SA Menswear Week 2015 – Gallery 1
Africa’s first menswear-only week was recently held in Cape Town. Twenty-five of SA’s hottest designers were featured in a three-day extravaganza of men’s fashion and male model goodness. Here’s our first gallery (check out gallery number two here).
SA Menswear Week 2015 – Gallery 2
Africa’s first menswear-only week was recently held in Cape Town. Twenty-five of SA’s hottest designers were featured in a three-day extravaganza of men’s fashion and male model goodness. Here’s our second gallery (check out gallery number one here).
Judge rules that “gay cures” are a fraud
A US judge has ruled that a “gay cure” group can’t claim that homosexuality is a disorder and it’s fraudulent to do so. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter F. Barsio Jr. ruled earlier this week that misrepresenting homosexuality as a disorder in marketing conversion therapy services violates the state’s consumer protection laws. It’s been […]
Joburg’s queer rugby team kicks off 2015 with big plans
Wham, Johannesburg’s queer amateur rugby team, has big plans for this year, with a drive to grow its membership and play more regular games. The mixed-gender team had its beginnings in mid-2013 when Gabriel Hoosain Khan and friends organised informal get-togethers to throw a rugby ball around the field at Wits University. It was primarily […]
Malaysia opposition leader’s ‘sodomy’ conviction condemned
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Tuesday’s sentencing of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail on charges of “sodomy”. Following seven years of legal battles, the Federal Court of Malaysia upheld a lower court ruling and jailed Anwar, a former deputy prime minister, for violating section 377 of the penal code. HRW […]
Bloody pics & video of Ghanaian man being gay-bashed
Shocking evidence of the homophobic beating of Ghanaian music event promoter Kinto Rothmans has emerged online. According to local media, Rothmans, real name Albert Appaih, was attacked over claims that he had sex or attempted to have sex with another man, Salim Abubakar. In a video (see below), a terrified and already bloody Rothmans appears […]
Ballet dancer’s stunning performance of Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’
Russian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin and pop photographer David LaChapelle have teamed up to produce a stunning performance set to Hozier’s Grammy-nominated song Take Me To Church. The seemingly simple video shows 25-year-old Polunin dancing in what seems to be a brightly-lit, empty white church interior, magnificently directed by LaChapelle. Choreographed by Jade Hale-Christofi, the […]
This is the US Navy’s first gay ceremonial “first kiss”
A San Diego sailor and his partner have become the US Navy’s first male same-sex couple to share a ceremonial homecoming “first kiss”. Traditionally, a couple is selected for the kiss via a lottery aboard a ship when it returns from a long stint at sea. NBC San Diego reports that Petty Officer 2nd Class […]
Italy’s highest court says gay not entitled to marry
In a blow to Italy’s LGBT community, the country’s highest court has ruled against an effort to legalise same-sex marriage in the predominantly Catholic country. On Monday, the Court of Cassation ruled that Italy’s constitution does not give same-sex couples the automatic right to marriage equality. It did, however, comnfirm that gay and lesbian couples […]
Fury over chain store’s gay holocaust tapestry
American chain store Urban Outfitters is once again in hot water, this time for selling a tapestry that looks disturbingly similar to uniforms that the Nazis forced gay men to wear in concentration camps. The tapestry, which is being sold online and in stores, is made of white and grey striped fabric with a pink inverted […]