US & UGANDA ARGUE OVER ‘GAY RECRUITMENT CENTRE’
The US government has dismissed claims that an American-funded HIV clinic raided by Ugandan police was “recruiting” gay people. The Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP), a health clinic and medical research facility in Kampala that provides LGBTI-friendly services, was raided by the authorities on 3 April. Initially, police denied that they had conducted the raid, telling […]
JOBURG DÉJÀ VU? WILL CAPE TOWN GET A 2ND PRIDE?
Following controversial allegations of racism and exclusion, a public meeting has been scheduled this weekend in an effort to rethink and make-over Cape Town Pride. The most recent edition of the city’s Pride celebration was criticised by some groups who claimed that the annual event is “racist,” not representative and does not address the concerns […]
THE 1ST ROYAL FAMILY GAY PLAY DATE
Prince George, the possible future King of England, has enjoyed a play date with a gay couple’s little girl. The eight-month-old son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, took part in baby playgroup during the young royal family’s official visit to New Zealand. It was George’s first official public engagement. […]
ZUMA UGANDA GAY LAW RESPONSE “INSULT TO MANDELA”
The DA says it is outraged by the failure of President Zuma to condemn the draconian anti-gay legislation passed in Uganda earlier this year. On Tuesday, the President replied to a question by Lindiwe Mazibuko, the DA’s Parliamentary Leader, asking for clarity on the government’s position on the law. He stated in a written response […]
MASS ARRESTS AT SAUDI GAY PARTY
Religious morality police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 35 people at an alleged “gay party” in a suburb of Jeddah. The officers from the feared Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice swooped on the event in the early hours of Friday morning (4 April), reported peninsulatimes.org. Some of those arrested were […]
JAMAICAN PM DELAYS GAY RIGHTS PROMISE
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has delayed her promise to address the criminalisation of homosexuality. In 2011, in her election campaign, Simpson-Miller stated that she “believes in protecting the human rights of all Jamaicans. No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. Government should provide the protection…” She also said that she […]
DOES ZUMA “RESPECT” UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW?
It’s been reported that President Jacob Zuma has told Parliament that “South Africa respects Uganda’s anti-gay laws.” That’s according to yesterday’s SAPA headline and story published by various local media. An examination of his statement, however, indicates that this is not exactly what the President said. Zuma’s comment was in the form of a written […]
SUPREME COURT REJECTS ANTI-GAY PHOTOGRAPHER CASE
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of an anti-gay photographer who refused to take pictures of a same-sex commitment ceremony. Elaine Huguenin, the co-owner of Elane Photography in New Mexico, said that she wouldn’t take the job for the lesbian couple because to do so would violate her religious beliefs. Last year, […]
SOLDIERS ABUSE TRANS INDIVIDUAL LIKE ANIMAL
A deeply disturbing video of soldiers humiliating and abusing a young transgender or cross-dressing individual in Ivory Coast has emerged online. The video shows a group of soldiers dragging the victim, who appears to have been stripped naked, through the streets with her hands tied behind her back. The soldiers are heard laughing as they […]
EGYPT: 4 MEN JAILED FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
Four men have been sent to prison after being found guilty on charges of homosexuality in Egypt. According to AFP, the men had been accused of dressing in women’s clothes and of holding “deviant” parties. Three of the men were sentenced to eight years in jail and a fourth to three years in prison. In […]