QWELANE MAY WIN HATE SPEECH CHALLENGE
Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos argues that disgraced former journalist Jon Qwelane may be successful in his bid to overturn his 2011 hate speech conviction for his notoriously homophobic 2008 article “Call me names, but gay is NOT okay…” Jon Qwelane, South Africa’s Ambassador to Uganda (that bastion of respect for the human dignity of all), […]
GAY MILITARY COUPLES GET TIME OFF TO MARRY
Tuesday saw same-sex couples in the US military being granted new federal benefits, including special leave to get married. All legally-married military spouses became eligible for a slew of benefits, including military I.D. cards, healthcare coverage, housing allowances and survivor benefits. These benefits were previously only available to opposite-sex married couples. In addition, un-married gay […]
GAY RUSSIAN SINGER’S ‘LOVE PROPAGANDA’
A Paris based performance artist and costume designer is promoting an oh-so-camp video for his song Sexual Obsession in protest against Russia’s gay propaganda law. “I’m a Russian boy, I did a sexy music video to do some love propaganda,” Igor Dewe told Mambaonline. “And if you like it, I will be glad that you […]
MUHOLI DEDICATES AWARD TO SLAIN LESBIAN
South African lesbian photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has been honoured for her acclaimed photography of the LGBT community. At a glittering ceremony in Kyalami on Thursday last week, Muholi received a Mbokodo Award in the category of “creative photography”. The Mbokodo Awards, now in their second year, celebrate outstanding South African women in the […]
RECORD BREAKING SWIMMER IS PROUDLY LESBIAN
Diana Nyad, who became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage or swimming fins, is a proudly lesbian woman. On Monday, Nyad reached a Key West beach after swimming for almost 53 hours in shark infested waters. The endurance challenge was something that she’d dreamed of for more than […]