Tom Ford: A man sleeping with a man doesn’t make him gay
Fashion designer and film director Tom Ford says that sexuality is far more complex and fluid than it’s made out to be. In an interview with The Telegraph, the openly gay Ford ruminated on concepts of gender and masculinity in the 21st century and how they influence his creations. “What’s great about this new generation […]
Armie Hammer and James Woods feud over new gay film
Ouch! Armie Hammer has pointed out fellow actor James Woods’ hypocrisy over his comments about the new gay romance Call Me By Your Name. Hammer (The Lone Ranger, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) stars in the movie as Oliver, a 24-year-old American academic who goes to Italy and develops a relationship with a 17-year-old youth named […]
Will the ANC back the formation of an LGBTI League?
A group of LGBTI ANC supporters will march to Luthuli House on Friday to call on the ruling party to embrace the formation of an ANC LGBTI Forum. The collective intends to deliver a request to the office of Secretary General Gwede Mantashe to formalise the structure that would become a “safe space and platform […]
Miracle HIV cure man visits SA
Timothy Ray Brown is one in 70 million – the only person in the world who has been cured of HIV. The slight man with a dry sense of humour addressed students at the University of Cape Town yesterday – and his story is laden with suffering. “I have had two life sentences,” 51-year-old Brown […]
Victory for transgender spouses as court rules against Home Affairs (again)
The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Department of Home Affairs to stop forcing transgender spouses to get divorced when they apply to change their sex descriptor. Last week, the court handed down judgment in a landmark case brought by the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) on behalf of three married transgender women and their spouses affected […]