Three dead in gay festival shooting
Three men have been shot dead by gunmen at an LGBT festival in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. According to AFP, the killers struck at the La Reina Gay [Gay Queen] Festival on Sunday, not only killing the three victims, aged between 23 and 33, but also wounding five other people. It is not […]
Study explains why straight women often have gay friends
A new study has explained the phenomenon of straight women’s often close friendships with gay men. It’s a dynamic that’s been seen in American television shows such as Modern Family, The Office, Sex & the City, Will & Grace, and other pop culture movies and television programs for years. Many gay men can also attest […]
Anger grows at BBC honour for anti-gay boxer
Calls are growing for the BBC to remove an openly homophobic boxer from its shortlist of candidates for Sports Personality of the Year 2015. British professional boxer Tyson Fury, who recently became the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring magazine unified heavyweight champion, has been slammed for his anti-gay comments. Most recently, he […]
Cape Town Pride to change controversial 2016 theme
Cape Town Pride has once again become embroiled in controversy after some members of the community questioned its chosen theme for next year. The theme for the 2016 edition in February was recently announced as being “Gay, Proud and Colourblind.” It was, however, attacked by critics who argued that “gay” was exclusionary of other members […]
Zim gov harasses activists at AIDS conference
LGBTI activists attending an international AIDS conference in Zimbabwe have had material confiscated and displays damaged by government officials. Some LGBTI groups had feared they would face harassment after it was announced earlier this year that the 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) would be hosted in Harare from 29 November […]
LGBTI music student stabbed to death in Potch
A talented young LGBTI life has been cut short in a brutal murder in Potchefstroom. The decomposing body of 35-year-old music student Bobby Motlatla was discovered in his flat last week, Tuesday. He had been stabbed on his bed multiple times. Motlatla was a promising third year music student at North West University (NWU), specialising […]
Johannesburg People’s Pride 2015 gallery
The Joburg People’s Pride movement held its third annual march through Hillbrow and Braamfontein on Saturday 21 November; remembering the activists who started South Africa’s LGBTI rights movement. Participants began the afternoon by making placards at Constitution Hill before embarking on the march with the intention of “reclaiming” the streets and making a radical political […]
Watch: Hunky Brazilian stars kiss to support gay equality
Two of Brazil’s hottest actors have shown where they stand when it comes to homophobia – by passionately locking lips. Bruno Gagliasso and João Vicente de Castro, who are both straight, shared the smooch on stage at Brazil’s GQ Men of the Year awards on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Along with a picture of […]
Sanity prevails: SA reverses course on human rights at UN
South Africa has changed its mind after shamefully voting against last week’s UN resolution in support of human rights activists. The country came under fire from human rights groups after it joined 13 other mostly anti-gay and repressive countries in rejecting sending the resolution to the UN General Assembly. Now, it appears that South Africa […]
Anti-gay TV journalist sentenced to jail over bath house raid
An Egyptian television journalist who took it upon herself to make the news by targeting the gay community has received a jail sentence of six months. Mona Iraqi was found guilty of spreading false claims about a group of men after they were arrested by police in December last year. She broadcast images of the […]