DEFIANT UGANDAN PRESIDENT LEADS ANTI-GAY MARCH
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken part in an appalling display of hate and ignorance in the country’s capital Kampala. Thousands of Ugandans took to the streets today in a so-called “Uganda Pride Parade” to show their thanks for the president’s signature of the oppressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill in February. The crowds, which included young schoolchildren […]
REPORT: GAY MAN GANG RAPED, SET ON FIRE
Reports have emerged of a gay man being brutally attacked in the Lerato Park housing development in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape, over the weekend. The Diamond Fields Advertiser said on Monday that the unnamed 20-year-old man was the victim of what is believed to have been a homophobic hate crime. A neighbour revealed that […]
GAY WEALTH MYTH BEING CHALLENGED
The widely held notion that gays and lesbians are wealthier than other people is being challenged in the US. Gays and lesbians are considered to have more disposable income, in part due to usually not having expenses related to children. They are often depicted in the media as well-to-do and cosmopolitan urban professionals who spend […]
ELTON JOHN TO MARRY IN MAY
As same-sex marriage became a reality in the UK over the weekend, Elton John, 67, and David Furnish, 51, announced their own plans to tie the knot. Writing for Attitude magazine, Furnish said: “As a high-profile couple, we feel it is our duty to do it, to make sure that everyone knows that this is […]
WATCH: THE UK’S FIRST GAY WEDDING
Same-sex marriage finally became a reality in England and Wales over the weekend, with possibly the first historic wedding taking place in London. The legislation legalising same-sex marriage in England and Wales was passed in July last year, but only came into effect on Saturday. At the stroke of midnight, Sinclair Treadway, 20, and Sean […]