Inxeba (The Wound) inches closer to Oscar glory
Acclaimed gay-themed South Africa film Inxeba (The Wound) has taken another step forward in its bid to win the best foreign-language film Oscar. On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nine films that have been shortlisted to become nominees for next year’s awards, set to be held in March. According […]
Tanzania | Two women in court over lesbian marriage video
Two women in Tanzania alleged to have gotten married on video, as well as others said to be involved in the wedding ceremony, have appeared in court. According to local reports, the women, who are aged 35 and 25, exchanged rings and kissed in a video that went viral on social media. Police hunted down […]
Indonesia | Relief as Constitutional Court rejects bid to make gay sex illegal
Indonesia’s LGBTIQ community has narrowly avoided further oppression after an attempt to make gay sex illegal narrowly failed in the country’s Constitutional Court. On Thursday, the court ruled by a slim margin – five to four justices – to reject a petition that would criminalise homosexuality and premarital sex with a penalty of five years […]
We’re here! Swakopmund celebrates Pride with street parade (Pics)
A Pride parade in Swakopmund has celebrated the diversity of the LGBTIQ community and called for its rights to be respected in Namibia. Holding a huge rainbow flag, around 150 loud and proud activists and members of the community took to the coastal city’s streets on Saturday chanting the slogan “We are one!” as motorists […]
Alabama narrowly rejects homophobic child abuse-accused Roy Moore
Roy Moore, the bigoted anti-LGBTQ politician and disgraced former judge, has lost his Trump-supported bid to be elected as senator for the state of Alabama. Democrat and former US Federal Prosecutor Doug Jones won the divisive and extremely tight poll, scoring 49.9% to 48.4% of the votes. The result is a major blow to President Trump who […]
Botswana | Another victory for transgender rights
For the second time this year, the Botswana High Court has ordered the state to legally recognise the gender identity of a transgender person. On Tuesday, in Gaborone, Justice Leatile Dambe told the national registrar to change Tshepo Ricki Kgositau’s gender from male to female in the national registry. Dambe also ordered the director of […]
New research adds to evidence that we are born gay
Groundbreaking research led by a team from Brock University in Canada has further confirmed that sexual orientation for men is likely determined in the womb and that we are ‘born gay’. The research is said to be the first-ever laboratory study of mothers of gay men and was prompted by more than two decades of statistical […]
Ghana’s president says legalisation of homosexuality “bound to happen”
Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, has come under fire after he said that it’s a matter of time until homosexuality is accepted in his country. Akufo-Addo made the controversial statement in a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera. He admitted that there was currently little social or political appetite to accept LGBT equality in Ghana. […]
Here’s the new Queer Eye For The Straight Guy cast
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, a show that made a huge impact on the mainstream representation of gay men on television, is set to return with a brand new cast. The American reality series debuted in 2003 and featured a team of five gay men who gave participants a general lifestyle makeover, including wardrobe, […]
Bermuda moves to reverse same-sex marriage after just 6 months
Bermuda’s LGBTQ community is in shock after lawmakers voted to reverse marriage equality on the Caribbean island. Same-sex marriage was legalised in May after the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marrying was discriminatory and in contravention of the country’s Human Rights Act. While LGBTQ locals were jubilant at the time, their […]