Aussie rugby chief: ‘Gays will burn in hell’ rugby star a “role model”
Rugby Australia has betrayed its own values and decided not to sanction Israel Folau for his homophobic comments. The 29-year-old Wallabies star sparked controversy last week when he said on Instagram that gay people would go to hell, “unless they repent their sins and turn to God”. Despite being in violation of Rugby Australia’s policies […]
Opinion: Inxeba is a reality check we all need
I have been gay for as long as memory serves me. I vividly remember spending my formative years vacillating between denial and self-hate; from a young age I somehow knew that acting on my romantic feelings would come at the unbelievably high cost of shaming my family, my friends, and my culture. It would also […]
Taking action against anti-LGBT online hate speech
Website editor Naufal Khan has had enough of online homophobic abuse. He’s taking a woman to the Equality Court after she allegedly called him an anti-gay slur on social media. Khan, who is the openly gay founder and editor of Indian Spice, says he was harassed by a Durban woman because of a story he published about […]
Mamelodi lesbian jail rape claim is ‘fake news’, says Police
The SA Police Service has denied a story that’s gone viral claiming that a lesbian woman was gang raped in a jail cell in Mamelodi, Gauteng and later died. The story appears to have first been shared by Tshepo Dot Mosima on Facebook. “It is heard that: a lesbian girl was arrested for public drinking […]