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Trump to end 'gender insanity' in schools
Former US President Donald Trump has promised that if reelected this November, he will defund schools that promote "inappropriate" content to children such as gender identity and critical race theory....Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 12:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces injectable HIV drug
ZIMBABWE has introduced Cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA), an injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, to add to the HIV prevention regime in the country.The drug, an ARV designed to suppress...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP wants gays protected, Speaker thwarts debate in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Ms Sethulo Ndebele on Tuesday raised a motion in Parliament advocating for the adoption by the legislature of a law that protects the lesbians, gays, b...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | 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) act...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt against underhand plot to entice children into devilish sexual activities
The Zimbabwean government has expressed outrage against the local LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community for offering young students scholarships to study at tertiary institutions, s...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights
SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.T...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:58hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gays not welcome, says Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who portrays himself as a defender of traditional Islamic values, has once again labeled the opposition as ‘LGBT', and insisted that liberal Western ideology will nev...Published: 30 May 2023 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
From Trump to Biden, it is getting 'more worse!'
In black English, former president Donald Trump was a lunatic, a loud-mouthed New Yorker, whose mouth was unfiltered, a thoroughly "worse guy". If that is so, US president Joe Biden (lovin...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Response to Bulawayo24 letter purporting to be from GALZ
Dear Editor, GALZ, An association of LGBTI people in Zimbabwe has been recently informed of a fabricated letter circulating online and on selected news platforms such as 'Bulawayo24' purportin...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 22:46hrs | 7 | by GALZ
Uganda ban gays
Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 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 "diso...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe refuses to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual community
ZIMBABWE has refused to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to accept their predisposition.The local delegation led by Justice, Le...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UN red-flags Zimbabwe on human rights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was found wanting by United Nations (UN) member States on human rights violations, with enactment of draconian legislation to curtail freedoms coming unde...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe the new Cold War front
ON February 5, 2018 United States President Donald Trump wrote to the US Congress that he was extending sanctions on Zimbabwe by another year. This year President Joe Biden did the same.The gi...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:28hrs | 12 | by Nevanji Madanhire
'Zanu-PF only political party to embrace gays'
Zanu-PF is the only political party that managed to respond to concerns raised by the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) in 2018.Ahead of the 2018 elections, GALZ approache...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt one of the worst in the world'
THE United States has adjudged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as one of the worst administrations in terms of human rights violations in the world.This came out in a report titled 4...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | | by Zipporah Musau
Injectable HIV drug once every 2 months 89% more effective than daily pills
A long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug administered once every two months is "safe and superior" to daily pills taken by women to protect them from contracting HIV, a new study conducted in seve...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays and Lesbians targets Zimbabwe universities, colleges
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has started a process of engaging universities and other higher learning institutions as part of a broader strategy to strengthen academic freedom of members o...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'BCC clinics do not discriminate patients'
Personnel at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) clinics attend sensitisation workshops to equip them with skills to treat all patients, including people with different sexual orientation and key populations,...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital sets up register for people with ambiguous genitalia
MPILO Central Hospital has initiated a register for people with ambiguous genitalia in a bid to help them deal with the issue and avoid future psycho-social problems they may encounter regarding sexua...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV positive transgender Tatelicious appeals for a husband
Zimbabwe's popular transgender Tatelicious Karigambe Sandberg is looking for a man to settle with after divorcing with husband Richard Sandberg in 2018.Tatelicious who identifies herself...Published: 13 May 2019 at 19:45hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Transgender activist attacks Mnangagwa
A Bulawayo cross dresser and transgender activist Ricky "Rikki" Nathanson says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a ruthless person who presided over the murder of 20 000 Zimbabweans during his time as M...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:57hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place for LGBT migr...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | 3 | by Irish Times
The Cult of Rhodes: Remembering an Imperialist in Africa
Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) remains a controversial figure in colonialism and imperialism studies. Paul Maylam's 2005 publication is useful in confronting debates on his role in the colonization of ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
Zimbabwe gays unveil scholarships
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has unveiled a scholarship programme targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community.Dubbed Munhu!Munhu, the programme...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 21:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
DIY tests for HIV beat stigma in fight against Aids
When she discovered she was HIV-positive early this year, sex worker Evelyn Msipa (32), was alone in her rented apartment in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare.Health and Child Care minister Davi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Reuters
+50% of prostitutes HIV+
MORE than half of commercial sex workers in the country are HIV positive, UNAIDS has revealed in a report.According to the 2018 report released on Thursday, the country has 45 000 sex workers ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays applaud Mnangagwa
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) advocacy group has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for "understanding" them better than his predecessor Robert Mugabe and the opposition parties, a repo...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unemployed teachers accuse Mnangagwa of neglecting them
Unemployed teaching graduates have accused Zimbabwean President Emmesron Mnangagwa of neglecting them.The teachers made the remarks during a demonstration held on Friday.Progressive Te...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Gays praise Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has received rare praise from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community for abandoning his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s politics of discrimin...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's transgender 'suffers miscarriage'
Zimbabwe's transwoman Tatelicious Karigambe-Sandberg - who shocked the world last year when she claimed that she was pregnant - has made another stunning claim that she has suffered a miscarriage....Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers seek ties with media
SEX workers in Bulawayo have bemoaned what they termed misrepresentation in the mainstream media, citing negative coverage as increasing their discrimination in society.Speaking during a media...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Media should advocate for key populations programming
Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) with support from Amplify Change hosted journalists for an engagement on pro-key populations budget, policy advocacy and analysis.According to NANGO the meeting set...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
7 000 sex workers in Bulawayo!
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care estimates that there are about 44 586 sex workers in the country aged between 15 and 49 years and nearly 7 000 of them operate in Bulawayo.According to th...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gays and Lesbians raise alarm over stereotyping in Zimbabwe
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) is engaging the clergy, lawyers, traditional leaders among other stakeholders to raise awareness on issues relating to their members to correct stereotypes abo...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Zodwa Wabantu a fraudster?
LOCAL arts promoter Biggie Chinoperekwei of Divine Assignment could be counting losses after South African socialite and entertainer Zodwa Wabantu cancelled her trip to Zimbabwe on the 11th hour under...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean transgender woman announces that she is pregnant
Zimbabwean transgender woman Tatelicious Karigambe announces that she is pregnant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFMOS-6SFD0...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's human rights record under spotlight again
ZIMBABWE remains stuck in a wave of violence and human rights abuses, with prospects of anarchy ahead of the much-anticipated general elections next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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' ...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gay activist sues police, Zanu-PF activist for $10,8 million
A TRANSGENDER activist, Ricky Eugene Nathanson, who was arrested in 2014 for allegedly using a ladies' toilet at a Bulawayo hotel, has dragged Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, Home Affai...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gays 'can't serve' US army,' says Trump
US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the military.He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited "tremendous medical costs and ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alleged gay flees angry mob
AN alleged transgender man from Bulawayo's Paddonhurst suburb has left the country to live in the United States after a confrontation by residents.Matthew Horton, who was also known as Mat Tux...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe committed to human rights, says Mnangagwa
Government is happy with the human rights situation in the country and is committed to supporting and implementing all instruments to that effect, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's human rights record under spotlight again
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party continues to hog the international limelight regarding its human rights record after the United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour yesterda...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump rescinds transgender bathroom rules from Obama era
Donald Trump's government has revoked guidance to US public schools that allowed transgender students to use toilets matching their gender identity.The guidance, issued by his predecessor ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by BBC
Donald Trump on African Page
In the book of Genesis 1 verse 27 it is said that God created Man in his own image male and female. He blessed them and God said into them be fruitful and multiply. The Bible advocates for union betwe...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Herbert Marufu
The seemingly cool gay practice
Years ago, I always muttered to myself that if I ever applied for visa to any of the countries that endorsed the Gay Rights, or granted freedom to gays in whatever dimension and at the visa interview,...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Nimi Princewill. Twitter: @princewill_nimi
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