UK: Cardinal Keith O’Brien nominated for ‘bigot’ of the year, by Stonewall
Stonewall, Britain’s largest gay rights charity, has nominated the UK’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’ Brien for the title of “Bigot of the Year” as part of its annual awards ceremony. On its...
View ArticleStonewall defends ‘bigot’ awards category after banks withdraw support
The UK’s largest gay rights charity has defended its ‘Bigot of the Year’ title following complaints from two of its corporate supporters. According to the Telegraph, two banks, Barclays and Coutts both...
View ArticleUgandan politician: We are ‘tolerant’ of gays because we don’t ‘slaughter them’
A Ugandan minister has said that he thinks the country is “tolerant” of gay people because they are not routinely “slaughtered”. He also went on to say that being gay was “incredible and abominable”,...
View ArticleUgandan Ethics Minister: HIV support groups are ‘promoting homosexuality’ and...
Uganda’s Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo has accused the country’s HIV support groups of “promoting homosexuality” and warns that he will take action against them. “Some of these organisations have been...
View ArticleUgandan Ethics Minister: ‘The whites are spreading pornography and...
Uganda’s Minister of Ethics Simon Lokodo had said white people are responsible for homosexuality and pornography. In an interview with AllAfrica, the Ugandan minister also blamed the constitution and...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch: Ugandan ruling against gay rights activists ‘deeply flawed’
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticised a ruling against gay activists who sued a Ugandan official for violating their rights. A group of four Uganda gay rights activists sued Ethics...
View ArticleUgandan minister: David Cameron doesn’t love his children because he supports...
The Ugandan Minister of Ethics and Integrity has claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron doesn’t love his children, because he allows homosexuality in the UK. Minister Simon Lokodo, who supported the...
View ArticleFirst LGBT+ centre in Uganda called ‘criminal act’ by ethics minister
The first LGBT+ centre in Uganda has been deemed illegal by a government minister. Simon Lokodo, the country’s minister for ethics and integrity, said homosexuality was “completely unacceptable” and...
View ArticleUganda’s ‘Minister of Ethics’ who pushed for the death penalty for gay sex...
Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity who vehemently lobbied for the death penalty for gay sex for years, was unseated Saturday (September 5) and is no longer a member of...
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