IPU 138th Session – a step backwards for LGBTI rights?
Openly gay MP Manny de Freitas recently participated in a gathering of parliamentarians from around the world in Geneva, where the topic of LGBTI rights caused a furore. Some delegates from the Middle East and Africa even threatened to walk out. He reports on the events that unfolded. Between the 22nd and the 28th of […]
Missing gay man Ruan Uys is reported safe
The mother of missing Gauteng man Ruan Uys has confirmed that he has reached out to her and is safe. Ruan disappeared in January after he was last seen with Alberto Dejesus in Boksburg. According to a June 2017 Facebook post, the two were in a relationship. Ruan’s desperate parents, Johan and Hantie Uys, launched […]
Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio heads to South Africa
After sold out performances in the USA, Australia, the UK and Ireland, Bianca Del Rio, the self described ‘clown in a gown’, is heading to Africa! When it comes to insult comics, Bianca is in a class of her own. Fierce, funny, and fabulous – a would-be love child sired by John Waters and birthed […]
Anger as LGBTQ rights ignored by Commonwealth leaders
Protesters have condemned Commonwealth leaders for refusing to discuss the persecution of LGBTQ people who live in Commonwealth countries where being gay is a crime. On Thursday, around over 120 LGBTQ rights defenders protested outside Marlborough House, the Commonwealth HQ in London, where Commonwealth heads of state gathered for their biennial summit. The activists demanded […]