DIRECTOR DROPS OUT OF X-MEN PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Bryan Singer, the openly gay director of the upcoming new X-Men blockbuster, has dropped out of the film’s publicity campaign to defend himself against claims of sexually abusing a teenage boy. The 48-year-old A-list director, who has helmed previous X-Men films as well as hits such as The Usual Suspects and Superman Returns, has denied […]
CLIMBER SCALES UGANDA’S TALLEST PEAK FOR GAY RIGHTS
An American climber has planted a rainbow flag atop Uganda’s tallest mountain to protest the country’s recent anti-gay law. Neal Gottlieb, who is the founder of the Three Twins Ice Cream company in California, posted a picture on Facebook of himself holding the flag at the summit of Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley, the third […]
EDWIN CAMERON: THE SEXUAL MINORITY OF AFRICA MUST BE HEARD
A destructive wave of hatred against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons seems to be gaining force across Africa. In this groundswell of hate, Nigeria this year enacted punitive laws that criminalise not only same-sex marriages but belonging to gay rights organisations. And Uganda now has a like-minded law imposing harsh sentences for same-sex acts, […]