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Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was kil…

Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police bust 1000-member gay group

Harare police have uncovered a 1,000-member gay syndicate using a WhatsApp group named "Private Lounge" to promote illegal same-sex relationships. This revelation comes after the arrest of a 25-year-old man and a teenage boy in Highfield, …

Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:37hrs | 7089 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga denounces gay elements

The Government has denounced some elements who are luring youths into homosexuality through offering educational scholarships for those who are into Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities.Vice President Dr Constantino C…

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages

In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples.Others downplayed the policy approved this …

Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press

Zimbabwean man reports gay partner to police

Police in Kwekwe have arrested a gay couple after one of them approached the police demanding that his partner be arrested for initially lying to him that he was a woman.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko sai…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 17:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Ghanaian MPs back tougher anti-gay legislation

The lead sponsor of an amended bill warns that the country will target US economic interests if Washington sanctions officialsGhana's parliament has unanimously passed a motion to further tighten laws on homosexuality, which is already lar…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Uganda lawmakers pass amended draft of anti-LGBTQI+ bill, retaining harsh penalties

Parliament in Uganda has passed a new amended draft of the anti-LGBTQI+ bill, maintaining the harsh punishments for same-sex acts.President Yoweri Museveni returned the bill to Parliament with recommendations that some provisions be toned …

Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mutare family 'disowns' gay son

GALZ has slammed Zimbabwe's laws for fuelling hate against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQl+) community following the recent publicity of a Mutare based family "disowning" their son after discovering his …

Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Prophet saves man from randy gay tokoloshe

A Bulawayo man from Nketa 7 suburb has been dreading going to bed for the past three years as a gay tokoloshe with an insatiable appetite for sex visits and rapes him throughout the night.According to the man, who cannot be named, the gay …

Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:09hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean gay denied asylum in SA

A REPORT released recently by several civil society organisations has found evidence that LGBT refugees are being denied asylum in South Africa despite being "eligible for protection under international and domestic law".The authors of the…

Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

SA-based Zimbabwean gay couple demand rights back home

SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to come to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosexuals and the repeal of section 73 of the Zimbab…

Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe not among Africa's five most dangerous countries to be gay in

Several African countries continue to persecute people in the LGBT community and Zimbabwe is not among them. The five most dangerous countries to be gay in Africa are Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania and Sudan.Uganda's government outlaws m…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 17:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'80% of Bulawayo men who patronise bars and the red light districts are gay'

CALL it double dipping!Panic has gripped the Bulawayo community after shocking and controversial statistics revealed that 80 percent of Bulawayo men that patronise bars and the red light districts are sleeping with other men.The shocking r…

Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: St John's School parents demand the resignations of gay teacher

A parents' meeting at a Zimbabwe elite school descended into chaos on Monday, after a teacher came out as gay.Videos from the event shared on social media showed several heated confrontations, with reports that "fist fights" nearly broke o…

Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

AFM gay storm reverend removed

THE AFM church leader who was entangled in a gay storm with a congregant who looked up to him as a 'father', has been stripped of being an overseer and transferred to another assembly.Reverend Collen Dandure who headed Chitungwiza's 14 ass…

Published: 16 May 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Alum Mpofu wins Zanu-PF primaries

FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Chief Executive Officer Alum Mpofu has surfaced in political circles after winning the chaotic Zanu-PF primary elections.  Mpofu was hounded out of the state broadcaster in 2002 allegedly…

Published: 02 May 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

'I suspect he is a gay,' says wife

A HARARE woman suspects that her husband is gay since he was jailed for years and came back having lost interest in sex.Chido Jindu opened up at the Harare Civil Court seeking fora protection order against her husband Innocent.Chido said "…

Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 12:58hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

Zodwa Wabantu reveals she's lesbian - Introduces her new girlfriend

The South African dancer and socialite of the moment, whose real name is Zodwa Libram, decided to come out on Wednesday and open on how she has been with women in the past and is now proud to let people know that she is lesbian.In an inter…

Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 08:48hrs | 29 | by Stephen Jakes

Chombo lawsuit in transgender's trial begins

THE civil trial involving a Bulawayo transgender woman, Ricky Eugene Nathanson, who is suing Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo, the police and a man who reported her for allegedly using a ladies' toilet at a city hotel, has kicked off …

Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gay tuckshop owner jailed 12 years

An HIV-positive man who sodomised a 17-year-old boy after luring him into his tuckshop was sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Chitungwiza magistrate last week. Prosecutor Mr Loveti Muringwa told the court that cases of sodomy were on the i…

Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Gay baboon terrorises villagers in South Africa, rapes 5 men

Men at a village in the North West are leaving in fear over a big male baboon that likes to grope and bonk human males.According to a newspaper clip seen by Byo24News, the baboon is said to have attacked more than six men in the past week …

Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 10:35hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter

Tutu, God, satan and political bravado

On the 29th of July 2013, the Agence France-Presse reported that the renowned Bishop and retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu had apparently joined the ranks of gay rights supporters in the church."On Friday, he said he would rath…

Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Venus Mlalazi

Gay activist Peter Tatchell and Zimbabwean exiles to 'arrest' Mugabe for trial in London

The Zimbabwe Vigil and its sister organisation Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) will be staging mock citizens' arrests of Robert and Grace Mugabe, plus John Mangudya (Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe) on Friday 12th A…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Gay inmate gets special cell

THE South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move a gay prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orientation.Tumelo Mapodile, a gay inmate doi…

Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ex-employee 'calls' former employer gay

As disgruntled employer has taken the former employee to court seeking a peace order claiming that he calls him  gay. Aaron Kadzunga told the court that his former employee Matsokororo used to work for him at his car park and in April…

Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Donor funds cannot sacrifice our dignity

Zimbabweans should applaud President Robert Gabriel Mugabe for coming out denouncing the same-sex marriage which some of the respected leaders around the world seem to be embracing it. God created a man and a woman so that the two would be…

Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 11:45hrs | 3 | by John Mukumbo

Forked tongue: Obama applauds gay marriage, sings Amazing Grace

What is duplicitous and unacceptable is to enjoy the credibility that comes from confessing the Christian faith while simultaneously holding views that are explicitly condemned in that faith.IF you are in the habit of bedding prostitutes i…

Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Edmund Kudzayi

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah was NOT about homosexuality

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has been used by people to condemn gays. The argument used by them is that God destroyed these cities because the people of these cities were homosexuals. It is about time we dispel the myth and lie that Sod…

Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Cameron Modisane

Gay wreaks havoc at Growth Point

MEN at Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera District are having sleepless nights over a 26-year-old male who has wreaked havoc as he ambushes and sexually abuses unsuspecting males at night.Clad in female apparel and at times donning white ga…

Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 16:22hrs | 6 | by Ray Bande

Tony Blair has been named top gay icon

Tony Blair has been named as top gay icon in the last 30 years by the Gay Times among a list of other famous figures who fought for equal rights.He even features as a cover star for an electronic version of the magazine, available to downl…

Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 15:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zanu-PF councilor backs gay rights

Richman Rangwani, a Zanu-PF councillor for Mhondoro Ngezi, has come out in the open to champion rights of homosexuals, a move likely to spark censure from his homophobic party which advocates full enforcement of laws that criminalise same …

Published: 19 May 2014 at 14:35hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Seventh Day Adventist cracks over homosexuals

A HOMOSEXUALITY row has flared up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) after its leaders called on members to view gays and lesbians as "brothers and sisters also in need of God's saving grace".SDA world vice president Ella Simmons to…

Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Filbert Ruwende

Woman catches hubby kissing another man, chanting Zanu PF slogan

A Sakubva woman who was eager to uncover the secret lover her husband was seeing got more than what she had bargained for when she discovered that he was actually seeing another man.Farai Phiri of Chinyausunzi Court 12 was left with an egg…

Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Same-sex marriage has no effect on straight couples - Research

New research published June 11 in the Public Library of Science, show that same-sex marriage has no impact on straight couples."[A] deleterious effect on rates of state rates of opposite sex marriage has been argued to be a motivating fact…

Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 20:57hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabweans in South African gay murder storm

A group of young Zimbabweans have been sucked into a raging and disturbing gay men murder saga in South Africa (SA), it has emerged.While the identity of the trio under South African Police Service (SAPS) investigation remains under wraps,…

Published: 29 Apr 2013 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying their sons,' claims actor

Actor Jeremy Irons claims that gay marriage could lead to fathers getting married to their sons - for tax reasons.The 64-year-old claimed he didn't have 'strong feelings' about same-sex marriage but said it could be used to allow fathers t…

Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Gay marriage blocked in US state

Olympia - Washington state's law allowing gay marriage was blocked from taking effect on Wednesday as opponents filed more than 200 000 signatures seeking a public vote on the issue in November.Preserve Marriage Washington turned in the si…

Published: 07 Jun 2012 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by AP

Gay porn actor kills, dismembers and sends human foot to Canada's ruling party HQ

An actor in low-budget gay porn films is the subject of an international manhunt after two severed body parts belonging to the same person were found in the Canadian capital.Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for Luka Rocco Ma…

Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 11:51hrs | 21 | by Moyo Roy

Zimbabwe government 'intimidate' Mr Gay World contestant into pulling out

The grand finale of Mr Gay World came to Africa in 2012 amid reports that Taurai Zhanje, the contestant from Zimbabwe where President Robert Mugabe regularly brands gays as "worse than pigs and dogs", pulled out after government agents int…

Published: 10 Apr 2012 at 05:57hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

Gay Marines' Kiss Photo Causes A Stir Online

An openly gay marine returning from Afghanistan has caused a stir online after sharing the traditional WELCOME home kiss with his boyfriend in Hawaii.Sgt Brandon Morgan was snapped as he jumped into the arms of Dalan Wells at a homecoming …

Published: 28 Feb 2012 at 21:15hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy

Black homosexual assaulted after winning Mr Gay Namibia contest

Windhoek - A gay rights group on Thursday condemned a physical assault on a black homosexual after he won a title in the first ever Mr Gay Namibia contest.Out-Right Namibia (ORN) said it "strongly condemns the homophobic, and what could be…

Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by AFP

Is my son gay!

My 12-year-old seems fascinated by gay people. It's always the gay character in programmes like Generations or Scandal that is his favourite. I don't mind if he's gay, but what I am wondering is if I should probe a bit and ask him if he ha…

Published: 03 Jun 2011 at 15:20hrs | | by Little Johnny

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