TERRIFIED UGANDAN LESBIAN BEGS TO STAY IN UK
There are frantic efforts under way to stop the imminent deportation of a young traumatised Ugandan lesbian woman who faces abuse and possible imprisonment and even death in her homeland. A petition has been launched calling on the UK’s Home Office to not deport Aidah Asaba back to Uganda on Saturday. In October last year, Asaba […]
DO DISGUSTING SMELLS MAKE PEOPLE HOMOPHOBIC?
Could a lack of clean air or the smell of sewage be turning people into homophobes? In a somewhat bizarre study, researchers have concluded that people who live in smelly environments tend to be more homophobic and socially conservative. Psychologists and scientists from the University of Arkansas picked 57 participants and randomly placed one group […]
BELIZE 1ST LADY BACKS GAY RIGHTS, DESPITE GAY BAN
The First Lady of Belize, Kim Simplis-Barrow, has expressed her support for the country’s LGBTI community. Simplis-Barrow, who is also the Special Envoy for Children and Women, made the statement in a video message played at a ceremony at the House of Culture in Belize City to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia […]
ZIM: ZANU-PF COUNCILLOR BACKS GAY RIGHTS
In a move that’s unlikely to impress President Robert Mugabe, a Zanu-PF councillor for Mhondoro Ngezi, near the city of Kadoma, has announced his support for gay rights. According to Bulawao 24, ruling party Councillor Richman Rangwani is said to have “come out in the open to champion [the] rights of homosexuals.” Rangwani reportedly spoke […]
REPORT: HIV POSITIVE UGANDANS FORCED TO WEAR UNIFORMS
There are disturbing but unconfirmed reports that people in a Ugandan district who are HIV positive are to be forced to wear uniforms so that they can be identified as carrying the virus. Ugandan activists, including the internationally recognised human rights defender Kasha Jacqueline, have posted a picture of a local newspaper report (see left) that […]
SA FINALLY ENDS GAY BLOOD DONATION BAN
In a victory for fairness and equality, sexually active gay men are now finally allowed to donate blood in South Africa. In the past, gay men or men who have sex with men (MSM) were seen as being at high risk of being infected with HIV and could only donate blood to the South African […]
PRO-GAY AFRICAN VOICES CELEBRATED
Twelve notable African figures have been honoured for their stand against anti-LGBTI bigotry and for speaking out in favour of human rights for all. Celebrating The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on the weekend, Human Rights Watch said Africans who in recent years have stood up for human rights and spoken out against homophobia […]
MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON EGYPTIAN GAYS
A major campaign against the LGBTI community in Egypt appears to be under way, with at least 77 people arrested on charges of homosexuality in just the last eight months. The arrests, documented by the group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights since October last year, include a number of individuals arrested for wearing women’s clothing […]
POLL: AMERICANS SAY MICHAEL SAM GAY KISS ‘INAPPROPRIATE’
A new survey has found that while most Americans are fine with teams choosing openly gay sportsmen, many are not so comfortable when these athletes express any romantic intimacy in public. The poll followed the recent high profile selection of Michael Sam by the St. Louis Rams; making him the first openly gay player to […]
WATCH: TRANS WOMAN BEATS ABUSIVE MAN ON BUS
After being verbally abused by an apparently drunk fellow passenger on a bus, a transgender woman had enough. A video, published by World Star Hip Hop last week, shows the man shouting to the woman, who is quietly sitting on another seat: “You think I’m gay? Try it, bitch.” He continues to mumble and shout […]