2015 Feather Awards to honour hunks and activists
The nominees for the 7th Annual Chevrolet Feather Awards have been announced. The awards are described as a celebration of high-profile individuals – LGBTI and otherwise – who, the organisers say, have inspired, scandalised and amused South Africa’s LGBTI community over the past year. The controversial event has over the years been criticised by some […]
Zizipho Pae demoted by UCT’s SRC
Although homophobic student leader Zizipho Pae’s expulsion from the UCT Student Representative Council (SRC) was reversed by the university, she is no longer Vice President External. On 21 July, the university’s SRC voted to remove Pae from the SRC after she posted on Facebook that legalising same-sex marriage was “institutionalising and normalising sin!” She added, […]
Listen: Pranksters convince Elton John he’s talking to Putin
Two Russian phone pranksters have released audio of the conversation in which Elton John was duped into thinking he was talking to President Putin about LGBT issues in Russia. Known as Vovan and Lexus, the duo are are well known in Russia for their on-air pranks, often focusing on celebrities and other high profile figures. “It was a […]