CONTROVERSY AS UCT OPENS GENDER NEUTRAL TOILETS
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has opened controversial gender neutral toilets on campus to serve transgender students or students who don’t want to define their sex or gender. The facilities are located on the bottom level of the Leslie Social Sciences Building. They consist of three cubicles, each with a gender-neutral symbol, and a sign stating that […]
UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW APPEAL HALTED, MAY BE AMENDED
Uganda’s President Museveni has reportedly ordered the country’s attorney general to suspend an appeal filed against the annulment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. It’s also claimed that he wants to amend the law so that it is more “acceptable” to the West, following international outrage and limited aid cuts and sanctions. In a press statement issued […]
MEET LIAM VANDIAR: SA’S HOT NEW INTERNATIONAL MALE MODEL
South Africa’s Liam Vandiar is making waves in Europe. A former professional soccer player turned international model, Liam is one of our hottest new exports. Top Billing will be meeting him this week at his new home in Hamburg, Germany. (Thursday, 14 August, 20:30, SABC3) In the meantime, check out some highlights below from his Instagram […]
REPORT: 2 HANGED FOR GAY SEX IN IRAN
A human rights group reports that two men have been hanged in Iran, apparently for the crime of having gay sex. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR), the two men were among a group of four prisoners that were hanged in public in Shiraz, Southern Iran on August 6. It said that the official website […]
PARENTS TRY TO SET TEEN ALIGHT FOR BEING GAY
The parents of an 18-year-old in Azerbaijan beat and tried to set him alight after they discovered he is gay. The group LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance reported that the parents of the young man, named only as M.N, attempted to burn him after dousing him with petrol. “A lot of signs of violence on his body […]