Soweto Fashion Week distances itself from anti-gay web designer
Soweto Fashion Week has finally distanced itself from its web designer, Edwin Mbugua, after he attacked gay vlogger and MTV presenter Moshe Ndiki and the gay community in a hateful twitter rant. In an e-mail to Mambaonline on Friday, Stephen Manzini, the Founder and MD of Soweto Fashion Week (SFW), said that Mbugua’s comments do […]
Two escaped justice say activists as David Olyne’s murderer found guilty
The man who killed David Olyne in a brutal homophobic attack was found guilty of his murder on Thursday, but activists say justice was not served. The Western Cape High Court in Ceres found that Christo Oncke brutally beat and kicked the tied-up 22-year-old to death in March 2014 as a group of young locals watched on. His […]
We’ll miss her dancing, says slain lesbian’s aunt
The aunt of Motshidisi Melamu, who was murdered, mutilated and set on fire last month in Gauteng, has spoken about the pain of losing her niece. According to an EWN video report (see below), Motshidisi left home on 16 December to go to a party with friends. When she didn’t return after two days, her […]
Tragic! Grieving gay man humiliated after husband dies on Ausssie honeymoon
A gay British couple’s honeymoon in Australia has ended in tragedy and humiliation after one of the men died and the survivor was refused recognition as his husband. According to Buzzfeed, the couple of more than five years, Marco Bulmer-Rizzi, 38, and David Bulmer-Rizzi, 32, were married in the UK in June last year. While […]
Soweto Fashion Week web designer stands by anti-gay comments
The head of the Johannesburg company that designed the Soweto Fashion Week website has taken to social media to slam gay people as immoral, unnatural and more likely to be child molesters. Edwin Mbugua, Head of web development at E&A Web Design Lab, was driven to his homophobic diatribe on Twitter after he saw a […]
Parliamentary committee rejects Russian anti gay law
A Russian parliamentary committee has declined to support a bill that proposes banning being gay in public. According to The Moscow Times, the draft law was rejected on Monday by the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building for technical reasons. The explanation given Dmitry Vyatkin, the deputy chairman of the committee, was […]
Spy agency is UK’s best LGBT employer
The secret is out! Intelligence agency MI5 has been named the most LGBT-friendly employer in an assessment of LGBT equality in the UK workplace. According to LGBT group Stonewall, which compiles the annual list, the agency took the top spot this year, up from seventh in 2015. Ironically, prior to 1990, MI5 would not even employ gay and […]
Former Botswana president calls for gay rights in Africa
Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana, says that African leaders who refuse to acknowledge LGBT rights are “selfish” and have the “wrong mentality.” Mogae, who was head of the country from 1998 to 2008, spoke about the issue in an interview with Africa Renewal. He said that Africans must move with the times and […]
Isis extremists claim another gay victim
Isis militants have murdered another person after he was found “guilty” of homosexuality by a sharia court. The man was bound and blindfolded and then thrown off a roof top in Iraq’s al-Furat province. Images have been released online, showing the hapless victim being escorted up the building’s stairwell. He’s then seen standing on the edge of […]
Will & Grace cast to reunite
The cast of the beloved gay sitcom Will & Grace have agreed to appear together in a television programme honouring one of its directors. The tribute to veteran director James Burrows has been the subject of entertainment headlines over the past week after reports that most of the cast of Friends will reunite for the […]