LGBT groups condemn xenophobic violence
LGBT groups have condemned the ongoing attacks on foreign nationals and the looting of their shops in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal. Triangle Project (Cape Town) and the Gay and Lesbian Network (Pietermaritzburg) joined other civil society groups such as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Ndifuna Ukwazi and Sonke Gender Justice in expressing their outrage on Tuesday at […]
Hollywood studios “out of touch” on LGBT characters
An annual report on LGBT characters in Hollywood movies has found a slight improvement, but the major studios are falling behind television offerings. According to GLAAD’s Studio Responsibility Index, of the 114 releases from the major studios in 2014, 20 (17.5%) included LGBT characters. This is compared to 16.7% in 2013. There were however no transgender […]
Hunk could become 1st Mens Health trans cover model
A transgender man is in the lead to win a competition to become a cover model for an issue of Men’s Health magazine. Aydian Ethan Dowling, a 27-year-old artist, activist, entrepreneur and fitness trainer from Oregon, currently has over 22,000 votes in the Ultimate Guy Search contest, more than double his nearest competitor. If he […]
Concern over Ceres gay hate murder trial
An LGBT rights group is concerned about the state’s handling of the prosecution of the suspect in the horrific torture and murder of a young gay Ceres man last year. Christo Oncker has been accused of allegedly beating a bound David Olyne, 23, with a rock, jumping on his face and then repeatedly setting him […]
Egypt bans foreign student for being gay
An Egyptian court has backed a government decision to bar a Libyan from studying in the country because of his sexuality. The Interior Ministry had banned the un-named gay man in 2008 from returning to Egypt to resume his studies at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. An official told AP that […]