As South Africa mourns Desmond Tutu, so do LGBTQ groups
Desmond Tutu is by far the most high-profile African, if not global, religious leader to support lesbian and gay rights, and he has done so since the s. Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is mostly known to the world for his highly prominent role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. This role was internationally recognised by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. 
Desmond Tutu
In , Tutu spoke at a United Nations gay rights campaign in Cape Town, powerfully highlighting that he would “refuse to go to a homophobic heaven”. The former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town became a global figure as a fearless voice against the apartheid regime. After the transition to a democratic South Africa, and even in his retirement, Tutu continued to speak truth to power, condemning injustices committed by the government of the day.
Tutu's advocacy for LGBTQ rights did not sway most of Africa
Desmond Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning South African activist for racial and LGBTQ equality. The Anglican archbishop famously fought apartheid, but he was also one of the world’s top religious voices for LGBTQ rights Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry met him at the World Council of Churches in Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy in behalf of LGBTQ people as well as his fight for racial justice. Many LGBTQ Africans are subject to stigma and abuse , facing unemployment, homelessness and estrangement from their families. 'I would not worship a God who is homophobic'
The world's LGBTIQ+ community is in mourning for human rights giant and queer ally Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died at the age of Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is mostly known to the world for his highly prominent role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. This role was internationally recognised by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. TUTU’S LONG BATTLE FOR GAY RIGHTS
Tutu was best known for helping to end decades of institutionalized segregation and racism in South Africa, but he was also celebrated for lending his voice to other injustices and oppression. Last Updated on December 24, by Kittredge Cherry. He was born Oct. A timeline of Desmond Tutu's history of fighting for lesbian
In more recent years Tutu has become known for his strong advocacy on issues of sexuality, in particular the rights of lesbian and gay people. For instance, in , he made global headlines with the clear and succinct statement, in typical Tutu fashion, that he: would rather go to hell than to a homophobic heaven. . 
Desmond Tutu’s long history of fighting for lesbian and gay
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, arguably the most respected living Anglican (Episcopal), has condemned the persecution of gay and transgender people-and, apologized on behalf of his Church for ostracizing gay men and women. Speaking to a congregation of in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said that speaking up for human rights was as important as the basic. .
We'll never forget
Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy in behalf of LGBTQ people as well as his fight for racial justice. But the late South African archbishop’s campaign against. .