Watch: Hunky Brazilian stars kiss to support gay equality
Two of Brazil’s hottest actors have shown where they stand when it comes to homophobia – by passionately locking lips. Bruno Gagliasso and João Vicente de Castro, who are both straight, shared the smooch on stage at Brazil’s GQ Men of the Year awards on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Along with a picture of […]
Sanity prevails: SA reverses course on human rights at UN
South Africa has changed its mind after shamefully voting against last week’s UN resolution in support of human rights activists. The country came under fire from human rights groups after it joined 13 other mostly anti-gay and repressive countries in rejecting sending the resolution to the UN General Assembly. Now, it appears that South Africa […]
Anti-gay TV journalist sentenced to jail over bath house raid
An Egyptian television journalist who took it upon herself to make the news by targeting the gay community has received a jail sentence of six months. Mona Iraqi was found guilty of spreading false claims about a group of men after they were arrested by police in December last year. She broadcast images of the […]
Politicians squabble as LGBT Indians demand freedom
As hundreds held a Pride march and celebration in Delhi, a government minister and the leader of his party have squabbled about India’s ban on gay sex. Members of the LGBT community and their friends and family took to the capital city’s streets on Sunday to call for equality and freedom on the basis of […]
Exit marks its 300th issue
South Africa’s longest running monthly LGBT publication has just released its ground breaking 300th issue. Exit newspaper has been informing the country’s LGBT community since it was founded in 1982 by GASA (the Gay Association of South Africa), with Editor Dawid Moolman at the helm. After about three years it became privately owned and was […]