Homophobic student mob riots and attacks gay man in Senegal
Students at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal have gone on a homophobic rampage, threatening to kill a man they accused of being gay. According to reports and video footage, the student was accused of propositioning another man in the showers and was accosted by an angry mob in the locker room. A […]
Zim refugee forced to show sex pictures to confirm she’s lesbian
A woman who fled Zimbabwe after she was attacked with boiling water for being gay has revealed the degrading lengths she had to go to in order to be granted asylum in the UK. Skhumbuzo Khumalo, 24, says she was asked to show intimate pictures of herself with another woman to prove to the immigration […]
UK LGBT students dump gay men because they aren’t oppressed enough
In an extraordinary move, the LGBT wing of the UK’s national student union has voted to no longer specifically represent gay men. The NUS (National Union of Students) LGBT+ Campaign made the decision at its annual conference last week. The delegates approved a motion calling on university LGBT groups to drop dedicated representatives for gay […]
Disney & Marvel threaten boycott over anti-LGBT bill
Disney and Marvel, two of the biggest entertainment studios, have threatened to stop shooting their productions in the state of Georgia if an anti-LGBT bill becomes law there. The news follows a call by Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin for Hollywood to take action against the state at the organisation’s recent gala in […]