Watch: Hillary Clinton campaign launch features gay couple
A gay couple has been featured in the long-awaited campaign video announcing Hillary Clinton’s run for the US presidency in 2016. The video, titled Getting Started, depicts a group of diverse Americans speaking about their plans for the future. Included are Jared Milrad and Nate Johnson, who are seen walking down the street hand in […]
Obama praises LGBT activist during Jamaica visit
President Obama has highlighted the plight of LGBT Jamaicans during his brief visit to the island nation last week. Obama attended a youth leadership forum held at the University of the West Indies in Kingston on Thursday. At the event, the American president praised Angeline Jackson, co-founder of LGBT rights group Quality of Citizenship Jamaica, […]
Study: Online dating and apps not just for hooking up
An Australian study has found that gay and bisexual men are increasingly using online dating sites and dating apps to meet long term partners. The rise in these apps and websites has been typically associated with a culture of hooking-up or one-off sexual encounters. And while they do get used for this, it appears men are also […]
Ms. SA Leather comes 2nd in international leather contest
Selogadi Mampane, the first black woman to win a gay leather title in South Africa, has excelled at the 2015 International Ms Leather (IMsL) contest in San Jose, California. On Saturday, the Pretoria-based queer activist, academic and artist was named the runner up, with Becca Bee taking the title. It’s believed to be the first […]
Home Affairs continues to discriminate against LGBT people
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has once again been accused of discriminating against LGBT people, this time refusing to register a married same-sex couple as a child’s parents. Times Live reports that Stuart Logan and Niclas Wagner have been struggling to get the department to recognise them both as their son’s parents. Neo was born […]