by Mask Admin 7/9/2007
The Uganda Broadcasting Council (UBC) has suspended a popular Capital FM radio presenter for hosting gay activists who used "foul language" on air, effectively silencing a renewed debate on gay and lesbian rights, reports Kenya-based IFEX member the Media Institute.
by Mask Admin 21/8/2007
August 21, 2007: (Johannesburg, South Africa) The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is deeply alarmed by increased violence, arrests, and threats of arrest of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders in three African nations.
by Mask Admin 13/8/2007
AFRICA ABROAD - August 13, 2007: Liberation 4 all Africans Holds Vigil to Honor Fallen LGBT & HIV/AIDS Activists, as well as Protest Hate Crimes Against Lesbians in South Africa SAVE THE DATE: VIGIL TO BE HELD AUGUST 14, 2007 AT 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
by Mask Admin 19/7/2007
SOUTH AFRICA – July 19, 2007: Café Vacca Matta situated at Golden Horse Casino, Pietermaritzburg will be launching Pink Tuesday at their venue on Tuesday, 31 July 2007.
by Mask Admin 12/7/2007
SOUTH AFRICA - July 9, 2007: The South African lesbian and gay communities through the Joint Working Group* and partner organisations STRONGLY CONDEMN the killing of Sizakele Sigasa (34) and Salome Masooa (23) from a township in Johannesburg. They were found (Sunday 8th July) murdered, execution style, in a nearby field in Meadowlands; a shocking image that is not so new in South Africa in the light of the recent increase in violence and rape against women either identified as, suspected of or supporting lesbian and gay rights.