ARCHBISHOPS CALL FOR GAY TOLERANCE
In the wake of extreme anti-gay sentiment in a number of African countries, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Anglicans on the continent to show love and care for LGBT people. Appallingly, Anglican churches in Africa have been among the most vociferous supporters of recent anti-gay legislation passed in Nigeria and Uganda. Now, the Archbishop […]
DUDUZILE ZOZO MURDER ACCUSED DENIED BAIL
Activists have welcomed news that the man on trial for murdering and raping lesbian Duduzile Zozo in June last year has been denied bail. On Wednesday, the Palm Ridge Magistrates’ Court in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, heard arguments in connection with the the bail application of 22-year-old Lekgoa Lesley Motleleng. He has been accused of […]
NIGERIA: GAY TRIALS COULD BE HELD IN SECRET
Two Islamic courts in Nigeria may hold their trials of 10 men charged with homosexuality in secret to avoid more mob violence. Last week, police were forced to use tear gas and fire shots into the air to disperse a mob throwing stones at seven men accused of homosexuality outside a Sharia court in the […]
RIGHT-WING BACKLASH AT GAY GRAMMY WEDDINGS
Sunday night’s mass wedding at the Grammys, which was broadcast live on television during rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance of their song Same Love, has outraged conservatives in the United States. The music award ceremony saw 33 couples – both gay and straight – being married near the stage by talk show host Queen Latifah […]
SA ADVOCATES SLAM GOV FOR SILENCE ON NIGERIA
The body that represents South Africa’s advocates, The General Council of the Bar of South Africa (GCB), has criticised the government’s continued silence on recent draconian anti-gay laws in Africa. In a media statement, the GCB’s Chairperson Ishmael Semenya SC, said that South Aftica’s constitution “which entrenches human dignity, the achievement of equality and the […]
TYCOON’S DAUGHTER: PLEASE ACCEPT ME
The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire who’s publicly offered millions to any man who can turn her straight has written an open letter to her dad. Property tycoon Cecil Chao (77) first issued the headline-making HK$500million (around R7 billion) offer two years ago, leading to 20,000 would be suitors coming forward. His daughter […]
COKE APOLOGISES FOR ‘SHARE A COKE’ GAY GAFFE
Coca-Cola has apologised for its “Share a Coke” online campaign’s ban on the word “gay,” an issue it says was limited to South Africa. The campaign’s website allowed members of the public to type a name or word onto a virtual coke can and share it on social media. However, when one tried to enter […]
KYRGYZSTAN POLICE “ABUSED, RAPED ME”
Human Rights Watch has accused police in the former soviet state of Kyrgyzstan of arbitrarily detaining, beating and sexually abusing gay and bisexual men. Although consensual sex between men was decriminalised in Kyrgyzstan in 1998, police continue to target gay and bisexual men with violence and extortion, the organisation said in a report released on […]
UGANDA: MEN IN SEX & THE CITY ARREST
Two men in Uganda have been arrested on charges of homosexuality, apparently after watching a Sex and the City movie in Kampala. LGBT rights group Spectrum Uganda reported on Tuesday that Steven Dhont, a Belgian man, and his as yet unnamed Kenyan friend were at Dhont’s home watching the comedy when, at around 12am, there […]
NIGERIA: AIDS AGENCY REJECTS GAY LAW CONCERNS
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has dismissed concerns that the country’s recently signed anti-gay law will impact on providing HIV services to men who have sex with men (MSM). “A perusal of the Same Sex Marriage Act 2013, makes clear that the provisions thereof do not have any negative effect on the […]