BOLLYWOOD BACKS GAY EQUALITY IN MUSIC VIDEO
With one of the largest estimated populations of gay people in the world, it’s about time that the first ever Bollywood music video for gay rights is released. On Wednesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office launched the colourful video at a press conference in Mumbai to promote its Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, […]
NO ANC AT GAY RIGHTS DISCUSSION
Political parties participated in a discussion on Wednesday 23 April at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) constituency after 20 years of democracy. The event was hosted by various Western Cape civil society organisations. Neither the ANC nor the Freedom Front Plus sent representatives to […]
UGANDA: MORE ANTI GAY LAWS ON THE CARD
Uganda seems intent on outlawing any support for gays and lesbians as news emerges of another anti-gay law in the works. According to Reuters, the new piece of legislation has been drafted to bar non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from “promoting homosexuality.” The bill, which would also bar NGOs from engaging in politics, is reportedly being studied […]
EFF MEMBERS ARE MOST GAY FRIENDLY VOTERS
A new survey of South African voters has found that almost a majority are opposed to allowing same-sex couples to marry. The Sunday Times reported that the poll of 2,219 registered voters by research company Ipsos also revealed that only just over a quarter believe that gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. Voters […]
CLIMBER SCALES UGANDA’S TALLEST PEAK FOR GAY RIGHTS
An American climber has planted a rainbow flag atop Uganda’s tallest mountain to protest the country’s recent anti-gay law. Neal Gottlieb, who is the founder of the Three Twins Ice Cream company in California, posted a picture on Facebook of himself holding the flag at the summit of Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley, the third […]
GAY PIONEERS MAKE TIME 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL LIST
An openly gay Kenyan writer and a closet-busting American basketball star have made the 2014 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list. Binyavanga Wainaina, acknowledged as one of Africa’s leading literary figures, was included among the globe’s most influential artists. He made waves in January when, amidst a wave of growing homophobia on […]
LESBIAN NAVY VETERAN DENIED BURIAL WITH WIFE
A 74-year-old American Navy veteran has been told she can’t be laid to rest with her late wife at a veteran’s cemetery. All Madelynn Taylor wants is to have the ashes of her spouse, Jean Mixner, interred with her at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery. Taylor told KBOI 2News that her health was fading and that […]
DID UGANDAN BISHOPS CALL FOR GAY GENOCIDE?
Christian leaders in Uganda used their Easter messages this past weekend to sow further hatred against gays and lesbians. The Daily Monitor reported that the Bishop of Mbale Diocese, the Rt Rev Patrick Gidudu, praised President Museveni for signing the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill earlier this year. “His courage gives us hope against the forces of […]
UGANDAN GAY ALLY BISHOP COULD BE JAILED
A retired Ugandan bishop who provides support and prayer to LGBTI worshippers in defiance of the Church of Uganda could be jailed. There are growing efforts to support Rev. Christopher Senyonjo, who holds weekly prayer sessions for gays and lesbians in Kampala. He also offers counselling to this beleaguered community and has criticised his fellow […]
INDIAN SUPREME COURT TO HEAR GAY BAN PLEA
India’s Supreme Court has offered the country’s gay and lesbian community a glimmer of hope after it agreed to hear a petition to reconsider its ruling outlawing homosexuality. The Times of India reported that on Tuesday the court said that it would hear the curative plea, lodged by LGBTI activists, in open court next week. […]