EAT: SPICY SUMMER TREAT
Summer is here and, yes, we’re ready for pool parties and easy outdoor eating. The Red Chef’s Werner Nieuwoudt has a great idea for a spicy Tex-Mex poolside treat and a refreshing cocktail to wash it down with. Put some spice in your life this summer At last we can shed off the layers of clothing, and […]
GAY BRIT ARRESTED IN UGANDA
There are efforts to support a British man who was arrested after he was ‘outed’ by a notoriously homophobic Ugandan tabloid. Retired banker Bernard Randall, who lives in Uganda, believes that robbers who broke into his home found a gay pornographic video on his laptop and passed it on the Red Pepper newspaper. The tabloid […]
SHACKLED BY HOMOPHOBIC LAWS
October 24 marked the celebration of 49 years of Zambia’s independence. Despite close to half a century of independence from Britain, Zambia still holds fast to, and claims as its own, some draconian laws inherited from its colonial masters. One such law is the criminalisation of sodomy, still entrenched in the Zambian Penal Code. Currently, […]
GAY PRIDE EVENTS FOR SOCHI?
The Pride House organisation is determined to see a host of LGBT affirming venues and events at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite Russia’s gay propaganda law. Pride House International (PHI) said on Tuesday that it intends to “overcome the legal obstacles from Russian authorities to the creation of a Pride House at […]
PARALYSED GAY GYMNAST IMPROVES
An openly gay American gymnast who was paralysed following a tragic training accident is said to be steadily improving. Kalon Ludvigson is the USA’s most decorated Trampoline and Tumbling athlete ever; having won 20 World Cup and World Championships Medals, two World Records and eight Consecutive USA National Titles. In August, during a training session, he had […]
GAGA INSISTS SHE’S BISEXUAL
Pop star Lady Gaga has refuted criticism that she’s claimed to be bisexual as a marketing ploy to sell records to the gay community. While in Germany to promote her upcoming ARTPOP album, the singer answered questions from fans in a private Q&A session in a Berlin nighclub. “You know, it’s not a lie that […]