ACTIVISTS STRIKE AGAINST UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
In a major development, a group of prominent activists and scholars in Uganda have lodged a challenge against the country’s recently enacted Anti-Homosexuality Act in the Constitutional Court. According to the blog O-blog-dee-o-blog-da, the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CSCHRSL) filed the petition with the help of seven advocates from five […]
GAY SWEDISH FOOTBALL HUNK SIGNS WITH US TEAM
Swedish football player Anton Hysén, who came out as gay in 2011, has been signed to play for an American football team. Outsports.com reported that the Myrtle Beach Mutiny team, based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, announced the news of Hysén’s signing on Thursday. “I am excited to be joining the Mutiny this season,” said […]
MARK RUFFALO & MATT BOMER KISS IN ‘THE NORMAL HEART’ TRAILER
Mark Ruffalo as a gay man and Julia Roberts as a distraught doctor feature in the teaser trailer for the highly anticipated star-studded gay and Aids themed movie The Normal Heart. The film, which explores the chaos and tragedy that unfolded during the early days of the HIV epidemic in in New York City, is based […]
US: BODIES OF LESBIAN COUPLE FOUND IN DUMPSTER
Two lesbian women in Texas have been murdered and callously dumped in the rubbish. According to media reports, the bodies of Crystal Jackson and Britney Cosby (both 24) were discovered by a delivery man in the dumpster outside a convenience store in Port Bolivar on Friday. The women had been a couple for two years […]
US SLAMS APPEAL OF ZAMBIA FREE SPEECH RULING
The Zambian government is appealing a recent court ruling acquitting an activist who was arrested for speaking out in support of LGBT rights on TV. Last month, the charges against well-know Zambian human rights and HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona were dropped after the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court found that the government had failed to prove its […]
RAV4: BIGGER & BOLDER, BUT BETTER?
I remember the first time I went in a Toyota RAV4. It was the mid-90s, the car was new on our market and a friend’s dad had it on loan at the time. It was quite a revelation in the automotive world, especially the original three-door version – a compact, funky, go-almost-anywhere “cross-over”. The perfect […]