SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CALIFORNIA TO BAN GAY ‘CURE’ THERAPY
Among a number of controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court has allowed California to finally implement its ban on harmful “conversion” or gay “cure” therapy for young people. On Monday, the court declined to hear two cases challenging the legality of the California law that bars mental health providers from “engaging in sexual orientation change […]
ALARM OVER EQUALITY COURT FAILURE TO BACK GAY RIGHTS
Activists are concerned that a Western Cape Equality Court has failed to rule in favour of a gay couple unfairly refused service by a guesthouse. Neil Coulson and his husband Jonathan Sedgwick were denied accommodation in November 2013 by the Watershed (renamed House of Bread) B&B in Wolseley, near Ceres, because their sexual orientation was in conflict […]
SA BIDS TO HOST MR GAY WORLD FOR 2ND TIME
The Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival is aiming to bring the Mr Gay World™ contest back to South Africa. Now in its 15th year, the country’s most fabulous annual LGBTI festival – in association with Triarc – is set to take place from Wednesday 29 April to Sunday 3 May 2015. In addition […]
WORLD CELEBRATES EN MASSE TO MARK GAY PRIDE 2014
Many parts of the world turned pink this weekend, with capitals and major cities around the globe commemorating Gay Pride in a mass celebration and demand for equality. The annual Istanbul Pride March was among the most significant events. It attracted up to 100,000 people and has been dubbed the Muslim world’s largest Gay Pride […]
DURBAN GAY PRIDE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF FREEDOM
KwaZulu-Natal’s LGBT community marked 20 years of democracy and freedom at Saturday’s 2014 Durban Gay Pride March. Around 600 people took part in the lunchtime procession through the city’s streets, holding up placards and calling for LGBT equality. Thanks to a vehicle tracking company, participants protected themselves from the sun under cover of a sea […]
METRO’S DURBAN GAY PRIDE RESPONSE REJECTED
The openly gay DA councillor who was allegedly subjected to homophobic insults by an ANC member of the Ethekwini Metro Council has rejected an explanation by the Speaker. Councillor Martin Meyer last week claimed that Council Speaker Logie Naidoo refused to allow him to proclaim his support for Durban Gay Pride and then allowed an […]
NAMIBIA’S EFF WANNABE PARTY IS PROUDLY ANTI-GAY
A new Namibian political party launched this week is inspired by Julius Malema’s EFF, with one significant difference: It’s openly homophobic and already spouting anti-gay rhetoric. According to the Mail and Guardian, the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is a “populist movement sporting red berets, using military ranks and demanding nationalisation of all the land […]
STUDY: RELIGIOUS ‘HELP’ LINKED TO GAY SUICIDE
A US study has found that seeking help from religious or spiritual sources when coming out could be very bad for your health. According to the unsettling research, getting help from health care providers doesn’t seem to make much difference as to whether lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGBs) attempt suicide. But even more disturbingly, the […]
MOTHER ACCEPTS RELEASE OF GOLDIN, BLOOM ATTACKERS
After years of campaigning against their parole, the mother of slain actor Brett Goldin has accepted the release of two of the men who hijacked her son. Jade Wyngaard and Nurshad Davids were released on parole from the Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Wednesday after serving two-thirds of their 12-year sentence. In April 2006, the naked […]
ANOTHER BLOW TO AFRICAN GAY RIGHTS: GAMBIA PLANS ANTI-GAY BILL
The Gambian government is working on a new bill that will further outlaw gay people and will ban groups lobbying for African gay rights. On Sunday, the Gambia Consultative Council reported that the country’s Secretary General and Minister for Presidential Affairs Momodou Sabally confirmed plans to submit the bill to parliament. It will ban all […]