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Activists carry a rainbow flag outside the Botswana High Court on 12 October 2021 where they gathered to listen to the court proceedings as the goverment of Botswana appeals against the Botswana High Court ruling to decriminalise homosexuality. Picture: Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP

Gay rights

Botswana top court hears homosexuality appeal

By AFP

The country's High Court in 2019 ruled in favour of campaigners seeking to strike down prison sentences for same-sex relationships, declaring them...

  • A member of the South African lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community holding an umbrella in the rainbow flag colours takes part in the annual Gay Pride Parade, as part of the Durban Pride Festival, on 29 June 2019 in Durban. Picture: Rajesh JANTILAL/AFP

    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.

    319 days ago
  • 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.

    357 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    402 days ago
  • FILE: A small rainbow flag, representing equality for members of the LGBTI community. Picture: Stock.XCHNG

    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.

    524 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    658 days ago
  • Musician and LGBTQI activist Lindokuhle Cele. Picture: Facebook

    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.

    826 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    842 days ago
  • The 30th annual Joburg Gay Pride parade on 26 October 2019. Picture: Bonga Dlulane/EWN

    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.

    937 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 14 October 2019, Pinki Khatun (2nd R), the first transgender candidate elected in Bangladesh, poses with local women in Kotchandpur.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    951 days ago
  • Melania Geymonat, 28, said she and her girlfriend, Chris, were left covered in blood after the attack last week. Picture: Melania Geymonat/Facebook

    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.

    1081 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    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'.

    1095 days ago
  • Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina. Picture: Twitter

    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.

    1097 days ago
  • Graphic showing places where gay marriage and civil unions are legal. Picture: AFP

    Taiwan the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage

    Graphic showing places where gay marriage and civil unions are legal.

    1102 days ago
  • In this picture taken on 1 April 2019 children perform ablution before praying at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1145 days ago
  • Botswana flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    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.

    1160 days ago
  • The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Picture: Pixabay.com

    '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.

    1282 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    1388 days ago
  • Ricky Martin attends 'The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story' New York Screening at Metrograph on 11 December 2017 in New York City. Picture: Getty Images/AFP

    Ricky Martin 'warned' that coming out would ruin career

    The'Livin' La Vida Loca' hitmaker married his partner Jwan Yosef earlier this month.

    1586 days ago
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