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Source: The Citizen , Independent Online , SABC News JOHANNESBURG - In a watershed judgment, a Pretoria High Court judge on Wednesday ordered the NG Church Moreleta Park to pay damages and unconditionally apologize to the music teacher they fired because they found out he is gay . Judge Dion Basson ruled...

Source: Citizen , Independent Online , SABC News A tearful gay music lecturer who was given the boot by the Dutch Reformed (NG) Church in Moreleta Park told the Pretoria high court on Monday that he was fired because of his sexual orientation, Independent Online reports. Qnews update: Court: SA church...

Source: ABC News (US) ABC News photo by Tony Karuma It's far from a comprehensive portrait, but ABC News (US) offers a few snapshots of gay life in a country where being gay is illegal -- Kenya. As part of a series on nightlife around the world, ABC's Dana Hughes reports from the the country's...

Source: Bloomberg Cairo, Egypt -- A series of arrests of gay men are part of an effort by governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa to out-moralize Islamic parties that have denounced the perceived depravity of Arab societies under autocratic rule, Bloomberg reports in an in-depth story...

Source: Afrol News , AFP via Africasia.com , Kenya Today Dakar -- Gay rights organizations, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Pan-Africa ILGA, condemned the arrest and detention of several gay suspects in the Senegalese capital Dakar at the weekend, demanding the...