HEADLINES
GOVT ARV’S: PEOPLE STILL DYING:
SA's Ministry of Health has confirmed that close to 6,000 HIV-positive people had died while receiving antiretrovirals since the government rollout began in 2004.
PARLIAMENT PASSES GAY MARRIAGE BILL:
LGBT groups have hailed - with reservation - the passing of a bill by Parliament legalising same-sex marriage in South Africa.
CIVIL UNION BILL VOTE TOMORROW:
Parliament is expected to vote tomorrow on the controversial Civil Union Bill which will, for the first time in Africa, allow same-sex couples to marry.
CIVIL UNION BILL REACTION:
Gay organisations have reacted to the revised Civil Union Bill, which is expected to be passed by parliament on Tuesday this week.
CIVIL UNION BILL TO BE TABLED:
The government has finalised the Civil Union Bill, which is to be tabled before parliament next week Tuesday, with some minor changes.
JERUSALEM PRIDE CANCELLED:
Jerusalem's LGBT community has agreed to cancel Friday's gay pride parade amid growing concerns about violence from the ultra orthodox Haredi sect.
US GAYS UPBEAT DESPITE GAY UNIONS BAN:
The jubilation surrounding the election of many gay friendly candidates to Congress has been slightly overshadowed by the success of gay marriage votes across some US states.
JERUSALEM PRIDE RIOTS:
Ultra-orthodox Jews have rioted in Jerusalem in protest over a gay Pride Parade planned for this Friday.
CONDOM ‘DEFLATION’ COMMON:
A new survey reveals that ill fitting condoms often add to men's erection woes in the bedroom.
US PASTOR ADMITS GAY SEX:
A high profile anti-gay US evangelical Pastor has admitted to having sex with a male escort over a period of three years.
CIVIL UNION BILL “UNCONSTITUTIONAL”:
The state's chief legal advisor has described the Civil Union Bill as "unconstitutional", vindicating LGBT groups who have made the same claims about the legislation.
GAY YOUTH LIVING DANGEROUSLY:
Cape Town’s health services chief says that young gay people are taking more risks with unsafe sex than before.
GOV SHIFT ON AIDS POLICY:
TAC activists may have less to march about the government's new willingness for dialogue is matched by action on the ground.
GAY ACTIVIST ATTACKS DLAMINI ZUMA:
A gay rights campaigner, along with ten Zimbabwean activists, disrupted a lecture by SA Foreign Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in London.
GAY GROUPS SLAM CONTRALESA:
Gay community groups have slated an organisation representing traditional leaders for its homophobic stance on same-sex marriage.
US COURT RULES ON GAY MARRIAGE:
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that all rights and benefits of marriage must be accorded to same-sex couples in the state.
UK IMAN OKAYS KILLING GAYS:
Manchester's leading Imam has confirmed that he thinks the execution of sexually active gay men is justified.
AMAZING RACE STAR’S MILITARY RAPE:
Reichen Lehmkuhl, best known as an Amazing Race winner, and boyfriend to pop star Lance Bass, has revealed that he was raped while in the military.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SLATES CIVIL UNION BILL:
The New York based Human Rights Watch has urged Parliament to grant full civil marriage rights to lesbian and gay Couples, not ‘Civil Unions’.
DRC ENDORSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:
The Dutch Reformed Church has told Parliament that it supports same-sex marriages and that these should have the same status as heterosexual unions.