SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CALIFORNIA TO BAN GAY ‘CURE’ THERAPY
Among a number of controversial rulings, the US Supreme Court has allowed California to finally implement its ban on harmful “conversion” or gay “cure” therapy for young people. On Monday, the court declined to hear two cases challenging the legality of the California law that bars mental health providers from “engaging in sexual orientation change […]
WATCH: TRUE BLOOD’S HOT NEW GAY SCENE (SPOILERS)
Two of the hottest male stars on the vampire series True Blood have finally shared a long-awaited man-on-man scene. After seven seasons of the hit show, it turns out that actors Ryan Kwanten (who plays Sherriff Jason Stackhouse) and Alexander Skarsgard (vampire Eric Northman) have never actually shared a scene with just the two of […]
ALARM OVER EQUALITY COURT FAILURE TO BACK GAY RIGHTS
Activists are concerned that a Western Cape Equality Court has failed to rule in favour of a gay couple unfairly refused service by a guesthouse. Neil Coulson and his husband Jonathan Sedgwick were denied accommodation in November 2013 by the Watershed (renamed House of Bread) B&B in Wolseley, near Ceres, because their sexual orientation was in conflict […]
SA BIDS TO HOST MR GAY WORLD FOR 2ND TIME
The Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival is aiming to bring the Mr Gay World™ contest back to South Africa. Now in its 15th year, the country’s most fabulous annual LGBTI festival – in association with Triarc – is set to take place from Wednesday 29 April to Sunday 3 May 2015. In addition […]
HEALTH: COMING OUT OF THE DRUG CLOSET
Life in the closet can be suffocating, but there are many reasons that force people to remain secretive: prejudice, discrimination, internalised homophobia, fear of rejection. Yet coming out of the closet is generally a liberating experience for most people once the first step is taken. But it is a process and often it is one […]