US Boy Scouts to finally allow gay adult leaders
In a landmark decision, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has finally agreed to allow gays and lesbians in the organisation – at least in most cases. On Monday, 79 percent of the BSA’s National Executive Board voted in favour of a resolution to remove the ban on adults serving as employees and volunteers with […]
Alleged rapist and murderer of Ekurhuleni lesbian to face justice
The man accused of raping and murdering a lesbian woman in Ekurhuleni outside of Johannesburg last year is finally standing trial. The 45-year-old man allegedly attacked 28-year-old Thembelihle Sokhele in his Daveyton home in September last year. Her body was found in his room, two days after she’d been reported missing. Sokhele had been raped and […]
Homophobic UCT student leader says she’s the victim
Expelled SRC Vice-President Zizipho Pae has insisted that she is the real victim for saying that gay people are sinful. Pae caused a firestorm last month when she described the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the USA as “institutionalising and normalising sin,” adding, “May God have mercy on us”. She subsequently refused to retract the […]
Advertorial: The Why Hide Men choir
A new masked men’s choir is starting up in South Africa. This choir will sing mostly existing popular songs, not traditional choir music. Members of this choir can practice at home, anywhere in South Africa, using YouTube and Skype. We will have occasional choir camps where the choir will learn to sing together with other […]
Cape Town’s Winter Palace party gallery
The Hercules Dynamix team threw another fabulous gay bash in Cape Town on 18 July. Their Winter Palace party at the Centre for the Book celebrated all things icy, with live performances and DJs heating up the crowd. Check out these exclusive photos by Joffree Hyman.
Obama to Kenyan president: gay discrimination like racism
In a bold move, America’s President Obama has unequivocally told Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta that justifying discrimination against gay people is similar to defending slavery. Obama spoke out for LGBT equality at a joint press conference with Kenyatta in Nairobi on Saturday; described by CNN as him “lecturing” the Kenyan leader. “With respect to the […]
Anti-gay nude Obama protest cancelled
A planned 5,000 strong nude protest in Kenya against President Obama’s support for LGBT rights has unsurprisingly come to naught. According to the Star, Republican Liberty Party leader Vincent Kidala, organiser of the event, claimed he was forced to call off the unusual demonstration, ahead of the American leader’s visit on Friday, after receiving a […]
Watch: Kiev “boyfriend experiment” ends in violence
Two men’s attempt to see how Ukrainians would react to public same-sex affection has resulted in them being pepper sprayed and beaten. Zoryan Kis and Tymur Levchuk from Bird In Flight magazine recreated a recent similar “social experiment”, in which two men holding hands in Moscow were verbally abused and pushed by passersby. They too […]
Nigerian president tells US that homosexuality is abhorrent
Nigeria’s president has apparently told American lawmakers “point blank” that homosexuality will not be tolerated in his country. President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments were reportedly made during a visit to the US this week. According to his special adviser of media and publicity, Femi Adesina, the issue of same-sex marriage came up in discussions with members […]
Anti-drag queen Pride caves in to outrage
The massive backlash against a UK pride event’s drag queen ban has led to organisers reversing their decision. Many among the global LGBT community took to social media to express their anger and disbelief at the misguided decision by Free Pride Glasgow to initially bar all drag acts from performing. The organisers explained that some […]