Joburg’s queer rugby team kicks off 2015 with big plans
Wham, Johannesburg’s queer amateur rugby team, has big plans for this year, with a drive to grow its membership and play more regular games. The mixed-gender team had its beginnings in mid-2013 when Gabriel Hoosain Khan and friends organised informal get-togethers to throw a rugby ball around the field at Wits University. It was primarily […]
Malaysia opposition leader’s ‘sodomy’ conviction condemned
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Tuesday’s sentencing of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail on charges of “sodomy”. Following seven years of legal battles, the Federal Court of Malaysia upheld a lower court ruling and jailed Anwar, a former deputy prime minister, for violating section 377 of the penal code. HRW […]
Bloody pics & video of Ghanaian man being gay-bashed
Shocking evidence of the homophobic beating of Ghanaian music event promoter Kinto Rothmans has emerged online. According to local media, Rothmans, real name Albert Appaih, was attacked over claims that he had sex or attempted to have sex with another man, Salim Abubakar. In a video (see below), a terrified and already bloody Rothmans appears […]
Ballet dancer’s stunning performance of Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’
Russian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin and pop photographer David LaChapelle have teamed up to produce a stunning performance set to Hozier’s Grammy-nominated song Take Me To Church. The seemingly simple video shows 25-year-old Polunin dancing in what seems to be a brightly-lit, empty white church interior, magnificently directed by LaChapelle. Choreographed by Jade Hale-Christofi, the […]