Fear and Loathing

South Africa: This Grahamstown school just rejected anti-gay religious bigotry

Pupils at a private Christian boy’s school in Grahamstown have stood up against a guest preacher’s sermon that condemned homosexuality and described same-sex marriage as satanic.

Australia: Israel Folau’s comments remind us homophobia and transphobia are ever present in Australian spor

Homophobia and transphobia are becoming a regular fixture in the Australian sporting calendar. 

Kenya: Falsehoods in newspaper trigger anti-gay abuses

It could have been an informative newspaper article about an anti-AIDS clinic serving LGBT people in West Kenya. Instead, the reporter’s error-filled, scare-mongering account of a visit to the clinic “put the lives of most gays and lesbians in Kisumu at risk,” a local LGBT rights activist said.