Two youths jailed in Tunisia because they ‘looked gay’
Two young men in Tunisia have been sentenced to eight months in prison after they were arrested for simply “looking gay” and tortured. Achref, a 20-year-old student, and Sabri, 22, were given the jail sentence on Friday in the city of Sousse for having allegedly engaged in “sodomy”. They were stopped by police in December on suspicion […]
Humiliated! Man says he was mocked for being gay by Woolies employees
A Johannesburg man claims he was ridiculed by Woolworths employees for being gay while shopping at the chain store’s Lifestyle Crossing branch in Strubens Valley. Rico Zaaiman, a marketing executive, wrote in a letter to the company that he popped into the shop on Monday evening when the incident took place. “As I left the store […]
More than new laws needed to curb and punish LGBTI hate crimes
With police seemingly uninterested in interviewing witnesses or watching video evidence, the killer or killers of LGBTI music student Bobby Motlatla continue to get away with murder. For laws to function, the authorities must do their work, write Prof Frans Viljoen and Raymond Leteswalo. Hate crimes, especially those targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender […]
Charlize Theron wows with steamy lesbian sex scene
Benoni will never be the same again! Our very own Charlize Theron is getting girls hot under the collar with her sizzling new lesbian sex scene. The South African born star is the lead in the just-premiered spy action thriller Atomic Blonde. Set in the late 1980s, Theron plays British superspy Lorraine Broughton, who is […]