MOTORING: A PANDA FOR THE TOWN
When people ask what I do for a living, I can usually place a pretty safe bet on what the follow-up question will be… “So, what’s the best car you’ve driven?” That, though, is a difficult question to answer. However, if it comes down to one of the most fun day-to-day cars I’ve ever driven, […]
NIGERIA: AIDS AGENCY REJECTS GAY LAW CONCERNS
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has dismissed concerns that the country’s recently signed anti-gay law will impact on providing HIV services to men who have sex with men (MSM). “A perusal of the Same Sex Marriage Act 2013, makes clear that the provisions thereof do not have any negative effect on the […]
DISNEY CHANNEL DEBUTS 1ST GAY CHARACTERS
America’s Disney Channel has for the first time included LGBT characters in one of its shows. On Sunday, an episode of the family sitcom Good Luck Charlie introduced a family headed by two lesbian mothers. In the episode, lead characters Amy and Bob Duncan (Leigh-Allyn Baker and Eric Allan Kramer) arrange a play date for […]
MOB ATTACKS GAY RIGHTS GROUP OFFICES
A group of around 200 people have attacked the offices of the Ivory Coast’s leading LGBT rights group. The mob broke windows and ransacked and robbed the headquarters of the Alternative Cote d’Ivoire organisation in Abidjan on Saturday. According to AP, trash was strewn around the premises and thugs placed signs on the walls that […]
MAMPHELA RAMPHELE IS DA’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
The upcoming national elections are shaping up to be a milestone event for South Africa. Mamphela Ramphele, the gay-affirming head of the Agang political party, has confirmed that she will stand as the DA’s Presidential Candidate for the 2014 elections. She, together with DA leader Helen Zille, made the announcement at a news conference in […]
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN NOW AN OPERA
Gay cowboy love is coming to the highbrow world of opera. A new stage adaptation of the short story and acclaimed film Brokeback Mountain is set to open in Spain The tale of doomed love between two American cowboys started life as a 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx and went […]