
CAMERON: DON’T CRIMINALISE HIV+ PEOPLE:
Judge Edwin Cameron has rejected the increasing criminalisation of HIV positive people in Africa and around the world.
COUNTDOWN TO JOBURG PRIDE 08:
Joburg Pride, set to take place on October 4, is calling for floats, Pride-related events and advertising in the 2008 Pride Guide.
SIMELANE TRIAL DELAYED AGAIN:
The trial of the men accused of the hate crime murder of former Banyana Banyana soccer player Eudy Simelane has been postponed again.
GAY MEN STILL EXCLUDED FROM HIV PROGRAMMES:
Social exclusion and lack of HIV prevention programmes for men who have sex with men is escalating new HIV infections in major cities in the developing world.
WILLIAMS LETTERS SUPPORT GAYS:
While Anglican head Rowan Williams has recently taken a conservative approach to homosexuality he once thought gay relationships might be comparable to heterosexual ones.
SCIENTISTS FIND HAIR GROWTH MOLECULE:
Stanford scientists have found a molecule that triggers hair growth in mouse embryos which could one day be used to treat baldness.
GAY CINDERELLA GETS ICY RECEPTION:
A family production of Cinderella on Ice featuring a gay romance has caused consternation among conservative groups in Melbourne Australia.
MAFIA POET RAPED FOR BEING GAY:
A member of the Sicilian mafia was allegedly gang-raped by his fellow gangsters as punishment for being gay, says his lawyer.
ANTIRETROVIRALS COULD PREVENT HIV:
People on ARV treatment who have undetectable viral loads are unlikely to transmit HIV, said scientists at the international AIDS conference in Mexico City.
AUSSIE MAN CHARGED WITH LOVER’S MURDER:
An Australian man has been charged with the murder of his lover who disappeared in September last year.
JOBURG PRIDE APPEALS OMBUDSMAN RULING:
Joburg Pride has officially lodged an appeal against the Press Ombudsman's ruling on the Jon Qwelane article published by the Sunday Sun.
SUNDAY SUN’S HALF-HEARTED APOLOGY:
The publisher of the Sunday Sun has apologised for hurting “some people’s feelings,” but not for actually publishing the controversial Jon Qwelane column.
TATCHELL SLAMS ANGLICAN CONFERENCE:
The Lambeth Conference is more interested in appeasing homophobes than in defending the human rights of LGBT people, said gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell on Thursday.
STUDY: MEN AFRAID TO DISCLOSE SEXUALITY TO DOCTORS:
A New York City Health Department study shows that doctors are often in the dark about their patients’ sexual behaviour.
SALEATHERMAN INTRODUCES NEW LEADERSHIP:
SALeathermen recently introduced its new leadership at its Beer Bust event at Oh! Bar on Saturday 26th July in Johannesburg.
GAY BISHOP NEEDS BULLETPROOF VEST:
The controversial gay Bishop whose ordination led to the schism within the Anglican Church has admitted that he wears a bullet proof vest.