Miss Universe to include first transgender contestant
Angela Ponce, the recent stunning winner of Miss Universe Spain, will become the first transgender contestant to participate in the Miss Universe pageant. The 26-year-old model took the Spanish title at the of June, beating out 20 other finalists. This made her the first transgender woman to be crowned Miss Spain and also qualified her […]
LGBTQ shows score big in Emmy Award nominations
From Sarah Paulson to RuPaul’s Drag Race, out stars and creative talent and a number of LGBTQ inclusive shows have been nominated for the 70th Annual Emmy Awards. The nominees were announced on Tuesday, and Paulson, Samira Wiley, Ricky Martin, Lily Tomlin and Evan Rachel Wood led the LGBTQ actors who scored a place on […]
Online dating | When Ghosting Haunts You
It’s happened to most of us. Ghosting: it’s when someone seems interested in you and then suddenly goes as quiet as a corpse. Scenario 1. You meet a guy on an app or online, and he seems to be feverishly interested, at first. You’re getting several WhatsApps per day from him and maybe even the […]
Gender Equality Commission joins landmark NG Kerk gay unions case
Eleven members of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC – also known as the NG Kerk) are taking the church to court to force it to change its decision to not allow the solemnisation of same-sex unions. The matter, Gaum and others vs Dutch Reformed Church and others, is set to be heard on 21 August […]