WATCH: BRAZIL’S 1ST TELENOVELA GAY KISS
Brazil’s biggest commercial television network has for the first time broadcast a gay lip-lock in one of its telenovelas. According to Noticiasbr, the smooch came about after a concerted social media campaign urging the producers of the Amor à Vida (Love of Life) daily serial to show the characters of Félix (Matthew Solano) and Niko […]
SENEGAL: MEN JAILED FOR 6 MONTHS ON GAY CHARGES
Despite the country claiming that gay people are not prosecuted, two men have been jailed for homosexuality in Senegal. AP revealed on Saturday that the men had been reported to police by neighbours in the capital Dakar. In court on Friday, the men acknowledged that they had sex and were sentenced to six months in prison. […]
DEFIANT TURN OUT FOR MUMBAI PRIDE
Despite India recently outlawing homosexuality, a record number of participants turned out for the seventh annual Mumbai Pride march on Saturday. The event was especially significant in that it was the first Pride to take place in the country since its Supreme Court recently recriminalised homosexuality. The thousands of revellers and activists proclaimed their outrage […]
FINNISH OLYMPIC SWIMMER COMES OUT
Another international sportsman has come out as gay, this time to take a stand against Russia’s anti-gay legislation. Finnish Olympic swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen has revealed that he is gay just days ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in the Russian city of Sochi. “I wanted to start a broader discussion in connection with Sochi, because […]
NEW SA GAY POLITICAL PARTY ANNOUNCED
It was revealed over the weekend that a new South African LGBT political party has been registered to contest the upcoming national elections. The Equal Rights Party plans to represent gay and lesbian people in parliament, said spokesperson Michael Herbst. “We need a voice in parliament to protect women from being raped because people want […]