MISS UNIVERSE HOST PULLS OUT DUE TO ANTI-GAY RUSSIAN LAW
Openly gay American TV presenter Andy Cohen has refused to co-host the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, which is being held in Russia, due to the country’s anti-gay policies. Cohen, who has co-hosted the event for the past two years with E! News’ Giuliana Rancic, told her that “their discriminatory policies make it unsafe for the […]
US COURT: UGANDA ACTIVISTS CAN SUE ANTI-GAY EVANGELIST
A US federal judge has ruled that the persecution of gay people is a crime against humanity and a valid basis on which to sue anti-gay evangelist Scott Lively. The groundbreaking case has seen Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG), a Uganda-based coalition of LGBTI rights and advocacy groups, suing Lively over his role in fuelling […]
ATHLETES RISK ARREST IN RAINBOW NAILS PROTEST
At least two Swedish athletes have risked arrest by painting their nails in rainbow colours at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow in support of Russia’s LGBT community. According to AP, pole-vaulter Emma Green Tregaro and sprinter Moa Hjelmer both sported rainbow coloured nails at Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital on Thursday. Tregaro posted […]
WWE WRESTLER COMES OUT AS GAY
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Superstar Darren Young has come out as one of the first openly gay WWE wrestlers during an impromptu interview. The 33-year-old American had just arrived at the airport in Los Angeles on Wednesday and was collecting his luggage when he was approached by a TMZ videographer. Young (real name Fredrick Douglas […]
REVIEW: JIMMY IN PIENK
Being different has never felt so right in this passionate and heartfelt film. Jimmy in Pienk is a delightfully charming Afrikaans film that shows the true colours of the new South Africa. It tells the funny and touching story of Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation mielie farmer who can give an accurate five-day weather […]