CATHOLIC CARDINAL PRAISES BEARDED DRAG DIVA
The Archbishop of Vienna has congratulated bearded drag star Conchita Wurst, performed by 25-year-old Austrian Thomas Neuwirth, who recently won the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming an international phenomenon. According to The Tablet, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn told Kathpress that he is “glad that Tom Neuwirth had such success with his artistic creation Conchita Wurst and I […]
ACTIVISTS STOP DEPORTATION OF UGANDAN LESBIAN
LGBTI activists have succeeded in getting the UK authorities to suspend the deportation of a traumatised Ugandan lesbian who was set to be forcibly returned to her home country on Saturday. On Friday, the Out & Proud Diamond Group announced that the UK’s Home Office had decided not to deport 27-year-old Aidah Asaba following an […]
ORLANDO PIRATES NAKED PIC LEADS TO GAY ARTICLE
The furore around the naked selfie of a group of Orlando Pirates footballers has inspired a report claiming that some of the players on the team are gay. On Thursday, the photo of seven naked Orlando Pirates stars posing in the showers following their Nedbank Cup victory in Durban last Saturday went viral. Thandani Ntshumayelo, who […]
WHITE HOUSE LAUNCH FOR HARVEY MILK STAMP
A stamp dedicated to Harvey Milk, America’s first openly gay politician, was officially launched at the White House in Washington on Thursday. The dedication ceremony, on what would have been Milk’s 84th birthday, was attended by high profile politicians, the Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman and Stuart Milk, the nephew of the late icon […]
AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY SLAMS ANTI-GAY ABUSE
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has finally spoken out against LGBTI violence, discrimination and abuse. The commission, which reports to the African Union, took the ground-breaking stand in a resolution adopted at its 55th Ordinary Session held in Luanda, Angola, from 28 April to 12 May. This comes amidst an onslaught of abuse […]