LIFE HARDER FOR CAMEROON GAYS
Life has become even harder for gays in Cameroon and death threats more common since a prominent gay rights campaigner was brutally killed a month ago, one of the country’s leading lawyers said. Eric Ohena Lembembe, who had been fighting to legalise homosexuality in the central African country, was found by friends in his home […]
PEOPLE’S PRIDE MASS MEETING
The planning team behind the People’s Pride event in Johannesburg set for 5 October invite you to a mass meeting on Saturday 17 August to update the community on their progress. The volunteer team has been working hard to put together a Pride march that “is conscientised and rooted in the continued fight for social […]
WORLD’S 1ST GAY PRO BOXER PROPOSES TO BOYFRIEND
Puerto Rico’s Orlando Cruz, the first openly gay professional boxer in the world, has proposed to his boyfriend via Facebook. NBC Latino reported that the 32-year-old fighter made the proposal to his long-time boyfriend José Manuel in a video, two months ahead of a WBO Featherweight Title fight. “I wanted to tell you how much […]
LGBT ETHIOPIAN GROUP TARGETED AS ‘FOREIGN AGENT’
Anti-gay groups have accused an LGBT Ethiopian HIV/Aids organisation of being a “foreign agent” and have called for legal action to be taken against gay people. A media affiliate of Rainbow-Ethiopia HIV and Social Support Services has reported that it is being targeted by homophobic civil society and religious groups and local government officials. It […]
MEN OF MR GAY WORLD 2013
The Mr Gay World competition was recently held in Antwerp and won by South African born Chris Olwage (New Zealand). The event had plenty of manly goodness from around the world on offer – as seen in this steamy photoshoot.
NEW AFRICAN GAY FICTION BOOK TO BE LAUNCHED
Queer Africa, a new collection of eighteen ‘queer’ stories, is set to be launched by Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA) on Saturday. According to GALA, Queer Africa “brings together historical and contemporary stories, affirming and disquieting stories, urban and rural stories. It features characters who are rooted firmly in their countries and cultures, […]
HAND-HOLDING CAMPAIGN FOR RUSSIAN OLYMPICS
Pride House International – a coalition of LGBT sport and human rights groups – has called on everyone attending the Sochi Winter Games to hold hands with someone of the same sex in protest against Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law. The ‘Same-Sex Hand-Holding Initiative’ is part of the the group’s response to the International Olympic Committee’s […]