Governance

President Yoweri Museveni has done it.

The issue of homosexuality is one of the most emotive issues globally since the systematic atrocities such as slavery, colonialism and apartheid. The extent of tension on issues of homosexuality in the social, political and cultural spheres defies imagination.

According to Wikipedia, homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behaviour between members of the same sex or gender.

It is 2006. We are in Green Point, a public beach in Cape Town. “Freedom” has been here for a while so all races mingle freely. A group of women having wined and dined the whole night as part of ushering in the New Year think it is a great idea to take the last bottle of champagne to the beach.

I wish to argue in this short discourse why I think the signing into law of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2013 by President Jonathan on 30th December, 2013 is very precipitate and ill-advised.

Gays and lesbians face harsh prison penalties or even death in most nations of sub-Saharan Africa. In many countries, homophobia is growing.

At a time when many are using the Bible as a weapon to vilify LGBT people, Zimbabwean theologian Dr Masiiwa Ragies Gunda takes it upon himself to research and write about the bible and homosexuality in a book entitled: “The Bible and Homosexuality in Zimbabwe.” Below is an excerpt of the intervie

BEGINNINGS OF THE STRUGGLE

When India’s Supreme Court – in a surprising ruling – upheld a 150 year old ban on same sex acts among consensual adults, the world reacted with shock at how, in just under four years – it was in 2009 that the High Court decriminalized consensual same sex acts – the law can change easily against

The persecution and discrimination of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons has become a common feature in Zimbabwe and Africa in general. Zimbabwe is one of the 38 countries in the Africa that prohibit same-sex marriage.