Two gay men stoned to death by Isis mob (Warning: Graphic)
Bloody images of an Isis mob stoning two men accused of being gay to death have emerged on social media. According to Terrormonitor.org, the latest gay-hate murders took place in the Syrian city of Aleppo. A series of horrific images show the two men, who are blindfolded with their hands tied behind their back, being […]
Laverne Cox is Rocky Horror’s new Frank-N-Furter
In a potentially brilliant casting move, Laverne Cox has scooped the iconic role of “transsexual” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The original camp stage show and 1975 film continue to be cult crowd-pleasers around the world, with the role of the bisexual fishnet-stockinged homicidal Frank-N-Furter, most famously played by […]
Really? Mugabe wins Chinese ‘Nobel Peace Prize’
In a slap in the face to Zimbabwe’s LGBT community, China has awarded President Robert Mugabe its equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize. The 91-year-old proudly homophobic leader was announced as the recipient of the 2015 Confucius Peace Prize this week. The award was created in response to the Norwegian Nobel Committee selecting Chinese dissident […]
Olympic skier and extreme sports star comes out as gay
American freestyle skier and extreme sports hero Gus Kenworthy has told the world that he’s gay, and that he’s tired of lying about who he is. Kenworthy, 24, won the silver medal in the Men’s Freestyle Skiing event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. On Thursday, the British-born athlete came out in an […]
James Franco making film about gay porn murder
James Franco’s love affair with the gay community knows no bounds, as it’s been revealed that he’s once again involved in making a gay-themed film. On Tuesday, Franco posted a steamy shirtless on-set photo with actor Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars) who is starring in the film King Cobra, centred on the gay adult film […]
Powerful Kenyan LGBT film screens in Jozi and CT
An anthology film about Kenya’s LGBT community that landed its producer in jail will be screened in Cape Town and Johannesburg in the coming days. Stories of Our Lives, which recounts five LGBT people’s real-life experiences in Kenya, has won numerous awards, including the Teddy Special Jury Award and second Place Panorama Audience Award at […]
Johannesburg People’s Pride backs student protests
The Johannesburg People’s Pride Movement has expressed its support for South African students around the country who have been protesting against a planned increase in tuition fees. The #FeesMustFall student campaign is the most significant student uprising in the country since the end of apartheid and has seen thousands protesting at universities, at the ANC […]
World Pride set for New York’s 50th Stonewall anniversary
New York City has been selected to host WorldPride 2019 alongside celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. This will be the first time that WorldPride, a global LGBT Pride event, will take place in the United States, said NYC Pride, producers of the city’s LGBT Pride events. Previous host cities have […]
Zim MP sues for $200,000 for being called gay
A Zimbabwean MP is suing rivals in his party for a whopping $200,000 for saying that he’s gay in a video posted on social media. Lawyers representing Justice Mayor Wadyajena, a ZANU PF MP for the Gokwe Nembudziya constituency, have sent a letter of demand to the men insisting on an apology and the cash […]
Ugandan civil servant charged with sodomy
The Ugandan media is reporting that a 42-year-old former government official is facing life in prison after being charged with gay sex. The man, who Mambaonline has chosen not to name, appeared before the Soroti Grade II Magistrate Court in the east of the country last week. He has been charged with committing a crime […]