UTAH GAYS RUSH TO MARRY
More than 70% of the marriage licenses issued in the US state of Utah over the last week have been to gay and lesbian couples. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 905 of the 1,225 marriage licenses granted in the state since 20 December have been issued to same-sex couples. That was the day that US […]
UGANDA PRES. UNSURE ON GAY BILL
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says he may not sign the dreaded Anti-Homosexuality Bill, recently passed by his country’s parliament; but this might not stop it from becoming law. According to New Vision, Museveni made the statement at a Christmas ceremony at the Pentecostal Church at Daystar Cathedral in South West Uganda. “I will first go […]
EFF CONDEMNS UGANDA GAY BILL
Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the passage of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which it described as “draconian”. In a statement, the recently formed political party said that, as per its founding manifesto, it is “against the oppression of anyone based on their gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation, meaning that we are against […]
ZIM GAYS XMAS ARREST
Five members of Zimbabwe’s LGBT rights group have been arrested and beaten at an end of year Christmas party in Bulawayo. According to Southern Eye, the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (Galz) activists were attending the function at a hotel in the city. It appears that the five were targeted by the police because […]
GAY PROTEST AT INDIA / SA MATCH
A one-man protest at the weekend’s cricket Test match between South Africa and India has highlighted the recently renewed ban on gay sex in India. Nico Swart, owner of Johannesburg’s Factory Bar, decided to attend a number of match days at the Wanderers and express his feelings about the ban to cricket fans. He held […]
QUEEN PARDONS GAY WAR GENIUS
The British gay mathematics genius who helped changed the course of World War II has finally received a pardon for his homosexuality conviction. Alan Turing is considered by many to be the father of modern computing. He also played a key role in breaking the Nazi Enigma code during the war, which shorted it by […]
STATE TRIES TO STOP GAY UNIONS
The state of Utah is desperately trying to reverse last week’s surprise court ruling that legalised same-sex marriage. On Friday, US District Judge Robert Shelby ruled that the state’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional “because it denies the Plaintiffs their rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United […]
UGANDAN SPEAKER BEHIND BILL?
It’s been claimed that Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, conspired with anti-gay MPs to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on Friday. The Observer reported that Kadaga refused to stop a vote on the bill, originally introduced in 2009, despite protests by Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi that there were not enough lawmakers in attendance. It’s also […]
REPORT: ANOTHER LESBIAN LIFE LOST
City Press has reported the murder of a lesbian woman in the township of Ratanda, to the east of Johannesburg, earlier this month. Openly lesbian Maleshwane Radebe (36) was stabbed in the neck and died following an attack on the home she shared with her girlfriend. Two men broke into their shack in the early […]
UGANDA PASSES ANTI GAY LAW
In a shocking development, Uganda’s parliament has finally passed the widely condemned “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” after four years in limbo. On Friday, MPs overwhelmingly approved the legislation. According to the bill’s author, MP David Bahati, the version approved by parliament does not include the original death penalty clause. In response to news of the law’s passage, […]