Gay rights
Botswana top court hears homosexuality appeal
The country's High Court in 2019 ruled in favour of campaigners seeking to strike down prison sentences for same-sex relationships, declaring them...
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FACTSHEET: Laws affecting LGBTI+ people in Africa
South Africa is often a destination for LGBTI+ people fleeing discrimination in other African countries. This factsheet looks at laws affecting these communities across the continent.
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Young and queer in South Africa: Why the Hate Crimes Bill matters
Crimes against the LBGTQI+ community continue to rise in South Africa, with more people being killed because of their sexual orientation. This year alone, 10 people have already been killed for being queer. Activists are calling on government to pass the Hate Crimes Bill into law, saying that it will help protect the LGBTQI+ community against homophobic attacks. Eyewitness News sat down with activists and couple, Jade Madingwane and Mangaka Molaqa, to find out what living as a queer couple in South Africa was like.
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Gay couple fights Namibia govt over surrogate newborns
The newborn twins are daughters of a Namibian-Mexican gay couple, and the Namibian authorities have dragged their feet on issuing documents for the girls born to a South African surrogate mother to travel to Windhoek.
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Gay rights progress, but same-sex relations still a crime in 69 states: report
In a fresh report, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) found 'considerable progress' in legal protections for LGBTI people worldwide.
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Is SA’s judicial system doing enough to protect rights of lesbian, trans women?
Gender-based violence is widespread and entrenched in South Africa with President Cyril Ramaphosa recently describing it as our second pandemic.
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Family of murdered Lindokuhle Cele believe witnesses fear accused
Family spokesperson Nombuso Cele said despite the murder taking place in full view of the public, the family was worried that the accused may be released due to a lack of witnesses willing to testify.
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Tanzanian politician barred from US for gay rights 'violations'
In a statement dated Friday, the US said the sanctions on Paul Christian Makonda, the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's economic capital, come amid Washington's growing concerns about basic freedoms in the East African nation.
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BONGA DLULANE: Gay Pride: Out but lacking the Pride
What Pride has become, and where it’s going, sometimes feels like it's not in line with its original aim of being inclusionary, writes Bonga Dlulane.
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Transgender councillor elected in Bangladesh first
Pinki Khatun was elected as vice chair of a town council in the country's west on Monday after beating her nearest rival by more than 4,000 votes, local police chief Mahbubul Alam said.
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Lesbians attacked on London bus for refusing to kiss for men
Four teenage boys aged between 15 and 18 were arrested on Friday on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm.
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Kenya high court refuses to decriminalise homosexuality
In a remark prompting gasps and mutters from the packed courtroom, presiding judge Roselyne Aburili said there was 'no conclusive scientific proof that LGBTQ people are born that way'.
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Tributes pour in for Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina
The 48-year-old passed away in a Nairobi hospital last night after a short illness.
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Taiwan the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage
Graphic showing places where gay marriage and civil unions are legal.
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Sharia law plunges Brunei gay community into fear
Observers say it is hard to know the size of the LGBT community in the country of about 400,000 people.
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EXPLAINER: Botswana joins list of African countries reviewing gay rights
Botswana’s High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country.
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'Moral panic' targets Indonesia's LGBT community
The country of 260 million is in the grip of a moral panic, with critics saying the vulnerable LGBT minority is being used as a political punching bag in the run-up to 2019 elections.
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Police detain around 25 gay rights activists in St Petersburg
A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally.
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Ricky Martin 'warned' that coming out would ruin career
The'Livin' La Vida Loca' hitmaker married his partner Jwan Yosef earlier this month.
