Judge admits unfinished justice as David Olyne’s gay hate killer gets 17 years
In an unexpected turn, the judge in the Christo Onkers murder trial has stunned the court by admitting that others involved in murdering David Olyne have likely escaped justice. On Wednesday, Judge Desai sentenced Onkers in the Western Cape High Court in Ceres to 17 years in jail, but remarkably refused to close the case. Onkers was […]
Black, Love, Borders: “Long live the undying spirit of Simon Nkoli”
“I am black I am gay. I cannot separate the two into secondary or primary struggles” – words uttered by the late activist Simon Nkoli. The third annual Simon Nkoli Memorial Lecture was hosted at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein on October 8. In an effort to challenge Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) stigma, […]
North Carolina governor tells Caitlyn Jenner to use men’s bathroom
Governor Pat McCrory has defended North Carolina’s reviled anti-LGBT “bathroom law”, despite the economic and social damage it’s causing to his state. During a debate on Tuesday between McCrory and his gubernatorial election opponent, state Attorney General Roy Cooper, the governor claimed that liberals were trying to impose “a brand new concept of gender identity […]
Here’s the first man to represent the CoverGirl makeup brand
Who says only women can wear makeup? Katy Perry has revealed that the CoverGirl makeup brand’s newest ambassador is male social media sensation James Charles. The 17-year-old New York makeup artist has half a million followers on YouTube and Instagram and is the first man to represent the American cosmetics company. “All of our CoverGirls […]