WATCH: ROCKY HUNK GIVES HOPE TO GAY AFRIKAANS CHRISTIANS
Openly gay Rocky Horror star Shaun Smit has posted an inspiring video in a bid to reach out to young gay Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. The Pretoria-born model and actor, who is building a following as a vlogger, has been playing the role of Rocky in the hit production of the musical that’s been touring the […]
OUT IN AFRICA MINI FESTIVAL
The Out In Africa gay and lesbian film festival will be holding a four day mini-festival from 13th to 16th November at Cinema Nouveau in Cape Town (V&A Waterfront) and Johannesburg (Rosebank Mall). The following four fantastic, critically acclaimed films will be screened (book through the Cinema Nouveau section of the Ster Kinekor website here): LOVE […]
WATCH: ‘BOER SOEK ‘N OU’ SPOOF
In the market for a cute farmer? Watch this humorous gay spoof of the Afrikaans love match reality show Boer Soek ‘n Vrou (farmer seeks woman/wife). The Boer Soek ‘n Ou (farmer seeks a guy) clip was produced for VrydagNag Laat, a new Afrikaans comedy sketch show on kykNET. It features lonely Giel, a mielie-munching […]
NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC ROWER COMES OUT
New Zealand rower Robbie Manson, who competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, has revealed that he is gay. In an article published by Outsports on Tuesday, Manson said that he had spent much of his life trying to hide the fact that he is gay. This led him to become, he said, “very quiet […]
MOZAMBIQUE GAY RIGHTS GROUP FIGHTS TO BE REGISTERED
Mozambique’s only LGBT rights organisation has been struggling for more than seven years to be registered by the country’s government. LAMBDA (Mozambican Association for the Defence of Sexual Minorities) has still not been officially recognised as an NGO, a process that normally takes a maximum of 40 days. In 2010, after its requests were ignored by […]
NIGERIAN ACTIVIST SUES STATE OVER BIRTHDAY ARREST
A well known human rights activist in Nigeria is suing the state after he was allegedly arrested and assaulted by police for no apparent or justifiable reason. Blogger Melanie Nathan reported that on 22 October, Ifeanyi Orazulike, Executive Director of International Center for Advocacy on the Rights to Health (ICARH) and a board member of […]
IS AFRICA OBSESSED WITH GAY PORN?
Contrary to many people’s expectations, African countries are among the top nations that search for gay porn online. According to Google Trends, the countries that have the most searches for the term “gay sex pics” include Kenya – right at number one! South Africa comes in at number two and is followed by Nigeria in […]
UN CHIEF MEETS & PRAISES CONCHITA WURST
Austrian drag star Conchita Wurst has been praised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for her efforts in promoting LGBT equality. Wurst, sporting a royal blue dress and her usual beard, met Ban and other UN officials at the UN complex in Vienna on Monday where she also performed her winning Eurovision Song Contest entry, Rise […]
WATCH: TOYA DELAZY’S NEW PANSEXUAL MUSIC VIDEO
Toya Delazy has released a gay-affirming video for her new single – and it includes same-sex couples kissing. The singer’s clip for Forbidden Fruit shows lesbian, gay male and heterosexual couples smooching. It’s perhaps DeLazy’s most daring music video to-date and the first that deals directly with sexual diversity. The star, one of a handful […]
RUSSIA TAKES DOWN APPLE MONUMENT OVER COOK’S COMING OUT
The petty absurdity of Russian anti-gay hysteria seems to know no bounds. On Monday it was revealed that a monument to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled because current Apple CEO Tim Cook has come out as gay. The iPhone-shaped two-metre-high memorial was erected in St Petersburg in January 2013 by the Russian […]