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2 February 2012
South African lesbian killers sentenced to 18 years in prison 8 Four men convicted of murdering a lesbian near Cape Town have received 18-year prison sentences, days before the sixth anniversary of her death.
24 January 2012
Zulu king’s alleged anti-gay comment to be investigated 8 Anti-gay comments reportedly made by the king of the Zulu people are set to be investigated by South Africa's Human Rights Commission, but the royal family insists it was a mistranslation by a national newspaper.
26 August 2011
Marchers demand action for murdered South African lesbian 3 Four months after lesbian activist's rape and murder, South Africans petition police authority for action in finding her killers.
9 August 2011
Comment: A gay Congolese man in South Africa 10 Junior Mayema, 24, is a volunteer with People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP).
31 May 2011
South African ambassador to Uganda found guilty of gay-hate speech 15 The South African Human Rights Commission has won a hate speech case against journalist Jon Qwelane over an anti-gay column he wrote prior to his appointment as the country’s ambassador to Uganda.
3 May 2011
Gay campaigners say South African lesbian’s murder was ‘hate crime’ 4 A lesbian who was raped and murdered in a South African township last week was clearly attacked because of her sexuality, gay campaigners say.
27 April 2011
Lesbian raped and murdered in South African township 40 Noxolo Nogwaza, a 24-year-old lesbian, was found dead in an alley in Kwa-Thema township, South Africa, on Easter Sunday.
15 March 2011
South African lesbians campaign against corrective rape 21 Lesbian activists in the South African capital of Cape Town held a demonstration outside parliament yesterday to call for more action on the problem of 'corrective rape'.
3 March 2011
Travel: Cape Town – South Africa’s Rainbow City 2 Adam Smith traveled to Cape Town and finds that rainbows everywhere, from tourism board leaflets to the floor at the airport.
8 December 2010
Speech: Jesse Jackson says gays are ‘America’s newest second-class citizens’ 8 The Rev Jesse Jackson's speech to gay rights supporters outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in San Francisco.
1 December 2010
Lesbian couple have marriage bid rejected 20 A lesbian couple were turned away from a registry office yesterday when they tried to apply to marry.
23 November 2010
Study says daily HIV drug lowers infection in gay men + A study indicates that a drug used to treat HIV after infection can also lower the risk of gay men becoming infected with the virus.
19 November 2010
‘Shameful’ UN vote ‘may lead to more gay executions’ 28 A United Nations panel’s decision to remove sexual orientation from an anti-execution resolution is “shameful” and may encourage murders of LGBT people, gay rights campaigners say.
9 November 2010
Straight couple denied civil partnership again 34 A straight couple from London have once again been denied a civil partnership.
8 November 2010
Thousands join Argentina’s gay Pride march 2 Thousands of people joined Argentina's annual gay Pride march on Saturday in Buenos Aires.
7 October 2010
‘Pink Protest’ to be held at University of Cape Town + Student activists at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, are planning to stage an anti-homophobia protest today after a symbolic 'pink closet' sculpture intended to highlight the effects of homophobia was burnt down.
19 January 2010
‘Homophobe’ expected to become South African ambassador to Uganda 13 A media personality who has been accused of homophobia will reportedly be appointed South Africa's ambassador to Uganda next month.
18 November 2009
Exclusive: HIV film ‘dangerous and misleading’ 468 A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous.

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