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FEW hopes to empower queer writers at book fair

By Palesa Manaleng

Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) feels that LGBTQ characters and themes are often underrepresented in mainstream publishing and want to give queer...

  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    UK's Boris Johnson rejects transgender women in female sports events

    Debate in Britain about transgender rights has become ever more acrimonious, and others in Johnson's government have said it should be left to sporting bodies to decide on who gets to compete.

    130 days ago
  • FILE: A referendum early last year opted to criminalise acts of homophobia, and towards the end of the year, parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage.  Picture: AFP

    Gay marriage move a giant step for Switzerland

    The country decriminalised homosexuality in 1942, but numerous local and regional police forces continued to keep 'gay registers', some into the early 1990s.

    326 days ago
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    Hong Kong court ruling overturns anti-LGBT housing policy

    The case was a second victory for gay couple Henry Li and his deceased partner Edgar Ng against the city's government, after a 2020 ruling allowing same-sex couples equal rights to inheritance.

    416 days ago
  • DF Malan High School in Bellville, Western Cape. Picture: wikipedia.org

    Dept probes claims of discrimination against LGBTI+ pupils at DF Malan school

    The pupils at DF Malan High School wanted to celebrate the start of International Pride Month during break time but were apparently threatened and intimidated.

    431 days ago
  • FILE: British star Idris Elba. Picture: @idriselba/Instagram

    Idris Elba and Naomi Campbell slam Ghana over gay rights

    Ghanaian security forces last month raided and shut down the office of an LGBT rights group in the capital Accra after politicians and religious leaders called for its closure.

    531 days ago
  • FILE: African National Congress Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Bathabile Dlamini endorses new LGBTIQ desk after Nare Mphela's murder

    As the ANC celebrated its 108th birthday in Kimberley last week, the organisation used the occasion to launch the new unit, which will focus on the rights of vulnerable groups South Africa.

    945 days ago
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    Iranti condemns deaths of three women

    In a statement, the advocacy organisation said, “There are no words, only these stark reminders that the spectrum of the LGBTQI+ existence is marred, irrevocably, by loss…”

    949 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.

    1035 days ago
  • FILE: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. Picture: AFP

    Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern

    Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo last Thursday said the government planned to re-introduce an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament within weeks to curb the spread of homosexuality in the east African nation.

    1035 days ago
  • FILE: South African traditional healers are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa. They fulfil different social and political roles in the community. Picture: AFP

    Ancestors guide LGBT+ SA healers to mend mental scars

    Widely respected by South Africans as spiritual guides, healers and counsellors, gay sangomas like 23-year-old Maci are also challenging the idea that being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT+) is unAfrican.

    1099 days ago
  • FILE: The Eastern Cape Education Department has raised concerns as schools remain closed amid protests in the OR Tambo Coastal District. Picture: pixabay.com

    Pastor claims to have recording of school talk after being accused of homophobia

    It's understood some parents and learners were upset by statements Evangelist Pickard Henn had allegedly made during a talk at De Kuilen High School on Friday and complained.

    1118 days ago
  • FILE: Nicki Minaj. Picture: @nickiminaj/Instagram

    Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of controversial Saudi Arabia concert

    US rapper Nicki Minaj said on Tuesday that she was pulling out of a planned concert in Saudi Arabia next week, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community.

    1132 days ago
  • FILE: Britain’s Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, with their three children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George (right) at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Picture: @KensingtonRoyal/Twitter.

    Prince William: I'd be absolutely fine if one of my children were gay

    The 37-year-old royal has Princes George, five, and Louis, 14 months, and Princess Charlotte, four, with wife Duchess Catherine

    1146 days ago
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    Australia seeks to bring more transgender people to sports

    The move, which follows widespread consultations, details how sports organisations can create more welcoming environments.

    1158 days ago
  • Australia's Israel Folau. Picture: AFP

    Sacked Folau expected to launch legal action this week - report

    The devoutly Christian NSW Waratahs star had his contract terminated last month after a tribunal found him guilty of a 'high-level' breach of the governing body's code of conduct.

    1167 days ago
  • Shane Lin (C) is comforted by his partner Marc Yuan (R) and a friend during a wedding ceremony in Shinyi district in Taipei on 24 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Taiwan begins first legal gay marriage registrations

    Two couples -- one male, one female -- were the first to arrive at a government office in downtown Taipei.

    1179 days ago
  • Italy's first ever and Europe's largest Mormon temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is pictured in Rome on 9 March 2019. Picture: AFP

    Mormon church to allow children of LGBT couples to be baptised

    The decision, announced on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website Thursday morning, reverses a 2015 policy that deemed same-sex couples to be apostates of the faith, which made their children ineligible for baptism.

    1228 days ago
  • A view of the headquarters of German bank Deutsche Bank in London on 5 May 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Deutsche Bank drops Brunei's Dorchester hotels over anti-gay law

    'The new laws introduced by Brunei breach the most basic human rights, and we believe it is our duty as a firm to take action against them,' said Stuart Lewis, the bank's chief risk officer.

    1228 days ago
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