Married transgender women take Home Affairs to court
Despite repeated promises of change, the Department of Home Affairs appears to be continuing to make life difficult for transgender South Africans. On Thursday, the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) announced that it was representing three transgender women and their spouses in an application in the Western Cape High Court. The women are seeking to compel […]
Triangle Project gets R32,000 boost from Cape Town’s LGBTI community
One of South Africa’s largest and most effective LGBTI organisations received a financial boost through an LGBTI fundraising initiative in the city. Representatives from Triangle Project attended the latest Conversations event at Nasdak on top of the Media24 Centre at Cape Town’s Foreshore on 21 February to take receipt of a cheque for R32,000. Conversations, […]
Transgender woman allegedly thrown out of Johannesburg shelter
A transgender woman, who was the victim of sexual violence, has allegedly been thrown out onto the streets by a women’s shelter in Johannesburg, apparently because of her gender identity. According to queer human right group Iranti-Org, the woman said she overheard staff members at the IKhaya Le Themba Braamfontein shelter discussing whether or not […]
Anger as Trump dumps protection for transgender students
As feared, the Trump administration has reversed guidelines issued by the Obama administration barring schools from discriminating against transgender students. On Wednesday, the US departments of education and of justice announced that they had withdrawn the guidelines which said that transgender students must be included among those protected from discrimination on the basis of sex […]
South African-born Mr Gay New Zealand in barebacking furore
There’s been a backlash against newly crowned Mr Gay New Zealand Charlie Tredway after it emerged that he has links to barebacking sites. The 33-year-old South African-born HIV campaigner, who is himself openly HIV positive, was targeted online over claims that his sexual behaviour was irresponsible and dangerous. Tredway, however, has hit back, using the […]
HIV infections down in the US, but not for young and latino gays
Despite a drop in the HIV infection rate over the past six years in America, young men who have sex with men are not seeing the same progress. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of annual HIV infections in the US fell 18 percent between 2008 and 2014 — […]
Gay boxer Yusaf Mack beats up homophobe in barber shop (video)
This gives new meaning to “fighting” for gay rights! Openly gay American boxer and porn actor Yusaf Mack has beaten up a homophobe who trolled him on Twitter. A video has emerged of Mack attacking the man, identified as Hector Echevarria, in an LA Clippers barber shop in Philadelphia on Saturday. The 37-year-old is seen punching […]
Legalising same-sex marriage reduces suicide among LGB teens
Researchers say that laws legalising same-sex marriage are associated with a significant reduction in the rate of suicide attempts among LGB young people. According to a study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, marriage equality policies in US states have led to more than 134,000 fewer adolescent suicide attempts per year. The research, published […]
Danny Watts, British racing driver comes out as gay
Danny Watts, the recently retired British professional racing driver, has broken new ground in the macho world of motor car racing by coming out as a gay man. The 37-year-old two-time Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race winner revealed that he had girlfriends and married a woman out of a desire to “pretend to be straight”. “I […]
Outrage over attempt to block anti-gay discrimination in Zambian football
Church leaders in Zambia are up in arms over a proposed national football body policy to bar discrimination against gay people. The current constitution of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) states that discrimination is not allowed in the game on the basis of “ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason…” A […]