ESTONIA IS 1ST FORMER SOVIET STATE TO LEGALISE GAY RELATIONSHIPS
Estonia has given Putin’s spreading regional homophobia the finger by becoming the first former Soviet state to legally recognise gay relationships. On Thursday, members of the country’s parliament voted 40-38 to approve a bill allowing all couples – including gay and lesbian couples – to register their relationships as civil unions. The Civil Partnership Act, which has been […]
WATCH: HILARIOUS GAY SAM SMITH SPOOF VIDEO
We’ve probably all woken up in a daze with a guy we didn’t particularly care for in our bed the next morning. Now, Adrian Anchondo has used that all too common experience to create a parody video of crooner Sam Smith’s global hit song Stay With Me. Mean Girls actor Daniel Franzese sings the spoof, but […]
CAMEROON: SEVEN DETAINED FOR BEING GAY RELEASED
Seven men arrested on suspicion of homosexuality and prostitution in Cameroon have been released. Police raided a Yaoundé home last week where the men were allegedly found engaging in gay sex acts. The authorities were informed by neighbours that the home was often visited by gay men. Police watched the location and waited for the group to gather […]
LESBIAN HOSEPIPE HATE MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED
The trial of the man accused of murdering lesbian Disebo “Gift” Makau in August in Ventersdorp, in the North West province, has been postponed to December. Pule Botlhokwane, 24, has been charged with the horror attack in which Makau was raped and strangled to death with a wire and had a running hosepipe shoved down […]
2014 MISS BLACK PRIDE PARTY GALLERY
The annual 2014 Miss Black Pride drag and transgender pageant and after-party was recently held at club Simply Blue in Johannesburg. The winner was 30-year-old Elliot Mohibedi Monale, also known as Thibi, a mining and exploration geologist who hails from Rhenosterkraal, Rustenburg. Lauren Hassiem took these pictures of the event, now in its ninth year.
BOTSWANA: COURT TO RULE ON GAY GROUP’S REGISTRATION
The Gaborone High Court is expected to rule next week on whether the Botswana government will be forced to register a gay rights group. In February 2012, LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana) applied for registration under the terms of the Societies Act. A month later, the Department of Civil and National Registration rejected the application, […]
DEWANI WAS ON GAYDAR 2 DAYS AFTER WIFE’S MURDER
Shrien Dewani’s sexuality appears set to become a major focus of his murder trial, at least according to the world’s media. It was reported on Wednesday that Dewani had revealed in court documents that he visited the Gaydar dating site just two days after the murder of his wife Anni, using the name ASIANSUBGUY. It’s […]
THATSOQUEER 2014 FESTIVAL OPENING GALLERY
The annual University of Johannesburg THATSOQUEER arts festival was launched on Tuesday night with a concert by acclaimed baritone Professor Federico Freschi and pianist Christopher Duigan. The audience was thrilled by their entertaining and virtuoso performance. The festival – which includes staged readings, a cabaret, dance, an art exhibition and much more – runs until […]
GAME RANGERS GO NAKED TO SAVE THE RHINO
A calendar of naked game rangers has been released to help in the fight to save the endangered rhino from extinction. Cape Town’s Natural Causes and former-supermodel turned South African photographer Josie Borain have created the Rangers for Rhinos 2015 Calendar to support two NGOs, the Game Rangers Association of Africa and Resource Africa, both […]
BREAKING: JAILED GAY BRITISH TOURIST RETURNS TO UK
Jailed gay British tourist Ray Cole has been sent back to the UK and has promised to help his friend who remains in prison. Cole, 70, was met by his tearful family and members of the media at Gatwick Airport on Wednesday morning. It was earlier announced by the Moroccan Embassy in London that he […]