South Africa has barred controversial US pastor Steven Anderson from visiting the country because of his critical remarks about homosexuality. The home affairs minister said he was refused a visa as the constitution prohibits hate speech. Mr Anderson runs the Faithful Word Baptist Church, which says that homosexuality is an abomination punishable by the death … Read more
India’s government has unveiled a draft law to ban commercial surrogacy, a move that would block homosexuals, single parents, live-in partners and foreign couples from hiring Indian women to have a baby. Sushma Swaraj, India’s foreign minister, said on Wednesday the new law would prohibit prospective gay parents as homosexuality went against the country’s values. … Read more
Ummy Mwalimu, the health minister in Tanzania has put to ban personal lubricants (‘lube’) in the country in the hope men will be less inclined to sleep with each other. ‘I have instructed stakeholders working with gay people to remove the products from the market,’ she told local media. Besides encouraging homosexuality Mwalimu believes lube … Read more
A Muslim cleric in Ghana has defended rising attacks on homosexuals in the capital after claiming gay sex ‘disgusts Allah’ and ’causes earthquakes’. Mallam Abass Mahmud made these comments amid heightened hostility among Zongo communities in Kumasi and the capital Accra towards people in same-sex relationships. Speaking in an interview, Mallam Abass Mahmud, said “Allah … Read more