HOPE FOR GAYS & TRAD. LEADERS
There is hope for a more LGBTI-positive approach from traditional leaders in South Africa. On Wednesday, Sam Kandlhela, a representative from the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) spoke on gay and lesbian issues at a meeting of the National Task Team on Violence Against LGBTI Persons in Pretoria. The event saw civil society groups […]
RUSSIA BANS SELENA GOMEZ
It’s been reported that Russia has refused to grant American pop singer Selena Gomez a visa over fears that she’ll speak out for LGBT rights. Gomez was as a result forced to cancel her two concerts in Russia, planned for 23 and 25 September, reported the Moscow Times. The young star had been urged by […]
FIREMAN’S BALL DUMPS PRIDE
The annual Fireman’s Ball party will not take place during Johannesburg’s Pride season this year, in part because of the dissent and confusion that has surrounded multiple Prides. The event, which has been held as an unofficial Joburg Pride after-party for the last six years, has traditionally been the gay community’s biggest bash in the […]
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SPICE GIRL’S LESBIAN AFFAIRS
Spice girl Mel B has confirmed that she had a lesbian affair with another woman The singer, real name Melanie Brown, took the opportunity of the release of her first single in eight years – For Once in My Life – to make the revelation. In an interview with American shock jock Howard Stern, the […]
POPE: BACK OFF THE GAYS
Pope Francis has continued to present a more accepting approach to homosexuality in an extensive new interview with America magazine. In it, the Pontiff acknowledged that the Catholic Church has a history of being obsessed by dogma and pettiness. “The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules. The most important […]