ESTONIA IS 1ST FORMER SOVIET STATE TO LEGALISE GAY RELATIONSHIPS

Estonia has given Putin’s spreading regional homophobia the finger by becoming the first former Soviet state to legally recognise gay relationships. On Thursday, members of the country’s parliament voted 40-38 to approve a bill allowing all couples – including gay and lesbian couples – to register their relationships as civil unions. The Civil Partnership Act, which has been […]

WATCH: HILARIOUS GAY SAM SMITH SPOOF VIDEO

We’ve probably all woken up in a daze with a guy we didn’t particularly care for in our bed the next morning. Now, Adrian Anchondo has used that all too common experience to create a parody video of crooner Sam Smith’s global hit song Stay With Me. Mean Girls actor Daniel Franzese sings the spoof, but […]

A CONFESSION: LETTING MY GUARD DOWN

Shortly before my 28th birthday, I discovered that a friend of mine was HIV positive. He wasn’t a very close friend, but I knew him quite well and it came as a shock to me because he was well educated, intelligent and financially established in the world, and I believed that people like him did […]

CAMEROON: SEVEN DETAINED FOR BEING GAY RELEASED

Seven men arrested on suspicion of homosexuality and prostitution in Cameroon have been released. Police raided a Yaoundé home last week where the men were allegedly found engaging in gay sex acts. The authorities were informed by neighbours that the home was often visited by gay men. Police watched the location and waited for the group to gather […]