NUDE CRISTIANO RONALDO SHOWS KIMYE HOW IT’S DONE

Portuguese football stud Cristiano Ronaldo has posed nude with his girlfriend for the cover of Spanish Vogue. The image shows Cristiano, 29, standing naked, covered only by model girlfriend, Irina Shayk, 28. The couple have been dating since 2010. The cover, titled “Amor y Futbol” (Love and Football), is reminiscent of Kanye West and Kim […]

SA FINALLY ENDS GAY BLOOD DONATION BAN

In a victory for fairness and equality, sexually active gay men are now finally allowed to donate blood in South Africa. In the past, gay men or men who have sex with men (MSM) were seen as being at high risk of being infected with HIV and could only donate blood to the South African […]

PRO-GAY AFRICAN VOICES CELEBRATED

Twelve notable African figures have been honoured for their stand against anti-LGBTI bigotry and for speaking out in favour of human rights for all. Celebrating The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on the weekend, Human Rights Watch said Africans who in recent years have stood up for human rights and spoken out against homophobia […]

MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON EGYPTIAN GAYS

A major campaign against the LGBTI community in Egypt appears to be under way, with at least 77 people arrested on charges of homosexuality in just the last eight months. The arrests, documented by the group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights since October last year, include a number of individuals arrested for wearing women’s clothing […]

POLL: AMERICANS SAY MICHAEL SAM GAY KISS ‘INAPPROPRIATE’

A new survey has found that while most Americans are fine with teams choosing openly gay sportsmen, many are not so comfortable when these athletes express any romantic intimacy in public. The poll followed the recent high profile selection of Michael Sam by the St. Louis Rams; making him the first openly gay player to […]

1ST THE X FACTOR SA KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER

The world’s biggest and most successful singing competition, The X Factor, is coming to South African TV screens from September 2014 on SABC 1. The hit Simon Cowell format has produced stars from Leona Lewis, James Arthur to one of the biggest bands in the world right now, One Direction. The South African winner stands […]