Motoring: Opel Adam’s boutique brilliance
I’m willing to bet most of our readers are familiar with the word “boutique”. For its definition – pertaining to something small, exclusive, or of speciality – it is, if we’re honest, a type of word that would fit very well in an encyclopaedia of (maybe stereotypical) gay culture. Stores, restaurants, cars … wait, cars? […]
Cate Blanchett reveals “many” lesbian affairs
Academy Award-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett has revealed she’s previously had lesbian romances. The 45-year-old star, who’s been married to playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton since 1997, opened up to Variety in a new interview. Blanchett is promoting her upcoming movie Carol, about two women who fall in love with each other. In the interview she was […]
Gambian president says he’ll slit gays’ throats
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again threatened gay people with death. Vice News obtained a translation of a speech Jammeh delivered in the Wolof language in the town of Farafeni last week. He not only advocated violence against LGBT people but also restated the widely held view in many parts of Africa that homosexuality […]
Dainti Delischia: A South African drag legend passes on
Legendary South African drag performer, Charles Whiley, better known as Dainti Delischia, has died suddenly at the age of 78 in Cape Town. The much-loved Dainti always stood out with her caricature drag style: huge eyelashes, blue eyeshadow, painted on rosebud lips and, of course, her impressive wig (said to have been made of three wigs sown together.) […]