Watch: UN’s powerful new video highlights LGBTI faces
The United Nations has unveiled a moving new video highlighting the diverse faces, backgrounds and professions of LGBTI people. The video made its public début in New York City’s bustling Times Square on Thursday, where it was shown on huge outdoor screens. It was also posted online through YouTube. Dubbed Faces, can you see past the label? […]
Cate Blanchett reveals “many” lesbian affairs
Academy Award-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett has revealed she’s previously had lesbian romances. The 45-year-old star, who’s been married to playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton since 1997, opened up to Variety in a new interview. Blanchett is promoting her upcoming movie Carol, about two women who fall in love with each other. In the interview she was […]
Gambian president says he’ll slit gays’ throats
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again threatened gay people with death. Vice News obtained a translation of a speech Jammeh delivered in the Wolof language in the town of Farafeni last week. He not only advocated violence against LGBT people but also restated the widely held view in many parts of Africa that homosexuality […]
Vienna installs gay traffic lights for pink Eurovision tourists
Vienna is welcoming LGBT visitors with its new gay and lesbian traffic lights ahead of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Traffic lights around the Austrian capital have had the traditional illuminated single figure replaced with male or female same-sex couples holding hands or embracing for the red light. When the robot changes to the green […]
Watch: Aussie rugby crotch grope goes viral
This gives new meaning to “playing ball”. An Australian rugby player has been caught on video copping a feel of his opponent’s crotch. In a match at Brookvale Oval in Sydney on Sunday, Korbin Sims of the Newcastle Knights walked up to Manly Warringah’s Willie Mason and proceeded to grab his manhood, apparently in a […]
Isis fighters lure gay men to their death
There are reports that undercover Isis members are setting up ‘dates’ with gay men in order to capture and execute them According to Daily Star, religious police have set up a squad of Isis militants who pose as gay men and lure other men to fake dates. The tricked men are arrested and then face […]
USA worst English speaking country for gay sportsmen
A study on homophobia in sport has found that the USA is the worst English speaking country in the world when it comes to acceptance of gay sportsmen. The Out on the Fields survey focused on the USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. South African was not included in the survey. The results […]
Watch: Gay Italian acrobat proposes on Italy’s Got Talent
A performer on Italy’s Got Talent surprised the judges and audience by proposing to his fellow male acrobat on live national television. Stefan, one of the out-of breath dancers from the French-Italian Les Farfadais acrobatic troupe, asked the judges for a moment after their routine, which had been performed to The Power of Love. Holding the […]
So, did Andy Cohen sleep with Lance Bass or not?
Embarrassing! Lance Bass is now denying that he slept with talk show host and author Andy Cohen. It appears that the fuss is actually all about how you define sex. Earlier this week, the always-sexy Andy, 46, told Real Housewives star Sonja Morgan that the most famous person he’s slept with is none other than […]
Did you know you almost got sued for being gay?
Whew, that was close! An American woman’s attempt to sue every gay and lesbian person in the world has thankfully been thwarted. Earlier this week, it was reported that Sylvia Driskell from Nebraska lodged the lawsuit in Omaha, claiming to be an ambassador of God and Jesus Christ. In the seven-page handwritten petition, headed “Sylvia […]