DSTV DROPS UGANDA GAY HATE TABLOID ADS
DSTV, the South African based African pay TV satellite network, has had to explain why it has been placing advertising with an anti-gay Ugandan publication. Earlier this month, Robert Collins, a member of the gay community in Johannesburg, noticed a DSTV ad on the website of the notoriously homophobic Red Pepper Ugandan tabloid. The publication […]
RUSSIA’S BIGGEST GAY CLUB SHUTS DOWN
After facing ongoing harassment and attacks, Russia’s biggest gay nightclub has reportedly finally closed its doors. According to The Village, Moscow’s embattled Central Station closed down after a lease dispute with the landlord. The disagreement was settled in the landlord’s favour by the Moscow Arbitration Court. The club has survived numerous acts of vigilante intimidation; including an […]
HIGH SCHOOL DROPS GAY STUDENT FROM YEARBOOK
An American high school in Arkansas is refusing to include a student’s profile in its yearbook, apparently because he is openly gay. In the profile, which was written by the yearbook’s assistant editor, Taylor Ellis talks about his coming to terms with being gay; something that did not go down well with Sheridan High School administrators. […]