Mozambique | Major constitutional victory for LGBTQ community
After almost a decade, Mozambique’s constitutional court has ruled in favour of the legal recognition of the country’s only LGBTQ organisation. On Thursday, it was confirmed that the Constitutional Council had struck down an outdated and discriminatory law used to stop the country’s LGBTQ association, Lambda, from being registered. Despite homosexuality being legalised in June […]
Shock as Nelson Mandela Bay Pride 2017 postponed at last minute
The organisers of Nelson Mandela Bay Pride (NMB Pride) 2017 have announced that the event will no longer take place this year. In a statement on the Pride’s Facebook page on Wednesday, the organisation committee and advisory board said the event has been postponed to next year. They explained that this was “due to time […]
Report: Nigerian internet celeb Bobrisky arrested after coming out
Internet star Bobrisky, known as ‘Nigeria’s male Barbie’, is believed to have been arrested after coming out as LGBTQ. In a recent Instagram post, the gender non-conforming “internet celebrity and entrepreneur” lashed out at hateful comments made against them on social media. “All these house boys and girls coming to drop comments on my page […]
Sony accused of “straight-washing” gay movie
In a bizarre move, Sony Pictures UK appears to be trying to mislead film-goers by presenting a gay love story as a straight one. The distributor has been slammed for promoting the controversial but highly acclaimed gay romance Call Me by Your Name with an image of an opposite-sex couple. Based on André Aciman’s novel, Call Me by […]