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Gay kiss fires up the fans of Rhythm City
15 May 2008- South Africa- Imagine this! One minute two men are caught up in a heated argument about homosexuality, and the next they are locked in a passionate kiss...more
Lesbian pupils face high rape risk 06 May
2008- Western Cape, South Africa- "Corrective Rape" at schools in the
Western Cape is a growing concern, say non-governmental organisations, some of
who have noted an "alarming" level of cases...more Pink Loerie attracts thousands 05 May
2008- South Africa- Thousands of people turned out to watch the eighth Pink
Loerie Mardi Gras street parade through this Garden Route town on Saturday...more Keep your bum covered 01 May
2008- South Africa- Pink Police are to prevent "improper and indecent
conduct" during the Pink Loerie Mardi Gras parade through the Main Street in
Knysna on Saturday, executive mayor Eleanore Bouw-Spies says...more Gay cape couple in court on drugs charges 23 Apr 2008- Cape Town, South Africa - Negotiations are underway for a gay couple accused of manufacturing the drug Kat to go on trial in plea-bargaining procedures, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday...more
South African Lesbian and Gay Community Concerned About Democracy Crisis in Zimbabwe 16 Apr 2008- The South African Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP), formerly known as the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality...more
Tutu to receive international gay award
25 Mar 2008- Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been named the recipient of a prestigious award by the New York-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission...more
South African scribe appeals for free Gay India'15 Mar 2008- Wearing a mustard and pink sari, waistband, vermillion mark and a moustache, South African journalist Adam was the centre of attraction just before Tarun Tahiliani's show at the ongoing fashion week...more
'I'm sorry' - South Africa's gay club owner 19 Feb
2008- Cape Town, South Africa- Bronx club owner Bruno Bronn has apologised
to a black tourist from Belgium refused admission two weeks ago...more Eighth gay pride festival set to rock 16 Feb 2008- Cape Town South Africa- The Cape Town's pink community is gearing up for another Cape Town Pride Festival...more
Gay club denies tourist's claim of racism 15 Feb
2008- South Africa-The owner of the Bronx gay club says a black tourist was
refused admission over the weekend not because of his skin colour, but because
he had "caused trouble" there before...more 'I was turned away from gay bar over race' 12 Feb
2008- Cape Town, South Africa- A Belgian tourist barred from a gay bar in
Green Point, allegedly because of his skin colour, says he is thinking of suing,
but the bar's owner says it may have been a case of mistaken identity...more Dogma defeats church's struggle for gay union 12 Feb 2008- South Africa- After battling for months to officiate gay marriages in the church, a former Methodist minister has resigned and turned his focus to a non-religious movement...more
Crackdown on homophobic cops 11 Feb
2008- South Africa - The National Inspectorate of the SAPS will take
"decisive action" against police officers who mock or intimidate gay people who
try to report homophobic crimes...more Gay sex on the beach ends in robbery case 11 Jan
2008- Cape Town, South Africa - A gay man who had sex on the beach with
three male prostitutes but was unable to pay was robbed of his cellphone and
wallet, it was alleged in the Cape Town magistrate's court on Thursday...more Gay sex for him was just fun but I was truly in love 07 Jan 2008- South Africa- I need your help. I have just turned 21 and I think I am gay. At the beginning of last year I met a guy at varsity who I really like. We became best friends and the whole year I battled against my feelings for him...more
South African Gays Wary Of New ANC Leader
19 Dec 2007 -Cape Town, South Africa- A year after he was forced to issue an apology to gays for calling gay marriage "a disgrace", acquitted of rape and still facing corruption charges Jacob Zuma has been chosen to succeed Thabo Mbeki...more
Cruising for a bruising 08 Dec 2007- South Africa- In the wake of the indecent sexual assault charge brought against gay icon Somizi Mhlongo, Neo Motlhala protests against violent homophobic attacks that seem to be on the increase...more
Splashing out on steambaths, pork parties 01 Dec 2007- Cape Argus, South Africa- The gay sex industry is also thriving, with more and more people hooking up on the Internet...more
Parricide trial of gay student delayed 25 Nov 2007- Cape Town, South Africa- A gay psychology student who in July allegedly shot dead both his parents to spare them the grief of his planned suicide...more
North West gay march aims to promote awareness
24 Nov 2007- South Africa- Gay and lesbian people from all over the North West province are scheduled to participate in the gay March in Mafikeng later this morning...more
Gay couple 'not welcome' in luxury villa 20 Nov
2007- South Africa- A Vredenburg guesthouse owner who cancelled a gay
couple's booking because her four-star establishment is "certainly not
gay-friendly" may soon find herself in court...more Parents shot to save them grief 31 Oct 2007- Cape Town, South Africa - A gay student shot dead his parents to spare them grief, according to a report handed up in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday...more
29 Oct 2007- South Africa- The collective psychological response to the HIV pandemic by gay men in South Africa is a powerful sense of denial...more
28 Oct 2007- South Africa- A caller to a radio station was ranting about the gay and lesbian community: “What more do they want? They’ve got constitutional rights, they can get married and adopt kids, so what are they still whining about...more
17 Oct 2007- South Africa- The head of the Anglican church in South Africa, archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, has applauded a decision by the American wing of the church not to condone same-sex marriages...more
09 Oct 2007- Johannesburg, South Africa- An estimated five thousand gays and lesbians - and their friends and families - turned out for the 18th annual Joburg Pride Parade in Rosebank, Johannesburg, despite the cold rainy weather...more
06 Oct 2007- Johannesburg, South Africa- This year's Gay Pride parade has concluded its walkabout in Rosebank, Johannesburg, as part of celebrating and raising awareness about homosexuality...more
01 Oct
2007- South Africa- Gays and lesbians in Soweto have had enough of the
homophobia in the huge township...more 01 Oct 2007- South Africa- Somizi Mhlongo, one of the people outspoken about their homosexuality, says that he knew from a very young age that he was gay, but he suppressed these feelings for years...more
28 Sept 2007- South Africa- When South Africa won its freedom in 1994, it was not just the end of apartheid that was celebrated, but also other freedoms people had been deprived of...more
Movie on gay Muslims to hit screens
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Sept 2007-South Africa- When Mohsin Hendricks an Imam
in South Africa revealed that he is gay he expected protests and calls for his
death...more
Joburg Pride is coming of age 19 Sept 2007- Cape Town - Joburg Pride is set to come of age on 6 October 2007 when the annual event celebrates its 18th anniversary...more
18 Sept 2007- Cape Town-Under new publisher Morne Ebersohn, gay lifestyle magazine Wrapped has taken cognisance of the fact that the gay consumer is a discerning consumer. "The response from readers to the new look Wrapped has been very encouraging...more
09 Sept 2007- Johannesburg, South Africa — The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is deeply alarmed by increased violence...more
South Africa's gay betrayal 21 August 2007- South Africa- It might come as a surprise to those who still view Africa as economically and culturally backward, but the most liberal federal constitution in the world can be found at the southern tip of its continent...more
Mbeki defends controversial AIDS plan
SA blood service continues to reject gay donors
08 August 2007- Johannesburg, South Africa- The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is still discriminating against gay blood donors...more
SA Hate Crime Investigators Impotent?
30 July 2007- South Africa may have one of the world’s most progressive constitutions, including comprehensive anti-discrimination laws and gay marriage, but gay activist Marianne Thamm thinks their hate crime legislation stinks...more
Network slams lesbian murders 22 July 2007- South Africa- The Pietermaritzburg Gay and Lesbian Network has voiced its anger over the recent execution-style killing of two lesbians in Johannesburg. Sizakele Sigasa, 34, and 23-year-old Salome Masooa's bodies were found in a field near Meadowlands, Soweto, last Sunday...more
Lesbian couple killed in execution-style murder
12 July 2007- South Africa-Troubling. That’s the adjective we’d use to describe news that two South African gay activists, 34-year old Sizakele Sigasa (pictured) and 23-year old Salome Masooa have been murdered...more
09 July
2007- Cape Town, South Africa- Gay prisoners will not be prevented from
getting married in prison, says the department of correctional services...more
30 Jun 2007-
Durban, South Africa- In the wake of police highlighting the problem of men
falling victim to date rape drugs, two Durban men have spoken about their horror
ordeals after allegedly being "drugged, raped and robbed"...more
South African Gay Alleges Anti-Queer Cop Assault
29 Jun 2007- South Africa- There’s a bit of an anti-gay scandal brewing in South Africa. Banele Qhina alleges a police officer insulted and assaulted him because he’s gay...more
27 May 2007- Cape Town- Nearly six months after gay marriages were legalised in South Africa, some Home Affairs offices were still using forms with the words "husband" and "wife" on them...more Gay, Black And Immortal 24 May
2007- Durban, South Africa- Somewhere like the quaint Heritage Market centre
in Hillcrest is not where you would expect to find a comedian such as John
Vlismas...more
17 Churches Get the Nod for Gay Marriages 18 May 2007- Cape Town, South Africa - Seventeen churches across South Africa have applied to, and been accepted by, the Department of Home Affairs to officiate gay marriages...more
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May 2007- South Africa's 18th Gay and Lesbian Pride celebrations will be
held in the streets of Rosebank, Johannesburg, it was announced on Tuesday...more Gay Africans rail against 'state-backed' homophobia
Life for axe murderer 08 May
2007- Cape Town- The Cape High Court yesterday jailed for life a science
graduate who launched a fatal axe attack on his former gay partner, who had
started a new gay relationship with another partner...more Life for axe murderer 08 May
2007- Cape Town- The Cape High Court yesterday jailed for life a science
graduate who launched a fatal axe attack on his former gay partner, who had
started a new gay relationship with another partner...more African gays speak out on 'state-backed' homophobia 08 May 2007-Johannesburg- African gay activists protested against "state-sponsored" homophobia, saying authorities tacitly condoned their persecution across the continent...more 04 May 2007-South Africa- The first regional conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association in Africa will take place in Johannesburg this weekend...more
SABC1 cans mini-series about gay issues
South African coppers seeks more gay hustlers 02 Apr 2007- South African police are taking "equal opportunity" to a whole new level. As the country mulls legalizing prostitution, coppers are asking the government to import at least 2500 male hustlers for the 2010 World Cup...more
30 Mar 2007-
South Africa's commitment to gay rights had placed some law enforcers in a
quandary, especially when homosexual suspects demanded they be locked up with
the gender they felt most comfortable with, MPs heard this week...more
Gay times on SABC 17 Mar 2007- South Africa-The SABC may have reached a turning point in its attitude to gay content on the airwaves. This is the message from commissioning editors, who told the audience at the Out in Africa gay and lesbian film festival how gay and lesbian issues...more
15 Mar 2007
- A host of international and local movies can be seen at the annual Out In
Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which starts on Thursday at Nu Metro, V&A
Waterfront and runs until 1 April...more 14 Mar 2007- Cape Town - The man accused of the axe murder of his former gay partner, estate agent André Weitz, was found walking naked along a road at Plettenberg Bay, on his way to the police, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday...more Gay couple refused marriage? 20 Feb 2007- Johannesburg- South Africa- The department of home affairs has denied claims by a gay couple of Witpoortjie, Johannesburg, that officials at the Roodepoort office refused to marry them because of their sexual orientation...more South African gay divorce drama 12 Mar 2007- Reading this story, one wonders if South African homo Richard Thornton needs some tough love. The 53-year old former producer/director met his husband, Andries Jacobs at a mall, where the 20-year old Jacobs worked as a security guard...more Gay couple refused marriage? 20 Feb 2007- Johannesburg- South Africa- The department of home affairs has denied claims by a gay couple of Witpoortjie, Johannesburg, that officials at the Roodepoort office refused to marry them because of their sexual orientation...more Pride parade in pink
18 Feb 2007- The streets of Cape Town were a sea of purple and pink as the Cape Town Pride parade made its way from Green Point to the city centre and back yesterday...more
Contralesa slams legalisation of gay marriages 18 Feb 2007- South
Africa- The Congress of Tradition Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has
slammed the Constitutional Court and Parliament for making same sex marriages
legal...more
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Feb 2007- Several gay couples celebrated Valentine's Day by making their
vows in Tshwane on Wednesday. Pastor Andre Muller of the Dutch Reforming Church
in Muckleneuk had four appointments of three male and two female same-sex
marriages at his offices in Sunnyside on Wednesday...more J’bourg’s 2007 Pride March Date Set
13 Feb 2007- South Africa- On Tuesday
night '3rd Degree' on e.tv investigates the victimisation of young gay and
lesbian learners in high schools...more
12 Feb 2007- South Africa- Boasting
films from all over the world including South Africa, the Gay & Lesbian Film
Festival runs from 1 March at Nu Metro Hyde Park in Johannesburg and from 15
March at Nu Metro V&A Waterfront, Cape Town...more
23 Jan 2007-Cape Town- South Africa- The first same-sex couple to legally marry in South Africa have become the targets of death threats and hate mail...more
18 Dec 2006- South Africa- President Thabo Mbeki should indeed go for a public HIV test, Treatment Action Campaign leader Zackie Achmat said today...more Africa's first legally married gay couple get rings15 Dec 2006- Cape Town- There was a sense of deja vu on Friday as Africa's first gay couple to be legally married had wedding rings slipped onto their fingers again...more
04 Dec 2006- South Africa- The grooms wore khakis and leather boots. Two game rangers, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls, became the first same-sex couple to legally wed in South Africa on December 1, a day after President Thabo Mbeki's government authorised gay marriages...more
African Christians Protest S. Africa Gay ‘Marriage’ Law
04 Dec 2006- South Africa- The recent legalization of same-sex “marriage” in South Africa has stirred emotions with many African Christians protesting the new controversial law that is the first of its kind on the continent...more
Cheers, boos as South Africa legalises gay marriage 30 Nov 2006 -Johannesburg - South Africa on Thursday legalised gay marriage, the first country to do so on a continent where homosexuality is widely taboo...more South Africa Gay Marriage Bill Goes To President 28 Nov 2006- Cape Town, South Africa- A same-sex marriage bill passed South Africa's upper house on Tuesday and headed to the desk of President Thabo Mbeki for signing...more
Same-sex marriages 'not holy' 18 Nov 2006- South Africa- Like politicians and religious leaders, ordinary South Africans are deeply divided over the controversial draft Civil Union Bill passed in the National Assembly this week, which means that gay and lesbian couples can now marry...more
17 Nov 2006- South Africa- Last Tuesday was a historic day in Parliament, with South Africa becoming the first African country to allow same-sex couples to get married...more
Africans cheer, condemn S.Africa gay marriage bill
15 Nov 2006- Johannesburg - Africans reacted with a mix of horror and delight at news South Africa had passed a bill to legalise gay marriage, making it the first to do so on a continent where homosexuality is still largely taboo...more
Gay couple 'humiliated' by airline staff
15 Nov 2006-
A gay couple from Kloof, Durban, has lodged an Equality Court complaint against
British Airways, claiming that staff at the international airline had done
"everything in their power" to stop them sitting together, and alone, on a
flight from Johannesburg to London...more SA couple want first gay wedding
14 Nov 2006-South Africa- A lesbian couple from Soweto say they want to be among the first to marry under new legislation to allow same sex-weddings in South Africa...more
S Africa set to back gay weddings 14 Nov 2006- South Africa's parliament is expected to approve plans to legalise same-sex weddings. South Africa would become the first African country to approve such unions...more Key Committee Passes South Africa Gay Unions Bill 09 Nov 2006- Cape Town, South Africa- Legislation giving South African gay and lesbian couples civil marriage will go to the floor of Parliament Tuesday...more
07 Nov 2006- South Africa- Cracks persist within the leadership of the Anglican Church over the same-sex marriage bill that is to be signed into law next month, Dispatch Online reported on Tuesday...more S. African gays suffer despite legal protection 06 Nov 2006 -At an informal, unlicensed bar at a house in a remote corner of Soweto, South Africa, men and women sip lukewarm beer, mingle, flirt and sometimes dance to driving and monotonous kwaito rhythms...more Gay Life in South Africa Not All Fun Homophobia and HIV Hinder Homos 06 Nov 2006- We've established that we don't like murder, but loyal readers know that we do like South Africa. It's understandable, then, that we leapt at the opportunity to read this article on being gay in South Africa's townships...more Gay marriage 'is wrong' - cardinal 16 Oct 2006- Cape Town- South Africa- Redefining marriage for the sake of providing benefits to those who cannot rightly enter into marriage is wrong, says Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of the Catholic Church in South Africa...more Being gay and Zulu
16 Oct 2006- South Africa- He called me over to his house on my way back from the shop and asked me: ‘Do you think you can run faster than me...more
Vote Assures South Africa Gay Marriage Bill's Success
09 Oct 2006- Cape Town - South Africa- The African National Congress has voted to support the government's same-sex marriage bill...more
Marchers protest gay union bill 07 Oct 2006- Pretoria- South Africa - A memorandum urging the protection of the sanctity of marriage was handed to the government on Saturday...more Alliance to protest gay marriage 06 Oct 2006- Johannesburg - The Marriage Alliance - which opposes recognised gay unions - will stage a march in Pretoria on Saturday in support of a "traditional definition" of marriage...more South African Gays Not Satisfied With Revisions To Blood Donor Plan 06 Oct 2006- Cape Town-South Africa- Changes to the National Blood Service requirements for being a blood donor that permit gays who have been celibate for six months are still discriminatory and could lead to a legal challenge...more Lesbian pride on full display in S.Africa's Soweto 23 Sept 2006- Soweto- South Africa - Scores of lesbians staged a colourful march through the streets of South Africa's sprawling Soweto township on Saturday to declare their rights in a country where they are often victims of sexual violence...more Tutu Supports Gay Priests
21 Sept 2006- Johannesburg- South Africa- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in the first authorized biography of the Nobel peace laureate, said he was ashamed of his Anglican...more
Sowetans oppose gay marriage bill 21 Sept 2006- South Africa- JOHANNESBURG – The community of Soweto, together with church and traditional leaders in the area, are opposed to the Civil Union Bill, likely to be passed as law before 1 December...more SA to debate gay marriage 21 Sept 2006- South Africa- Soweto - For most of the continent, the subject is strictly taboo, but a parliamentary roadshow to discuss a bill to legalise gay marriage has highlighted an appetite for debate...more 'No equality' if same-sex marriage rights denied 20 Sept 2006-
Several gay and lesbian organisations have told the public hearings on
the Civil Union Bill that a failure to afford people the opportunity to
marry, simply because of their sexual orientation, is a violation of the
right to equality...more Marriage injustice flayed
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Sept 2006- South Africa- As Christians took to the streets last
week in protests against the Civil Unions Bill, a Durban pastor has
voiced her outrage at what she describes as "gross discrimination"
against the gay and lesbian community...more
housands Protest Against South African Gay Marriage Bill 16 Sept 2006- Johannesburg- South Africa- Protests against legislation to permit same-sex marriage were staged across South Africa on Saturday...more 14 Sept 2006- South Africa’s
Civil Union Bill has drawn yet more criticism ahead of a hearing on the
law next week...more PAC leader lashes out at gay marriage 14 Sept 2006- Johannesburg – Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) president Motsoko Pheko has dared scientists to challenge his assertion that “homosexuality is not natural”...more
South Africa Gay Marriage Bill Falters
07 August 2006- Pretoria- A legal advisory board to the South African government is refusing to give its approval to legislation giving same-sex couples...more
South Africa Ordered To Provide HIV Care To Prisoners
South Africa's Highest Court To Hear Gay Intestate Case 23 August 2006- Pretoria- South Africa's Constitutional Court will be asked on Thursday to ratify a landmark ruling that allows same-sex domestic partners to inherit the estates of their partners when there is no will...more South African Gov't Rejects Call For Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage
South Africa to legalize same-sex marriage by year’s end
12 August 2006- South Africa-Johnny de Lange, South Africa’s deputy minister of justice, said that proposed legislation on same-sex marriages has polarized South Africans...more
Gay couples seek equal treatment 07 August 2006- South Africa- Gays just wanted to be treated equally and were not asking for "special" treatment, a workshop on same-sex marriages, hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Unilever Ethics Centre...more South Africa Gay Marriage Bill 'Before Year End'
New travel alliance targets gay travellers
24 July 2006-
South Africa- The recently launched South African Gay and Lesbian Travel
Alliance (SAGLTA) aims to represent selected South African gay-friendly
guest-houses, bed and breakfasts, hotels, game lodges and various
travel-related products to the international gay and lesbian market...more
Court to weigh ‘gay’ inheritance claim 20 July 2006- South Africa- The Constitutional Court will next month deliberate on whether the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship is entitled to an inheritance if a partner dies intestate...more South African lesbian soccer team makes it to Games 18 July 2006- South African LGBT sports fans rejoiced Tuesday after learning that Chosen Few, a lesbian soccer team from South Africa, arrived safely in Chicago after weathering visa problems and financial hardships en route to the United States...more Gays Can
Discriminate South Africa Equality Board Rules
HIV 'increasing
in gay men and prostitutes' UN hears plea
for HIV medication
Pheko condemned
over verbal assault on gays
03 Mar 2006-
The vicious murder of Zoliswa Nkonyana, a lesbian who was killed by a
mob in a Cape Flats township, points to the brutal reality that despite
constitutional protections, lesbians in South Africa continue to
experience egregious assaults on their human rights, Human Rights Watch
said today...more
SA couple look forward to gay wedding
09 Feb 2006-
Since December 2002, GSSA was founded by group of participants
returning from Sydney Gay Games and has since, grown into the largest
gay and lesbian network in
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30 May 2008-
South Africa- Homosexuality remains a taboo in much of the vast Islamic world.
Most Muslim clerics condemn homosexuality outright...
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Sept 2007- South Africa- Gay and Lesbian Pride week celebrates Simon Nkoli,
a selection of whose letters are published on October 1. Shaun de Waal,
who co-edited the volume, writes about Nkoli’s unique voice...
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August 2007- Cape Town, South African President Thabo Mbeki - who has long
been accused of playing down the AIDS epidemic...
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May 2007- Johannesburg- Gay activists are protesting against what they
describe as "state-sponsored" homophobia in Africa, saying authorities tacitly
condone their persecution across the continent...
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Apr 2007- South Africa- Knysna - At least 12 000 people attended the Pink
Loerie Festival at Knysna at the weekend, the biggest one on record...
28
August 2006-Durban- A South African judge Monday ordered the
government to start providing anti-AIDS medication immediately to sick
prisoners at a Durban prison...
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August 2006-Pretoria- The chair of the parliamentary committee
preparing a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage...
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August 2006- Cape Town-The South African government will have a bill
on gay marriage ready for Parliament before the end of the year the
Deputy Justice Minister told reporters on Tuesday...
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May 2005- South Africa- The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has
condemned a verbal assault by Motsoko Pheko, the Pan Africanist Congress
(PAC) president, against gays and lesbians...
13 May 2006- Two South African lesbian soccer teams are
determined to attend important gay and lesbian sporting events in North
America in the coming months...
17 April 2006- South Africa- One in five gay and lesbian
schoolchildren in Pietermaritzburg and Durban are raped or sexually
abused at school. This is according to shocking new statistics that show
that victimisation of KwaZulu-Natal's gay scholars is widespread...
16 Mar 2006- South Africa/ Johannesburg- A man will on Thursday
contest legislation preventing him from inheriting his gay partner's
estate after his partner died without leaving a will, the man's attorney
said on Wednesday...
