South Africa

A church is beating gay men half to death & then forcing them to pay for ‘damages’

"He took a huge stick and started beating me. He went on until I was helpless. I was numb and I was bleeding from head to toe."

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Trump’s comment about ‘s–thole countries’ gravely impacts LGBTQ asylum seekers

The U.S has been offering asylum to LGBTQ people from around the world since 1994. Is that about to change too?

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Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan South Africa has been given an LGBTQ makeover for a special "Say Yes To Love" issue.

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Man who allegedly raped & burned a lesbian couple alive claims he was their ‘friend’

“They always came to visit me at the shop. I also helped them with their horses.”

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Will America’s most hateful pastor get banned from Jamaica too?

The country is notoriously anti-gay, but Steven Anderson is even worse.

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A court denied a gay couple the right to adopt for a really good reason

The court was correct in their decision. It wouldn't be in the child's best interests.

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Why queer filmmakers are boycotting Israel’s LGBTQ film festival

Israel's gay community is the latest target of a global push for a cultural boycott of Israel.

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CoverGirl’s new cover boy fires off racist tweet and bizarre apology

The tweet, which has since been deleted, joked about Africa being a disease-ridden place where he may catch Ebola.

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New HIV vaccine could be ‘the final nail in the coffin’ for the disease

The vaccine being tested is based on a previous trial where it was found to be 31.2 percent effective.

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Listen: The anti-gay interview that got American hate pastor arrested in Africa

Botswana is not known for being accepting of LGBT people, but Baptist minister Steven Anderson proved to be too much for the African nation.

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