Mariah Carey to perform at gay rights gala
Platinum selling global megastar Mariah Carey will perform at a gala dinner for America’s biggest LGBT rights group in Los Angeles this Saturday. “Mariah Carey inspires the world with her incredible voice and amazing talent both on and off the stage,” said Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin. “We are honoured and grateful she will […]
SA university performs first-ever penis transplant on botched circumcision victim
In a ground-breaking operation, a team of surgeons from Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital performed the world’s first-ever successful penile transplant. The marathon nine-hour operation, led by Prof André van der Merwe, head of SU’s Division of Urology, was performed on 11 December 2014 at Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. The 21-year-old patient’s […]
German court fines family for abducting gay son
A Muslim father and his two brothers have been found guilty in Germany of kidnapping a gay teenager and trying to force him to marry a girl. Reuters reports that the 18-year-old man, Nasser El-Ahmad, has also claimed that his family tortured him, doused him in petrol and threatened to set him on fire and slit his throat […]
Nigerian president uses anti-gay scare tactics in bid to win election
Nigeria’s president is turning to homophobic scare tactics in an effort to win the upcoming election later this month. President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesperson, Fani Kayode, has accused presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari of secretly telling Western nations that he’ll consider legalising same-sex marriage in order to secure their support. According to Premium Times, Kayode made the […]
The indignities of ‘playing doctor’
No one likes to go to the doctor. No one leaps out of bed, excited by the prospect of sitting in an airless reception room with snivelling, miserable people who look much too contagious to be mingling with the general public. No one enjoys shooting the breeze with their doctor so much that they cancel […]
Miss Gay Jozi 2015 returns to Wits Theatre
Now in its third year, Miss Gay Jozi is arguably the largest and most entertaining drag pageant in Johannesburg. Celebrating both the art of drag and non-traditional gender identities, it’s back at the Wits Theatre in Braamfontein for the 2015 outing, on Saturday 23 May at 8pm. In addition to the lovely contestants all competing […]