Thor’s Chris Hemsworth is world’s sexiest man
People Magazine has crowned Thor star Chris Hemsworth the “sexiest man alive” for 2014. The 31-year old Australian actor has wowed film audiences with his blue-eyed good looks and buff body. The star famously beefed up to play the superhero Thor in a series of hit movies, including the upcoming The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Chris […]
Olympic boss backs gay discrimination ban
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has called for the Olympic Charter to expressly ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Bach made the recommendation on Tuesday as part of a series of 40 proposed changes to the Olympic Games that will be discussed and voted on by the IOC […]
Gambia must stop wave of anti-gay arrests & torture
Amnesty International has condemned the shocking arrest, detention and torture of eight people since the beginning of the month as part of a crackdown on “homosexuality” by the Gambian authorities. Since 7 November, there have been reports that the country’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Presidential Guards have been carrying out a homophobic operation […]
Church fires Groblersdal minister over “gay” Facebook picture
The Afrikaans Protestant Church (APK) has dismissed a minister because he appeared in a photo with a group of LGBT people. Philip Olivier, 35, of the Groblersdal congregation, posted the picture in which he is seen at a social function hosted by Triarc, an LGBT insurance and medical aid company, on Facebook. According to Rapport, […]
Getting to the bottom of married men
It was going to be a quick trip to the supermarket. I didn’t even want to go in the first place but I had visitors from Cape Town and they wanted breakfast. Luckily it was early and I got parking right by the entrance of the mall. I zipped through the aisles grabbing the necessary […]
Colin Farrell pleads for gay brother’s right to marry
Hollywood sex symbol Colin Farrell has spoken out in support of his gay brother’s right to marry in Ireland. In a heartfelt opinion piece for the Sunday World, Farrell urged his countrymen to vote in favour of marriage equality in next year’s same-sex marriage referendum. “My brother Eamon didn’t choose to be gay. Yes, he […]