“Gay cure” camp rangers found guilty of murder
Two men behind a brutal South African masculinising and gay cure youth camp have been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy. Emaciated and dehydrated, teenager Raymond Buys died in hospital in 2011 with brain damage, a broken arm, bruises and cigarette burns on his body. On Friday, the Vereeniging Regional Court found Alex de […]
Mountain village of Hogsback gets its own Pride festival
The Eastern Cape village of Hogsback, described as a “hidden gem in the Amathole Mountains,” hopes to boost pink tourism to the area by unveiling its first Parrot Pride Festival this March. The event has been launched by the Hogsback Community Tourism Organisation. It said in a media statement: “Hogsback has a lot to be […]
Watch: Activist speaks about continued LGBTI inequality in SA
Activist Jabu Pereira has passionately spoken out about LGBTI people’s continued lack of access to equality and their constitutional rights in South Africa. In a talk delivered as part of The Daily Beast’s series of Quorum: Global LGBT Voices video discussions, Pereira addressed “the intersections of racial and gender oppression” in the country. The founder […]
Madonna “fine” after dramatic Brit Awards fall
A serious wardrobe malfunction saw Madonna take a dangerous tumble during a performance at the Brit Music Awards in London on Wednesday night. The iconic pop star returned to the Brits after 20 years to close off the show with a matador inspired performance of her new single Living for Love. In the midst of […]
We love this homoerotic bromance dance performance video
Watch three men expressing physical and emotional intimacy in a beautifully choreographed male bonding dance and acrobatic video London-based Swedish director Bertil Nilsson’s three-way Bromance plays out both on the streets of London and in a home kitchen. The video features dancers Beren D’Amico, Charlie Wheeller and Louis Gift from the experimental acrobatic company, Barely […]
Arkansas bans local laws that protect LGBT people from discrimination
In an astonishing move, the US state of Arkansas has passed a new law that will bar cities and counties from enacting local non-discrimination laws that protect LGBT people. The Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act nullifies all local anti-discrimination laws affecting groups not already protected under the state’s laws, which do not currently encompass LGBT people. […]
Scientists prove that HIV prevention drugs work for gay & bi men
Researchers have presented unequivocal evidence that antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) can be used as a reliable HIV prevention strategy by men who have sex with men (MSM). While ARVs are traditionally used to treat people who are HIV positive, certain ARVs can also be used to prevent HIV negative men from becoming infected, a method referred […]
Radical queer group vandalises more ATMs and police stations
The radical queer group that attacked a “GAYTM” in New Zealand last week appears to have struck again, vandalising more of the same bank’s ATMs and even police stations. The group, calling itself “Queers Against Injustice”, attacked ANZ Bank’s Pride themed ATM with pink paint on Thursday ahead of last Saturday’s Auckland Pride Parade. It said in […]
Miss Cape Town Pride 2015 gallery
Cape Town Pride hosted what’s probably the world’s only drag pageant held in an aquarium on Saturday 21 February. Wendy LaRosa won the title of Miss Cape Town Pride 2015, with Laylah Raja Novacek chosen as 1st Princess and Maxine Wild named as 2nd Princess. LaRosa will feature prominently at Saturday’s Pride Parade.
‘The Walking Dead’ fans in meltdown over gay kiss
The Walking Dead’s first gay male kiss has seen outraged homophobic fans of the show expressing their disgust on social media. It’s not the zombie apocalypse survival show’s often gruesome violence that has viewers up in arms, it’s a brief loving kiss between two men that took them over the edge. In the latest episode […]