Tanzania: Outing of gay people cancelled at the last minute
Tanzania’s homophobic deputy health minister has cancelled a press conference in which he was set to release the names of gay people. Hamisi Kigwangalla, who had promised to publish a list of gay people whom he claimed “sell sex” online, planned to out these individuals on Monday. At the last minute, apparently as the media […]
India’s gay prince calls for an end to gay sex ban
The world’s only openly gay prince has called for India to end its ongoing criminalisation of homosexuality. Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil spoke out against the discriminatory ban, known as Section 377, while attending a recent Pride march in Nagpur, India’s third largest city. “If India wants to be respected across the world, it can’t ignore […]
Why was Alexis Arquette omitted from the Oscars’ In Memoriam tribute?
The sister of the late transgender actor Alexis Arquette has spoken out about the Academy Awards’ failure to honour her sibling in its tribute to those who died in the past year. The 47-year-old star, who passed away in September last year, was known for her roles in films like Pulp Fiction, Bride of Chucky and […]
Men of Moonlight in stunning new Calvin Klein campaign
The male actors from the Oscar winning Moonlight have been featured in a new campaign for Calvin Klein underwear. The film’s most talked about star is, of course, Mahershala Ali, who scored a best supporting actor Academy Award on Sunday for his role as a caring drug dealer. He appears in the Spring 2017 campaign looking […]
Nigerian newspaper publishes article condoning mob justice against gay people
A Nigerian writer has called for his compatriots to rise up against homosexuals if action is not taken against them by the government. In an article published by Nigerian NewsDirect, a weekly newspaper, Gafar Abdulmumin, who is Muslim, lashed out at author and Christian minister JSS Hopewell for having “offended Islam, Muslims and the Prophet Mohammed” […]