Google ignores Kenya’s gay music video ban
Google has patently ignored the Kenyan authorities’ demand that it remove a music video celebrating same-sex love from YouTube. Last month, the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) banned the video, a reworking by Art Attack of the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ song Same Love, which features new lyrics and a video boldly depicting the lives […]
SA Minister of Justice calls on Africa to respect LGBTI people
South Africa’s Minister of Justice has called on African nations to accept the human rights of LGBTI people and to change their attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender identity. On Thursday, delegates from across the continent opened the “Africa Regional Seminar on Finding Practical Solutions for Addressing Violence and Discrimination Against Persons Based on Sexual […]
Sentencing of David Olyne’s murderer delayed again
The sentencing of the man responsible for the gay hate murder of David Olyne has been postponed for the second time. In January, Christo Oncke was found guilty of killing Olyne by the Western Cape High Court in Ceres. He beat and kicked the tied-up 22-year-old to death in March 2014 as a group of […]
Cape Town Pride 2016 mardi gras gallery
After the Cape Town Pride 2016 parade, thousands gathered at the Green Point Urban Park for a mardi gras celebration that included music and live entertainment. There was also HIV testing, counselling and safer sex advice provided through the WeTheBrave and Health4Men campaigns. Joffree Hyman took the spectacular images of the revellers below. For a […]
Are you ready for Africa’s first mass same-sex wedding?
To commemorate its 16th anniversary, the annual Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival Knysna will next month host the first-ever mass same-sex wedding in Africa – and the town’s mayor will officiate the ceremony. Sixteen gay and lesbian couples will be chosen to tie the knot in the wedding of a lifetime at an event […]
Seychelles set to end gay sex ban
Lawmakers in the popular island tourist nation of Seychelles will soon vote on scraping the country’s colonial era ban on homosexuality. According the Seychelles News Agency, the cabinet agreed on Monday to repeal the nation’s criminalisation of gay sex, which was introduced in 1955 while it was still a British colony. A draft text has […]
Cape Town Pride 2016 parade gallery
Almost two thousand people took part in Saturday’s Cape Town Pride 2016 parade. Participants marched through the city calling for LGBTI equality while others danced atop colourful floats. The event, held under the theme of “Brave Enough,” concluded with a festive mardi gras at Green Point Urban Park that ran on into the evening. For […]
Survey: Africans are generally very tolerant, but just not of gay people
Despite having the most progressive laws on the continent, South Africa has been named only the second most tolerant African country when it comes to homosexuality. A massive survey released by Afrobarometer has revealed that Cape Verde takes the honour, with 75% of its people liking or not minding having homosexual neighbours. It found that Africans […]
Study: More than 60% of newly diagnosed HIV+ men used dating apps
A study has found a strong correlation between new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) and their use of online hook-up sites and apps. Researchers from Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, and the Rhode Island Department of Health found that more than 60 percent of MSM diagnosed with HIV in the […]
Mugabe: No aid if it’s conditional on gay marriage
Robert Mugabe has used the occasion of his birthday party to lash out at non-existent threats to “force” same-sex marriage onto the country. The cantankerous Zimbabwean president celebrated his 92nd birthday on Saturday in a lavish televised bash that is said to have cost close to $1 million. This, despite the country requesting $1.6 billion […]