ROLAND SCHOEMAN CONGRATULATES IAN THORPE ON COMING OUT
South African swimming champion Roland Schoeman has congratulated Australian Olympic legend Ian Thorpe for coming out the closet. After Thorpe announced that he is gay in an interview broadcast on Australian television on Sunday, the news started trending on Twitter and the 31-year-old swimmer was flooded with messages of support on social media. Among those […]
PARENTS, AUTHORS PROTEST GAY PENGUIN BOOK BAN
Protests and accusations of censorship have greeted the removal of an acclaimed children’s book about a gay penguin couple from Singapore’s public libraries. Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB) last week decided to ban and destroy three children’s books because they were deemed not “pro-family”. The best known of the books is the award-winning And Tango Makes Three, based […]
AUSSIE SWIMMING LEGEND IAN THORPE IS GAY
After years of outright denial, Australian Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe has confirmed rumours and speculation that he is gay. In an interview with British talk show host Michael Parkinson, broadcast on Australian television on Sunday, Thorpe, 31, stated: “I’m not straight.” He said that he’d only just started the process of coming out. “This […]