COUSINS FACE SOWETO GAY MURDER CHARGES
Siphiwe Selby Nhlapo It’s been confirmed that two men, who are related, will now be charged with the September 2011 murder of Siphiwe Selby Nhlapo. Nhlapo, who was gay, was killed in his Kliptown, Soweto home. He was strangled and had acid poured over his face. In April 2012, Phumlani Msimango appeared in the Protea […]
ZAMBIA MUST RELEASE GAY ACCUSED DUO
Amnesty International says Zambia must drop the charges against two men accused of same-sex sexual conduct and release them from prison unconditionally. James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22 years old, will appear in court on Thursday in the Zambian town of Kapiri Mposhi for a remand hearing. They have been in custody since 6 […]
NEW OLYMPIC HEAD URGED TO HEED HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights Watch has urged the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, to enforce the human rights principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter. On Tuesday, Bach took over from Jacques Rogge, whose 12-year tenure as IOC president was marred, said Human Rights Watch, by choosing host countries that have flouted the IOC’s own […]
STUDENT “SCIENTIFICALLY PROVES” GAY MARRIAGE WRONG
Nigeria’s This Day has published an absurd article about a graduate university student who claims he’s “used science to prove that gay marriage is improper”. The newspaper reports that University of Lagos post graduate student Chibuihem Amalaha has made “many discoveries and inventions” in science and technology. Now, he’s turning his efforts to the issue […]
JOBURG MAN GAY BASHED OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB
A man was beaten after defending his boyfriend from a group of homophobic thugs in Johannesburg early on Sunday morning. Gerald Pereira and Stephan Annandale attended the ‘Strawberry Tik’ party at the Capitol venue in Rosebank on Saturday night. The gay-friendly party had a cross-dressing theme and Annandale was dressed as Marilyn Monroe while Pereira […]
JAMES FRANCO WISHES HE WAS GAY
Actor, filmmaker and artist James Franco says in a new interview that he’s not surprised that people think he’s gay and that he wishes he actually was. The star told The Daily Beast that one of the biggest misconceptions people had about him is that he is gay. His sexuality was the butt of most […]
PROGRESS IN LESBIAN RAPE CASES WELCOMED
The last few days have seen some measure of progress in two lesbian rapes cases in the Western Cape. On Monday, the man found guilty of raping then-twenty-year-old Zukiswa Gaca as his friend watched in Khayelitsha in December 2009 was finally sentenced after almost four years. According to Funeka Soldaat from the FreeGender organisation he […]
SENEGAL JUSTICE MINISTER’S HYPOCRISY ON GAY RIGHTS
In an astonishing and hypocritical about turn, former human rights leader Sidiki Kaba says he no longer supports decriminalising homosexuality after being appointed as Senegal’s Justice Minister last week. Kaba was previously the head of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and publicly supported the rights of LGBT people. On Friday, however, it came […]
HOMOPHOBIC PTA PRINTER REJECTS GAY HEALTH CONTRACT
A Pretoria printing company has refused to print material for a national gay men’s health group because it has a “moral issue” with the content. Health4Men revealed that it had recently contacted a number printing companies, including Joyprint in Pretoria, for a quote to print coasters and posters. The materials aim to disseminate responsible sex […]
RUSSIAN GAY ACTIVISTS DISAPPOINTED BY OBAMA MEETING
Some Russian LGBT activists have expressed their disappointment at their meeting with President Obama in St Petersburg on Friday. Obama met the group of human rights activists,during his visit to the Russian city for the G20 summit, to show his support for their efforts to secure LGBT equality. Russia has recently passed a number of anti-gay […]