Chechen despot suggests missing gay singer’s family killed him
Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed claims that missing pop singer Zelimkhan Bakaev was killed as part of the region’s anti-gay crackdown. The 26-year-old openly gay Bakaev (pictured), who had been living in Moscow, was last seen on 8 August 2017 when he returned home to Chechenya to attend his sister’s wedding. According to reports, […]
Messy! SABC speaks out on David Tlale reality show furore
The awkward dispute between always controversial fashion designer David Tlale and the aggrieved winner of his reality TV series shows no sign of abating. The openly gay Tlale was the mentor in last year’s 13-part series, The Intern By David Tlale, which followed 12 aspiring fashion designers who competed to become his next assistant designer. The show was […]
Printers apologise for sending same-sex couple ‘satanic’ pamphlets
The printing company that replaced a gay couple’s wedding programmes with shocking anti-LGBT pamphlets has apologised. The men, Australians Stephen Heasley, 39, and Andrew Borg, 31, (pictured), ordered their wedding programmes through Vistaprint, a popular international online printing service. The blue and gold programmes were to include flowers in the design and the lyrics to their […]
Mooinooi lesbian couple murder accused says burnt bones are from horses
The bail hearing for the suspects accused of murdering married lesbian couple Anisha and Joey van Niekerk has only deepened the mystery around their killing. After a final suspect, a woman, was arrested on Sunday, a total of eight people are now facing charges of murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm and […]
New Year’s Day hate murder: Noxie to be laid to rest
Thanks to a fundraising campaign, the young lesbian woman murdered in Strand on New Year’s Day will be laid to rest next to her sister in Bredarsdorp. Noxolo Xakeka (23), known by many as Noxie, was stabbed to death during an altercation, allegedly related to her sexuality, at a party on the 1st of January. […]