2015 Joburg Mercedes Benz Fashion Week gallery

Melrose Arch hosted the 2015 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Joburg earlier this month. Here’s a look at the menswear that took to the catwalk, courtesy of some of South Africa’s top designers.  

Does watching porn make you better in bed?

A new study has challenged conventional thinking by finding that watching porn could actually help men stay more aroused and perform better in the bedroom. It’s been widely accepted that a predilection for porn usually means bad news in bed. Many clinicians and anecdotal reports have suggested that a man’s habit of viewing sex films […]

Concern about anti-LGBT violence as SA marks Human Rights Day

As South Africa prepares to mark Human Rights Day on Saturday, two groups have expressed their concern about the growing climate of violence in the country. The Hate Crimes Working Group and Peace Action said in a statement that “frequent and vicious outbreaks of xenophobic violence, violence against women and violence against the LGBTQI community, […]

London protests Dolce and Gabbana while Madonna speaks out

Much of the world’s gay and lesbian community has turned against two of its former leading lights, fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The openly gay duo have been widely condemned for their recent backward comments about same-sex families. On Thursday, a group of around 60 activists rallied outside Dolce and Gabbana’s flagship London […]

Nigerian presidential contender assures nation he’s also anti-gay

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s primary challenger has assured the nation that he won’t relax the country’s draconian laws against homosexuality if he comes into power. Last week Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party accused General Muhammadu Buhari, who is running for president in next week’s election, of secretly plotting with Western nations to legalise same-sex marriage and […]