CONCERN OVER LESBIAN MURDER PLEA DEAL
It’s been reported that the alleged murderer of lesbian Duduzile Zozo may get away with a plea deal sentence. Lekgoa Lesley Motleleng is accused of strangling and raping Zozo with a toilet brush in June last year after she refused to kiss him. The 26-year-old openly lesbian woman’s brutalised body was found in Thokoza, east […]
SA Fashion Week menswear autumn / winter 2015 gallery
SA Fashion Week recently presented some of the country’s top designers’ collections for Autumn / Winter 2015. Here’s our selection of the best of the menswear on show.
INDIA: WIFE HAS HUSBAND ARRESTED FOR GAY SEX
An Indian woman has had her husband arrested after she secretly filmed him having gay sex. One year into their marriage, the woman became concerned about the husband’s lack of interest in sex and suspected that he was having relationships with men. “The wife got suspicious about his behaviour because he did not have [a] […]
GAY WEDDING MEN JAILED FOR THREE YEARS
Eight men who appeared in an apparent gay wedding video have been jailed for three years by an Egyptian court. The video, reportedly shot in April, was leaked online and shows a group of men celebrating what appears to be a same-sex wedding on a Nile riverboat. The men were arrested in September and were […]
SINGAPORE COURT UPHOLDS COLONIAL-ERA GAY SEX BAN
In a major setback for Singapore’s LGBT community, the city-state’s highest court has ruled that the ban on gay sex is not unconstitutional. In April 2013, the High Court refused to repeal the British colonial-era criminalisation of consensual sex between men, saying the move should be left up to parliament. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court […]
CALL TO BAN TIM COOK FROM RUSSIA
One of Russia’s most vocal anti-gay lawmakers has called for Apple CEO Tim Cook to be banned from the country after the business leader came out as gay. Vitaly Milonov, a notoriously homophobic member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, told the FlashNord website that no good could come from the news about Cook. “What […]
2ND JOBURG PEOPLE’S PRIDE TARGETS HATE CRIMES
The Pride event launched last year in response to unhappiness with the organisation of Johannesburg Pride will have its second outing in November. The Joburg People’s Pride Movement (JPP) said that its march will take place on Saturday, 29 November 2014. Starting at 10 in the morning, the procession will kick off from Constitution Hill […]
APPLE CEO TIM COOK COMES OUT AS GAY
After years of speculation about his sexuality, the CEO of one of the world’s most powerful companies has confirmed that he is gay. In an article for Bloomberg Businessweek, the head of Apple, Tim Cook, wrote on Thursday: “I’m proud to be gay.” Cook, 53, took over as CEO of the technology giant on August […]
THE FEATHER AWARDS ARE BACK
The Feather Awards are returning for their 6th year, with the finalists for the 2014 edition being recently announced. The event was founded in 2008 as a tongue-in-cheek, light-hearted celebration of high-profile individuals who, the organisers say, have inspired, scandalised and amused South Africa’s LGBTI community over the past year. As always, some of the finalists this year […]
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY USED TO TARGET MSM
Health4Men, at the forefront of promoting access to competent health services for men who have sex with men (MSM) throughout South Africa, has extended their use of cellular phone technology to reach their target group. The campaign, a project of the Anova Health Institute, already provides MSM-specific information on HIV prevention and treatment, other sexually […]