Ouch! Critics savage new Stonewall movie
The knives are out for Stonewall, Roland Emmerich’s new movie about the birth of the LGBT rights movement. Recounting the events of the 1969 riots, in which gay, drag and transgender patrons of New York City’s Stonewall Inn bar fought back against homophobic police officers, the film came under fire even before it was released. […]
“World’s most hated man” agrees to reduce drug price
The man who outraged the world by hiking the price of a lifesaving drug by over 5000 percent has agreed to lower its cost. Entrepreneur and fund manager Martin Shkreli, 32, shocked even the most-hardened businessperson after his pharmaceutical company bought the rights to the drug Daraprim and immediately increased the price from $13.50 to […]
Exclusive: A first as the gay flag flies over all of Africa
In what’s believed to be a first, the LGBT rainbow flag has made it to the top of Kilimanjaro, the highest spot in Africa. On Monday, openly gay South African Herbie Aucamp reached the summit of the 5,895 metre high volcanic mountain in Tanzania. It was not just the culmination of a deeply personal challenge, […]
11 “homosexuals” arrested in “morality raids” in Cairo
Egyptian police have again targeted the LGBT community in a series of morality raids in Cairo ahead of the Eid al-Adha religious holiday this week. According to Daily News Egypt, the suspects were arrested at two apartments in the suburb of Agouza. Police confiscated sexual toys and women’s clothing and claim that the men are part […]