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South Africa ends blood donor ban on gay men
PRETORIA, South Africa – South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has dropped a ban that prohibited gay men from donating blood.
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South Africa president says he ‘respects’ Uganda’s anti-gay law
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The president of South Africa on Tuesday said he respects Uganda’s right to pass anti-gay legislation and that no action will be taken against the country.
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Openly gay judge on top South African court discusses sexuality, state of nation
JOHANNESBURG — An openly gay judge on South Africa’s Constitutional Court recently hosted a launch for his new book in the foyer of the court, a symbol-laden structure partly built with exposed brick from the apartheid-era prison that once stood on the same hilltop. At the event, another judge praised Edwin Cameron, loftily describing their workplace as a shrine to democracy but also ribbing the colleague he sees often.
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South African man murdered after attacker told witnesses he was ‘going to kill a fag’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A 21-year-old man in South Africa has been tortured and brutally murdered in what has been reported as an anti-gay hate crime.
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Desmond Tutu urges Uganda president to reject anti-gay bill
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday made an impassioned plea to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni not to sign into law a harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill that calls for a life sentence for some same-sex relations.
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Prominent Ugandan doctor, LGBT rights activist detained in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Human rights activists are calling on the South African government to release a prominent Ugandan doctor and LGBT rights activist who is being held in an immigration detention facility at OR Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg pending further deportation proceedings.
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Nelson Mandela was a hero to gays, yet anti-LGBT bias still rampant in Africa
Africa’s gays are looking for their own Nelson Mandela – someone who will rescue them from violence and a raft of laws that criminalize gay sex. In other words, precisely what Mandela could not do, despite his efforts.
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Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at age 95
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world’s most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died.
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LGBT History Month profile: South African activist Simon Nkoli
Simon Nkoli was a South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist. He is recognized as the founder of South Africa’s black gay movement.
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LGBT History Month profile: South African activist Zackie Achmat
Zackie Achmat is a South African activist whose work has focused on people living with HIV/AIDS, the gay community and combating apartheid. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and a recipient of the Desmond Tutu Leadership Award and the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.