Study: Online dating and apps not just for hooking up
An Australian study has found that gay and bisexual men are increasingly using online dating sites and dating apps to meet long term partners. The rise in these apps and websites has been typically associated with a culture of hooking-up or one-off sexual encounters. And while they do get used for this, it appears men are also […]
Ms. SA Leather comes 2nd in international leather contest
Selogadi Mampane, the first black woman to win a gay leather title in South Africa, has excelled at the 2015 International Ms Leather (IMsL) contest in San Jose, California. On Saturday, the Pretoria-based queer activist, academic and artist was named the runner up, with Becca Bee taking the title. It’s believed to be the first […]
Home Affairs continues to discriminate against LGBT people
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has once again been accused of discriminating against LGBT people, this time refusing to register a married same-sex couple as a child’s parents. Times Live reports that Stuart Logan and Niclas Wagner have been struggling to get the department to recognise them both as their son’s parents. Neo was born […]
Pope rejects French ambassador to Vatican because he’s gay
So much for enlightenment! Pope Francis has been accused of blocking the appointment of France’s new ambassador to the Vatican – simply because he’s a gay man. Openly gay Laurent Stefanini was selected on the 5th of January by France to represent the country at the Holy See, replacing Bruno Jouvert, who left the post […]
Nicaragua bans gay marriage and adoption
Nicaragua has taken a step backwards by defining marriage as only being possible between a man and a woman. On Wednesday, the Central American country’s new Family Code, including this exclusionary definition, came into effect. The law, which was approved by the Nicaraguan Congress last year, also bars the adoption of children and the use of […]
Report: Barry Manilow marries his manager
American singer and songwriter Barry Manilow, 71, has reportedly secretly married his longtime manager Garry Kief, 66. According to People and other media outlets, the wedding ceremony was held last year and took the couple’s friends and family by surprise. A friend revealed to the magazine that the 20 to 30 guests had been invited […]
Saint Laurent: A fashion icon comes to the big screen
An acclaimed French biopic of iconic gay fashion superstar Yves Saint Laurent débuts on the big screen in South Africa this month. Set between 1967 and 1976, Saint Laurent covers the designer’s life during the peak of his remarkable and ground-breaking career. Co-written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, and staring Gaspard Ulliel as Yves Saint […]
Obama backs banning anti-LGBT conversion therapy
President Obama has signalled his support for efforts to outlaw so-called conversion therapy for LGBT minors. The practice seeks to “cure” or “convert” LGBT people to heterosexuality or traditional gender identities. On Wednesday, the White House responded to a We the People petition signed by over 120,000 people that was launched in response to the […]
Advertorial: Jack’d makes a splash in SA
There’s a new dating app in town and it’s making a serious splash. Brought to you by the guys who created Manhunt, Jack’d is a young, fresh and sexy app for dating and socialising. It’s currently the most used gay app in Asia and keeps growing daily worldwide, faster than any of its competitors. First […]
Do you buy it? SABC presenter says Twitter account hacked
SABC sports presenter Coudjoe Amankwaa claims that recent homophobic comments on his Twitter account were posted by someone else without his authority. On Wednesday, the SABC finally issued a formal statement in response to the furore over Amankwaa’s series of homophobic tweets on the weekend. These included stating that homosexuality is “a problem” and an […]