It’s official! It’s now legal to be gay in Mozambique
In positive but sadly unusual news in Africa, Mozambique has become one of a minority of countries on the continent that do not outlaw gays and lesbians. On Monday, the country’s new penal code came into effect, removing articles in the previous penal code that allowed for “security measures” against people “who habitually engage in […]
Kenyan government could ban LGBTI NGOs
A taskforce reviewing laws on NGOs in Kenya has recommended that the government ban groups supporting LGBTI equality. According to Daily Nation, the team, led by MP Sophia Abdi, presented its findings last month to Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. It called for the law to be changed to allow groups involved in “indecency,” espionage […]
Men of Magic Mike SA gallery
The South African Magic Mike dinner and male dance revue show was launched in Joburg recently. Happily, it’s open to both women and gay guys. Photographer David Penney caught one of their recent shows at Arena in Fourways and took these photos of the gorgeous studs who make up the troupe in action. Find out more […]
Russian homophobes furious over Facebook rainbow app
A notoriously homophobic politician has called for Facebook to be blocked in Russia as the social media site exploded in rainbow colours this weekend to mark LGBT Pride. Vitaly Milonov, a member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and ardent supporter of laws to ban “gay propaganda”, expressed his outrage to the RSN radio station […]
Caitlyn Jenner series to screen in SA from August
Caitlyn Jenner could not be having a better time being the person she was always meant to be. Her journey continues in the latest sneak peek at I Am Cait, an eight-part docu-series premièring on E! on August 2nd in South Africa. The series will chronicle Jenner’s adjustment to living publicly as a transgender woman — “the […]
Watch: Police attack Pride march in Turkey
The 13th annual Istanbul Pride parade has been violently stopped from going ahead by police. While LGBT communities in cities such as Durban, London, New York and San Francisco celebrated Pride this weekend, their Turkish brothers and sisters were denied the right to so on Sunday. Thousands of LGBT people, friends and journalists who gathered […]