LGBTQ

Lesotho says ‘shocked and embarrassed’ by Trump comments

Maseru – Lesotho was taken aback by US President Donald Trump’s mockery of the southern African nation, its foreign... Read more

6 Mar

Countries

‘World’s first gay Imam,’ Muhsin Hendricks, assassinated in Gqeberha

Johannesburg – Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead on Saturday near the southern... Read more

16 Feb

World

Trump signs order barring trans athletes from women’s sports

Washington — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating... Read more

6 Feb

World

Georgia signs into law bill seen by EU as anti-LGBTQ

Tbilisi— Georgia on Thursday signed into law measures that will curb LGBTQ rights, despite warnings from the EU that... Read more

3 Oct, 2024

World

‘Victory for the people’: Thailand approves same-sex marriage

Thailand – Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic... Read more

18 Jun, 2024

Countries

Nigeria’s repressed LGBTQ party people let ‘true self’ out at Lagos ball

Nigeria – Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an LGBTQ community dance party in Nigeria’s Lagos, publicly celebrating their... Read more

11 Jun, 2024

Burundi

Burundi president calls for stoning of gay couples

Nairobi – Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly... Read more

30 Dec, 2023

Countries

Ugandan charged under anti-gay law faces possible death penalty

Kampala – Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with “aggravated homosexuality”, potentially a capital offence under controversial anti-gay legislation... Read more

29 Aug, 2023

Botswana