Pope calls for end to anti-LGBT violence and discrimination
In what some have called a historic document, Pope Francis has urged the Catholic Church to be more tolerant towards gays and lesbians. On Friday, Francis published his long awaited guidelines on family life; a 260 page document titled, On Love in the Family. The guidelines are informed by two conferences held in 2014 and 2015, […]
Health: Have you loved your nuts today?
April is testicular cancer awareness month. Why should you care? Because it’s the most common cancer in men under the age of 45; most often affecting those between the ages of 15 and 38. Despite being highly treatable if caught early, most men don’t know how to check their balls for this potentially deadly disease […]
France finally gives up on gay Vatican ambassador
The French government has finally given up on its efforts to convince the Vatican to accept its openly gay ambassador. In January 2015, highly respected senior diplomat Laurent Stefanini was selected by France to represent the country at the Holy See. Shamefully, the Vatican refused to accept his appointment, reportedly because Stefanini is gay. France’s […]
Watch: Ellen calls out Mississippi’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has lashed out at Mississippi’s new so-called religious freedom law, which will allow discrimination against LGBT people. Addressing the audience on her show, DeGeneres, who grew up in the South, insisted that the issue was not about politics but about “human rights. And when I see something wrong, I have […]
Colombian Constitutional Court legalises marriage equality
A ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court has made same-sex marriage legal in the predominantly Catholic Latin American country. On Thursday, six judges voted in favour and three against marriage equality, in a judgement that found that “all human beings … have the fundamental right to be married with no discrimination”. The case centred on four couples […]
#FeesMustFall activists fall out over homophobia
There’s growing tension within the #FeesMustFall (FMF) movement amid claims that some of its members are homophobic and anti-feminist. News24 reports that at a fees protest at Wits University this week, a group of feminists and “queer persons” clashed with other demonstrators linked to the EFF and the Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania. The […]
Gay diving legend Greg Louganis final gets own breakfast cereal box
Decades after coming out as gay and HIV positive, Greg Louganis, America’s greatest diving champion, has finally been honoured on the box of Wheaties breakfast cereal. Since 1934, Wheaties, sold as “the breakfast of champions”, has depicted sports stars on its packaging. Louganis, who was in his sporting prime in the 1980s, was never featured. […]
Outrage as victims of Morocco anti-gay house attack are prosecuted
Two men who were attacked by a homophobic mob in Morocco have had their trauma compounded by being prosecuted and jailed for homosexuality. Meanwhile, their assailants have gotten off with lighter penalties. Last month, a shocking video emerged of the bloodied men, believed to be a couple, being assaulted by five others, armed with knives, […]
Ekurhuleni lesbian teen murdered on her birthday
Lucia Naido, a young lesbian woman, was stabbed to death on the night of her birthday in Katlehong on Johannesburg’s East Rand. The teen was murdered in a suspected hate crime meters from her home on March 19. She was found dying by her horrified mother, who ran outside when she heard her daughter’s desperate screams. […]
Mississippi Governor defies big business, signs anti-LGBT law
Governor Phil Bryant has ignored widespread condemnation and warnings from major corporations in the state of Mississippi and signed an anti-LGBT bill into law on Tuesday. The Religious Liberty Accommodations Act (bill HB 1523) will allow individuals and organisations to justify discrimination against LGBT people, single mothers, unwed couples and others. The law could impact […]