OUT launches free key populations clinic in Pretoria
In a groundbreaking move, OUT LGBT Well-being, in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Health, is launching South Africa’s very first government-funded HIV and TB health clinic specifically for key population groups. Located in Hatfield, Tshwane, the centre will provide free HIV, TB, sexual health and other services uniquely tailored to the needs of the […]
Taye Diggs, the new Hedwig, likes wearing nail polish
The first image of gorgeous actor Taye Diggs in the role of transgender Broadway character Hedwig has been released. Diggs is set to don makeup, gender-bending outfits and fishnets to replace current Hedwig and the Angry Inch star Darren Criss next month. “Hedwig is the role of a lifetime,” Diggs told People. “I’m looking forward to being […]
Spider-Man should not be gay or black, says creator
Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, has spoken out against calls for the superhero to be portrayed as a different race or sexual orientation on the big screen. “I wouldn’t mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian or anything else, that he stay that way,” Lee told Newsarama. “But we […]
Watch: Obama faces off against LGBT heckler
President Obama was visibly annoyed by ongoing heckling from an LGBT activist at the White House on Wednesday. The US leader was giving his Pride Month address when Jennicet Gutiérrez, described as an undocumented transgender immigrant activist from Mexico, began to interrupt him. “President Obama, release all LGBTQ immigrants from detention,” she shouted out, along […]