Anti-gay Robert Mugabe appointed chair of African Union
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, who is a staunch opponent of gay rights, has been appointed as the president of the African Union. Mugabe, 90, is known for denouncing homosexuality, and...
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Here is the photo of Mugabe falling over he didn’t want you to see
Zimbabwean President and adamant homophobe Robert Mugabe apparently attempted to get photographers to delete images and footage of him falling over when getting off a flight. Mugabe, 90, is known for...
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Robert Mugabe probably isn’t too happy about this photo
A photo has been taken of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe – in which he appears to be wearing a wig and earrings. The snap of the anti-gay leader – taken by a photographer outside South Africa’s...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe: I want to propose to Barack Obama
Zimbabwe’s notoriously homophobic President Robert Mugabe has ‘joked’ that he might marry Barack Obama after same-sex marriage became law across the US. The US Supreme Court ruled by 5-4 on Friday that...
View ArticleRobert Mugabe to the UN: We are not gays
Robert Mugabe has used a speech at the UN General Assembly to rant against “new rights” for gay people. In the speech to the UN in New York on Monday, the Zimbabwean President delivered a thinly-veiled...
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Hillary Clinton joked about Robert Mugabe’s homophobia, and he’s not happy
Zimbabwe has claimed that Hillary Clinton is ‘too junior’ to criticise the country’s anti-gay President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe is one of the world’s most notoriously homophobic leaders, and gave a...
View ArticleZimbabwe warns against gay rights protests during AIDS conference
Zimbabwe’s health minister has warned activists not to protest for LGBT rights during an AIDS conference. The country is set to host the biennial International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa,...
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Robert Mugabe wins ‘peace’ prize… promptly rejects it
Anti-gay Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has won a Chinese ‘peace’ Prize – but promptly turned it down. The leader, who has been President of Zimbabwe since 1987, is a notorious opponent of LGBT rights –...
View ArticleChinese President ‘to urge’ Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to quit
Chinese President Xi Jinping is tipped to tell Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe that he should step down, if Zimbabwe is to secure trade deals. Mugabe has been President of Zimbabwe since 1987, and is a...
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Robert Mugube will refuse ‘filthy aid’ if he has to accept gay rights
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has said he will not accept aid if it means his country has to accept gay rights. The leader of the southern African country made the remarks as his nation suffers from one of...
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Lesbian asylum seeker told to ‘prove’ she’s gay by handing over naked pictures
A Zimbabwean lesbian asylum seeker has claimed that she was told to hand over naked pictures to ‘prove’ her sexuality to UK authorities. Skhumbuzo Khumalo, 24, fled her home country in fear of her life...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader: ‘I won’t persecute gays’
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has said he will not persecute gay people, if his party wins the upcoming election. The Movement for Democratic change leader said that although he...
View ArticleMugabe could run ‘as a corpse’ in next election, says wife
Anti-gay Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe could ‘run as a corpse’ in the next election. His wife made the comments at a campaign rally today. Grace Mugabe told the crowds that if her husband should die...
View ArticleMugabe backs Donald Trump’s agenda as he marks 93rd birthday
Anti-gay Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has expressed his admiration for President Trump. The oppressive Zimbabwe president made the comments ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. Mugabe says...
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Robert Mugabe, who claims ‘filthy’ gay people should be castrated, named WHO...
Zimbabwe tyrant Robert Mugabe has been named a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ by the World Health Organisation. Mugabe has been the President of Zimbabwe since 1987, and has presided over a regime that has been...
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World Health Organisation reverses decision to name anti-gay Robert Mugabe a...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reversed a decision to name Zimbabwe tyrant Robert Mugabe a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’. Mugabe has been the President of Zimbabwe since 1987, and has presided over a...
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Robert Mugabe clings to power after being ousted as party leader
Robert Mugabe is clinging onto power in Zimbabwe, despite being ousted as leader of his own ruling party. The leader has previously expressed tacit support for gay people being put to death, and his...
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Anti-gay leader Robert Mugabe to be impeached after 30 years of homophobia
Anti-gay leader Robert Mugabe is facing leaving office after 30 years of homophobic policies. Mugabe, 93, was forced to step down as leader of his own Zanu-PF party yesterday. He was expected to resign...
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Comment: As a queer Zimbabwean, the ousting of Robert Mugabe does not bring...
Joyline Maenzanise, a queer writer based in Zimbabwe, responds to the resignation of the country’s long-serving homophobic President Robert Mugabe. I must say, I never thought I would see the day when...
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Will Zimbabwe’s new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa continue Robert Mugabe’s...
Robert Mugabe has been replaced as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling party by Emmerson Mnangagwa – but will the new regime continue his homophobic tyranny? Mugabe, who resigned as President today after a...
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Homophobic dictator Robert Mugabe has resigned, says speaker of Parliament
Anti-gay leader Robert Mugabe has resigned from power, according to the speaker of Zimbabwe’s Parliament. Mugabe, 93, was forced to step down as leader of his own Zanu-PF party days ago, and faced...
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The 9 homophobes and transphobes who we watched lose this year
It’s been a painful year for LGBT people in many ways. More transgender people have been killed in the US than in any other year on record, homophobic attacks have soared in England and Wales since the...
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Zimbabwe’s new President: ‘It’s not my duty’ to press for change on LGBT issues
Zimbabwe’s new President has shot down questions about whether he will roll back the state’s harsh anti-LGBT policies. Long-serving Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe was ousted late last year by his...
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Gay teacher in Zimbabwe faces angry demands to resign after coming out to...
A parents’ meeting at a Zimbabwe elite school descended into chaos on Monday, after a teacher came out as gay. Videos from the event shared on social media showed several heated confrontations, with...
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Gay Zimbabwe teacher quits in wake of death threats after coming out
A teacher at an elite boys’ school in Zimbabwe has resigned after receiving death threats because he came out to his students as gay. Neal Hovelmeier, deputy head of the sixth form at St John’s...
View ArticleAsylum seeker faces deportation to homophobic Zimbabwe because officials...
A healthcare worker who fled anti-LGBT+ discrimination in Zimbabwe has said her application for asylum in Ireland was rejected because she didn’t “seem bisexual”. Constance, whose name was changed to...
View ArticleLesbian forced to flee Zimbabwe after facing death threats from own family....
A lesbian who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after facing death threats from her own family has been denied refugee status in Ireland. In April 2019, an International Protection Officer (IPO) recommended...
View ArticleZimbabwe repeals barbaric law punishing people for transmitting HIV
People in Zimbabwe will no longer face prison for transmitting HIV. Section 79 of Zimbabwe’s criminal code made it illegal to transmit HIV to a partner, either knowingly or unknowingly. Those convicted...
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Lesbian refugee on fleeing Zimbabwe, brave way she found acceptance and joy...
Developing your first crush as a teenager should be an exciting experience, but for Beverly, it was terrifying. The problem was that the person she harboured feelings for was a girl. Growing up in...
View ArticleTwo men in Zimbabwe face 14 years in jail over sodomy charges
Two men in Zimbabwe face being jailed for up to 14 years over charges of sodomy. The two men, named by local media as Tavimbanashe Chawatama, 28, and Leonard Nyakudya, 25, appeared at Harare...
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