So, now tattoos “can turn you gay”?
A Ghanaian religious leader has warned that getting tattoos will result in young people becoming gay or lesbian. Described as a “spiritualist”, Mallam Yaa Wadudu from the coastal town of Apam, told local media that the practice is “the cause” of homosexuality. “Some people are tattooing themselves with all kinds of symbols without knowing the […]
Desperate Nigerian gay youth trapped and beaten
A gay man’s entrapment, humiliation and beating by a homophobic gang has been recorded by a media activist in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The young man, identified only as Isaac and thought be to be between 20 and 22 years of age, was lured by another man via Whatsapp to a house in the town on […]
Free State rugby player turned singer wins gay community’s sexiest man poll
The winner in this year’s Mambaonline Sexiest Man Survey, brought to you by WeTheBrave.co.za, is up-and-coming Afrikaans singing hunk Brendan Peyper. The gorgeous former Free State farm boy who gave up a rugby scholarship for a recording contract received the lion’s share of the almost 6,000 votes on South Africa’s leading gay news and lifestyle […]
Indian judge: Supreme Court made a mistake on gay ban
A retired senior judge and Chairperson of India’s Law Commission has criticised the country’s Supreme Court for failing to legalise gay sex in 2013. Speaking at a lecture on Saturday, Justice A P Shah said the court made a “mistake” by not striking down the criminalisation of homosexuality, arguing that it had “ignored the counter-majoritarian […]