CONCHITA WURST TAKES THE WORLD BY STORM
While Russian men have shaved their beards in protest against drag performer Conchita Wurst, others have made her Eurovision winning song a chart topper. The bearded Wurst (25-year-old Austrian Thomas Neuwirth) won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in Copenhagen with her dramatic track Rise Like a Phoenix, while Russia’s entry was booed by audiences and […]
CLOSET GRAND OPENING GALLERY
It was Joburg’s biggest gay party of the year as Closet spectacularly opened its doors in Fourways on Friday night. Hundreds of glam partygoers celebrated the launch of a new era in the city’s gay nightlife. Joffree Hyman was there to capture the magic.
MODERN FAMILY PAYS FOR NEW YORK CITY MARRIAGES
In celebration of the upcoming same-sex marriage of Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), the producers of Modern Family have come up with a unique publicity stunt. Appearing on Good Morning America on Monday, Stonestreet and Ferguson helped announce that the show would foot the bill for all marriage licences and ceremonies at […]
UGANDA: HORROR SPIKE IN ANTI-GAY ATTACKS
While no-one has yet been prosecuted under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, there has been a shocking spike in attacks against LGBT people in the country since it was passed. A report compiled by Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) recorded 162 incidents since December last year, when Parliament passed the draconian law. In comparison, the organisation only recorded […]