1ST RUSSIAN GAY SPORTS EVENT OPENS DESPITE BOMB THREAT
In a testament to the determination of Russia’s LGBT community, the country’s first gay sporting festival, the Open Games, kicked off in Moscow on Wednesday – despite last-minute venue cancellations and even a bomb threat. Hosted by the Russian LGBT-Sport Federation, the Games aim to promote healthy lifestyles, physical activity and sports among the LGBT […]
X-MEN MUTANTS “LIKE GAYS”
Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that he agreed to appear in the hit X-Men blockbuster films because the movies and characters resonate so much with gay people. The multiple Tony, Academy and Emmy award nominee and LGBTI activist has found global fame thanks to his villainous role as Magneto and as Gandalf in The Lord […]
SCHOOL PUPILS DEMAND EQUALITY FOR LESBIAN GIRLS
Tembisa high school pupils in the east of Johannesburg have joined a protest against their school for allegedly discriminating against their lesbian schoolmates. Last week, media reports emerged that seven openly lesbian teenage school girls claimed to have been warned by Phomolong Secondary School Deputy Principal Mashego that their “satanic” lesbianism would not be tolerated. […]
WORLD BANK SUSPENDS $90 MILLION LOAN TO UGANDA
The World Bank has confirmed that it has put a planned loan to Uganda on hold due to the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The $90 million loan was intended to bolster the country’s health care system, reported Reuters, but the bank says that it now needs to assess if the discriminatory law will affect […]
FACEBOOK BOYCOTT OF UGANDA A HOAX
A message announcing Facebook’s possible withdrawal from Uganda in reaction to the country’s recently enacted Anti-Homosexuality Act has turned out to be fake. Yesterday, a number of African websites published a statement attributed to Sheryl Kara Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operations Officer. It reads: “When we launched Facebook, we thought it as a platform to advance people’s […]
DOES MUSEVENI HAVE A GAY LOVER?
According to a report, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s signing of his country’s anti-gay law is a cover for his passionate secret affair with a young Cape Town man. The male model claimed, said the report, that he had “a bling life, as the Ugandan president would often bankroll him and frequently fly down to Cape Town […]