IOC ADDS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE TO HOST COUNTRY CONTRACT
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is hoping to avoid future controversies after the damaging furore over Russia’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. According to LGBT rights website All Out, the IOC has announced in a letter to prospective host cities that it will be adding a new anti-discrimination clause to its host city […]
GROUPS SAY SA GOV MUST BACK UN LGBTI RESOLUTION
Human rights groups have written to the South African government insisting that it support a pending resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity at the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The resolution, sponsored by Chile, Uruguay, Colombia and Brazil, is a follow-up to the landmark 2011 resolution […]
CONFUSION AS CITY CLOSES GAY-FRIENDLY CAPE TOWN OPEN MOSQUE
Cape Town’s controversial Open Mosque has been closed down by the city, a day after its opening – apparently for contravening zoning requirements. According to reports, the warehouse housing the mosque does not have sufficient parking for use as a place of worship. EWN reported that the mosque was closed on Monday and it remains […]
WILL 2022 QATAR WORLD CUP BE MOVED TO GAY FRIENDLY COUNTRY?
There is renewed speculation that the 2022 World Cup will be moved from the homophobic host country of Qatar. The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Countries) nation, in which homosexuality is illegal, was controversially selected by FIFA in 2010 as the host for the football bonanza in 2022. The awarding of the honour has since been mired in […]
ALARM AS CHAD CONSIDERS GAY SEX BAN
Chad may become the next African country to criminalise homosexuality, punishable with lengthy prison sentences. According to AFP, the changes to the country’s penal code would abolish the death penalty but would also make gay sex illegal. Under the proposed law, those found guilty of homosexuality would be fined between 50,000 and 500,000 Central African […]
US: ENDING GAY BLOOD BAN COULD SAVE 1.8 MILLION LIVES
A study has revealed that by lifting its ban on gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) donating blood the US could save almost 2 million people. Researchers estimated that ending the ban could see an additional 360,600 men donating 615,300 additional pints of blood each year and would increase the […]
HEALTH4MEN ‘ART’ CONDOM WALLS UP FOR A LOERIE AWARD
Health4Men’s innovative condom wall installations in Cape Town have received a nod of approval from the advertising world. The campaign, a collaboration between Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, and digital agency Native VML, aimed to highlight the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In June, hundreds of condoms were attached to three […]
CATHOLIC SCHOOL IMPLICATED IN POST-DINNER GAY BASHING
An assistant basketball coach at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia has been implicated in a gay bashing, along with a group of people thought to be graduates of the school. Last week Thursday, two gay men were attacked without provocation on a Center City street by a group of 10 to 12 inebriated “well dressed” men and […]
EKURHULENI LESBIAN MURDERED, LEFT BEHIND KILLER’S BED TO ROT
South Africa’s LGBTI community remains under siege. Another lesbian woman has been raped and murdered in an apparent hate crime in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, outside of Johannesburg. According to activists, the body of Thembelihle ‘Lihle’ Sokhela, believed to be in her late 20s, was found in her alleged killer’s room on Tuesday, two days after she’d […]
ISIS MILITANT: GAYS ARE “THE WORST OF CREATURES”
A video has emerged in which an Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) militant attacks gay people, equating them to animals, drug dealers and paedophiles. The propaganda video shows a masked man holding an AK-47 rifle. In accented English, he urges Muslims to move to areas controlled by the terrorist organisation, which has been […]