The best of HIV shower selfies
Thousands around the world joined the HIV Shower Selfie Challenge ahead of yesterday’s World Aids day. Conceived by American HIV activist, swimmer, model, and fashion designer Jack Mackenroth, the social media campaign aimed to raise awareness and funds to combat HIV. Supporters were urged to post selfies of themselves in the shower with the hashtag […]
People’s Pride 2014 Gallery
Around 500 LGBTI people marched through the streets of Hillbrow and Braamfontein in Johannesburg on Saturday, demanding justice for all people. The second People’s Pride was a festive political demonstration, filled with song, anger and moving performance pieces that spoke out against persecution, violence and exclusion.
TAC boycotts government World Aids Days event
The embattled Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has boycotted the government’s national World Aids Day commemoration in Welkom today, accusing it of wasteful spending. “As the TAC, we are totally opposed to our government spending millions of rand on high-profile events every World Aids Day, often in provinces where the challenges are immense,” TAC General Secretary Anele Yawa […]
Gambia Foreign Minister: Gays are satanic & detrimental to human existence
In an extraordinary diatribe, Gambia’s Foreign Minister has told the West that the country will not negotiate on the issue of LGBT equality, insisting that gay people are un-African and satanic. According to Gambia Affairs, Minster Bala Garba Jahumpa read out an official statement on the subject on prime time television on Saturday night. “We […]
Anni’s parents to sue Dewani over his sexuality
Regardless of the outcome of his murder trial, the parents of Anni Dewani will sue her husband Shrien Dewani because he lied about his sexuality. Dewani previously confirmed to the court in a statement that he is bisexual and secretly paid for sex with S&M rent boys before the marriage. Anni’s parents, Vinod and Nilam […]
Hundreds of “revolting” gays march through Hillbrow
Around 500 LGBTI people marched through the streets of Hillbrow and Braamfontein in Johannesburg on Saturday, demanding justice for all people. The second People’s Pride was a festive political demonstration, filled with song, anger and moving performance pieces that spoke out against persecution, violence and exclusion. The at-first small crowd gathered at Constitution Hill in […]
Uganda gay activist in intensive care after mob attack
A well-known Ugandan human rights activist has been attacked by a mob in Kampala. The details of the assault are unclear, but according to US-based blogger and activist Melanie Nathan, Kelly Mukwano was rushed to the hospital emergency room following the attack. Nathan reported that Mukwano had multiple wounds, including a badly injured eye, and […]
We can’t wait to see James Franco & Zachary Quinto in gay threesome
It’s been revealed that James Franco and Zachary Quinto have filmed a hot gay threesome for a new movie. According to E!, they will be joined by former Desperate Housewives and Teen Wolf star Charlie Carver in the steamy film hook-up. The scene is for the film Michael, based on the true story of Michael […]
Concern over Slovakia’s gay marriage referendum
There are fears that a referendum on same-sex marriage in Slovakia is designed to ban gay marriage rights in the largely Catholic central European nation. On Tuesday, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that Slovakians can be asked to effectively vote on limiting the rights of LGBT people. The court said that three out of four […]
Transgender woman stabbed in Walvis Bay
A transgender woman was beaten and stabbed in an apparent hate crime attack in Namibia. According to the Windhoek Observer, which described the woman as “a transsexual,” 24-year-old Dorothy was walking home from a bar in Walvis Bay when she was harassed by a group of men because she did not “walk like a man.” […]