BIPHOBIA – THE FINAL FRONTIER?
My grandfather used to joke that being bi doubled your chances of a date on a Saturday night (something apparently first said by Woody Allen, I later discovered). Actually, what I think it might do is halve your chances. It seems to me that hating on bisexuals is one of the last prejudices still standing […]
CAPE TOWN PRIDE 2014: ALL THE DETAILS
LGBTI Pride is coming to the tip of the African continent once again, as Cape Town celebrates Pride 2014 from 21 February to 2 March. The 10-day festival comprises of a host of community-orientated events that are free of charge as well as other exclusive events that attract the more well-heeled members of the LGBTI […]
CAPE TOWN SOCCER FANS BACK GAY NIGERIANS
Enthusiastic groups of LGBT spectators took a public stand against Nigeria’s new horror anti-gay law at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday. The small but visible pockets of protesters among the large sell-out crowd waved rainbow flags and gay flags of South Africa during the Chan match between Nigeria and South Africa. They also held […]
CELEBS IN GAY POLITICAL PARTY HOAX
South African celebrities have dismissed a spoof report that they are involved in a gay political party formed by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu which aims to legalise gay polygamy. It appears that South Africans have once again fallen for another hoax by satire website Lifestyle Tabloids, which last week published an article announcing the launch […]
FORMER MOZ PRES URGES LEADERS TO RESPECT GAYS
In a significant move, Joaquim Chissano, the former President of Mozambique (1986 – 2005), has urged African leaders to respect the rights of LGBT people. In an open letter, Chissano, who is now the co-chair of the High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), wrote that leaders should “take a […]
RUSSIAN OLYMPIC GAY FLAG ARREST
In a very public display of Russia’s “gay propaganda” law in action, an LGBT activist was immediately arrested when he unfurled a rainbow flag during the Olympic torch relay on Saturday. A series of pictures posted online show Pavel Lebedev holding up the small rainbow flag as the procession passes through the snowy Russian town […]
RUSSIAN GAY TORTURE GROUP HEAD ARRESTED
The man behind the extremist Russian group responsible for humiliating and torturing a young gay Swazi student on camera in Russia has been arrested in Cuba. The appalling video surfaced online in November last year and showed the 20-year-old being forced to strip, simulate oral sex on a beer bottle and say racist slurs by […]
BACHELOR STAR SAYS GAYS “PERVERTED”
The star of American reality show The Bachelor is in hot water for saying that he doesn’t approve of a gay version of the show because gay people are “perverted”. Juan Pablo Galavis, a former Venezuelan soccer star who appears in the most recent season of the series, told The TV Page that when it […]
AGANG SHOWS SUPPORT FOR SLAIN LESBIAN
Agang SA has restated its LGBT-affirming position ahead of this year’s elections by showing its support for the family of murdered lesbian Duduzile Zozo at the trial of her alleged killer. More than 35 member of the new political party attended last week’s bail hearing of 22-year-old Lekgoa Lesley Motleleng, the accused in what Agang […]