GAY AFRIKAANS SINGER SURVIVES SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Controversial openly gay Afrikaans singer Rudi Claase is reported to be recovering at home after a dramatic suicide attempt. According to Beeld, the star was found unconscious in his home on the weekend. It was reported that he had slit one of his wrists and took an overdose of pills. An unconscious Claase was taken […]
LOTTERY FUNDS SOUTH AFRICAN GAY MOVIE
The Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is making a R6 million full length South African gay movie, and it’s being funded by the National Lottery. In April 2011, the festival applied for a grant to the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) to make the feature film. On Tuesday, it announced that […]
300,000 STRONG PETITION HANDED TO IOC
A petition, signed by over 322,000 people and calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to speak out against Russia’s anti-gay crackdown, has been delivered to the organisation. On Wednesday, more than 50 members of the All Out activism and petition website presented the IOC with the petition at its headquarters in Switzerland. They also […]
PRIDE AROUND THE WORLD 2013
From America to Uganda and from Budapest to Toronto, a host of countries and cities around the world celebrated gay and lesbian Pride over the last few months. Here’s our selection of images of Pride in full swing.