homophobia Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/tag/homophobia/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png homophobia Archives - MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/tag/homophobia/ 32 32 Spar to take action against ‘gay rape’ hate speech employee https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/09/10/spar-to-take-action-against-gay-rape-hate-speech-employee/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/09/10/spar-to-take-action-against-gay-rape-hate-speech-employee/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:28:46 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=96575 A Western Cape man is in hot water with his employer, Spar, after posting a hate speech comment on his Facebook profile about raping gay men instead of women.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/09/10/spar-to-take-action-against-gay-rape-hate-speech-employee/feed/ 0 Homophobic jeweller Craig Marks threatens legal action against LGBTQ backlash https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/15/homophobic-jeweller-craig-marks-threatens-legal-action-against-lgbtq-backlash/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/15/homophobic-jeweller-craig-marks-threatens-legal-action-against-lgbtq-backlash/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:57:04 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=96072 Craig Marks,  a defiant Cape Town jeweller who's refused to make an engagement ring for a same-sex couple, says that it's become the victim of hate speech from the LGBTQ community.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/15/homophobic-jeweller-craig-marks-threatens-legal-action-against-lgbtq-backlash/feed/ 12 Is Uganda’s anti-gay law about to return? https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/06/is-ugandas-anti-gay-law-about-to-return/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/06/is-ugandas-anti-gay-law-about-to-return/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:11:13 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=95980 There are fresh reports that Uganda's reviled 2014 anti-gay law will be reintroduced into the country's parliament.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/06/is-ugandas-anti-gay-law-about-to-return/feed/ 0 Daveyton man queer-bashed for using women’s bathroom https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/daveyton-man-queer-bashed-for-using-womens-bathroom/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/daveyton-man-queer-bashed-for-using-womens-bathroom/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:28:18 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=95918 A young LGBTQ man says he was beaten unconscious after using the women's bathroom at his longtime local tavern in Daveyton, on Johannesburg's East Rand.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/daveyton-man-queer-bashed-for-using-womens-bathroom/feed/ 4 Poland | Catholic Church warns of “rainbow plague” https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/poland-catholic-church-warns-of-rainbow-plague/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/poland-catholic-church-warns-of-rainbow-plague/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:48:50 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=95912 As a court orders a newspaper to stop distributing anti-LGBT stickers, the Catholic Church in Poland is adding to a growing wave of intolerance.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/08/02/poland-catholic-church-warns-of-rainbow-plague/feed/ 0 Man who killed lesbian woman gets effective 8 years in jail https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/12/man-who-killed-lesbian-woman-gets-effective-8-years-in-jail/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/12/man-who-killed-lesbian-woman-gets-effective-8-years-in-jail/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:59:54 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=89383 Lives are cheap in South Africa, it seems, after the man found guilty of stabbing lesbian Noxolo Mabona Klaas (also known as Noxie) to death was sentenced to an effective eight years in jail.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/12/man-who-killed-lesbian-woman-gets-effective-8-years-in-jail/feed/ 1 SA rapper Riky Rick slams anti-gay troll https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/11/sa-rapper-riky-rick-slams-anti-gay-troll/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/11/sa-rapper-riky-rick-slams-anti-gay-troll/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:56:21 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=89358 South African rapper Riky Rick has hit back at a Twitter troll who asked if he was gay for liking a picture of a male fashion model.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/11/sa-rapper-riky-rick-slams-anti-gay-troll/feed/ 1 Senegal | Two jailed over gay sex video https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/04/senegal-two-jailed-over-gay-sex-video/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/04/senegal-two-jailed-over-gay-sex-video/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:27:32 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=89071 At least two people have received jail sentences in Senegal after a woman uploaded a six second video of a gay male couple having sex without their permission.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/10/04/senegal-two-jailed-over-gay-sex-video/feed/ 0 Wits Pride week launch marred by hateful queerphobic graffiti https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/22/wits-pride-week-launch-marred-by-hateful-queerphobic-graffiti/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/22/wits-pride-week-launch-marred-by-hateful-queerphobic-graffiti/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:02:06 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=87643 This week, Wits University kicked off its four-day Gay Pride celebration Wits Pride, says that the university still has a long way to go in its aim of being inclusive of all its student body.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/22/wits-pride-week-launch-marred-by-hateful-queerphobic-graffiti/feed/ 0 Britney Spears bashed by both LGBTQ community and homophobes https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/07/britney-spears-bashed-by-both-lgbtq-community-and-homophobes/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/07/britney-spears-bashed-by-both-lgbtq-community-and-homophobes/#respond Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:47:49 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=86939 Britney Spears is accused of exploiting the LGBTQ community to sell her new perfume while also being criticised by bigots for "promoting" homosexuality.

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