PORT ELIZABETH GAY MAN STONED TO DEATH
A horrified family is in mourning after an openly gay man was stoned to death near Port Elizabeth. The Afrikaans Son newspaper reports that the body of 24-year-old Skumbuzo Harold Mkefile from KwaNoxolo was discovered by a passerby on Tuesday in Booysens Park. He was lying half naked in a field surrounded by bloody rocks and […]
LONDON PROTEST AGAINST GAMBIA ANTI-GAY BILL
A group of African LGBTI activists and their British allies have called on Gambia’s president to not sign a new anti-gay bill into law. The protesters demonstrated against the proposed law, which will increase already harsh penalties against homosexuality, outside the Gambian embassy in London on Wednesday. Holding up placards calling for an end to […]
WATCH OUT FACEBOOK! RUPAUL JOINS ‘REAL NAME’ FIGHT
Drag icon RuPaul has thrown his weight behind a campaign against Facebook for banning performers who use their drag names on their profiles. The social media site’s ‘real name’ policy has outraged drag performers, artists and others who use names on Facebook different to their legal names. Now, RuPaul has stepped into the fray and expressed […]