Huh? Lewis Hamilton wears kilt to “make amends” for shaming nephew
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton is on the cover of British GQ wearing a kilt, apparently as a sign of deep contrition for publicly shaming his nephew for wearing a dress. In a Christmas Day video last year, the British racing driver told his more than 5 million followers on Instagram that he was “so […]
Anti-LGBT crackdown fuels HIV health crisis in Indonesia
The Indonesian authorities are accused of fueling an HIV epidemic by standing by and in some cases supporting a growing crackdown against LGBT people. Human Rights Watch says that the government’s failure to halt arbitrary and unlawful raids by police and militant Islamists on private LGBT gatherings has effectively derailed public health outreach efforts to […]
Theresa May: UK will ban ‘gay cure’ therapies in major new LGBT policy
So-called conversion therapy, aimed at changing people’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is set to be banned in the UK, the government has announced. The decision forms part of a new “LGBT action plan” released on Tuesday and devised in response to the largest-ever national survey of LGBT people in the world. The UK survey, […]
Istanbul Pride banned and attacked by police
Police have used rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse defiant members of the LGBTIQ community in Turkey after Istanbul Pride was banned for the fourth year. The pride was refused a permit because, said the organisers, police claimed they “could not take steps to secure their safety and did not find it appropriate for […]
Congratulations! WeTheBrave marks 3 years of changing gay, bi and MSM lives
The national WeTheBrave campaign is celebrating three years of improving the sexual health of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. Funded by the Elton John Aids Foundation, the project was launched on 26 June 2015, and went on to urge men to be #BraveEnough to make healthy […]
Inxeba censorship | The battle is not over yet
Despite this week’s ruling confirming that the acclaimed Inxeba should not have been classified as X-rated, cultural traditionalists say they will continue to try to have the film banned. On Thursday, the Pretoria High Court handed down its final ruling on the Film and Publications Board Appeals Tribunal’s February decision to re-rate the film as X18. […]
Review | Falling in love with Love, Simon
Coming out is a unique process for each one of us; both a deeply personal and a culturally-specific experience. But somehow, against all odds, Love, Simon reflects the shared universality of being LGBTQ and wanting to be accepted and loved. Greg Berlanti’s eagerly anticipated film is based on the premise that, “Everyone deserves a great […]
Theresa May urged to compensate convicted gay men
The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been urged to commit her government to pay financial compensation to men who were convicted for being gay. In 2017, thousands of men were posthumously pardoned by the UK for past convictions under historic laws that made consensual gay sex illegal. While this offered some degree of relief, […]
Judge: Inxeba is not porn, but violates rights of Xhosa people
The Pretoria High Court has handed down its final ruling on attempts to classify controversial South African film Inxeba as X-rated, and it’s a decidedly mixed outcome. Importantly, Judge Joseph Raulinga found that the Film and Publications Board Appeals Tribunal’s decision to rate the film as X18, effectively barring the gay love story from cinemas, was […]
Hungary | ‘Billy Elliot’ musical cancelled because “it’ll turn children gay”
The Hungarian production of the Elton John stage musical Billy Elliot has been cancelled after a homophobic newspaper article accused the show of being ‘gay propaganda’. The Hungarian State Opera announced last week that the Budapest run will be cut short because ticket sales had collapsed after the article was published. The award-winning musical, based […]