UGANDA: JUDGE WHO ANNULLED ANTI-GAY LAW FACED DEATH THREATS
The judges who annulled Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act were on the receiving end of a widespread public backlash over their decision. Five Constitutional Court justices ruled in August that the law was invalid because it had been voted on and passed in Parliament without the required minimum number of MPs. According to the Daily Monitor, the justices were […]
CANADIAN CANNIBAL GAY PORN KILLER TRIAL BEGINS
The trial of Canadian gay porn actor Luka Magnotta, accused of murdering, dismembering and eating his former lover on video, has begun. On Monday, the first testimony was given in the sensational trial that is expected to feature harrowing and gruesome images and footage of the May 2012 murder of 33-year-old university student Jun Lin. […]
GARETH CLIFF GIVES LGBTQ COMMUNITY SLOT ON CLIFFCENTRAL
CliffCentral, Gareth Cliff’s online radio station, is adding a new segment to the Kellman on Cliffcentral show, called ‘That’s so Gay’, to the Friday line up from 15:00 to 15.30 during the month of Gauteng Pride this October. Hosted by lesbian and gay duo, Liza Boshoff and Kevin Britz, the segment will feature the various […]
VIRAL SOLO PORN VIDEO BODYBUILDER SAYS HE’S NOT GAY
An “embarrassed” social media bodybuilding star whose “leaked” solo porn videos have gone viral has insisted that he’s not gay and says he regrets making them. Michael Hoffman, who’s become known for posting sexy selfies and flexing videos, recently surprised his fans by appearing in at least two x-rated self-filmed videos in which he masturbates […]
A “MILESTONE” AS BELGRADE PRIDE FINALLY GOES AHEAD
After being cancelled three years in a row, this weekend finally saw Belgrade’s LGBTI community being allowed to hold a Pride parade. In previous years, the Serbian authorities had banned the event, claiming that threats from religious and right wing groups made the march a danger to public safety. In 2010, a Pride event took […]
CALIFORNIA BANS USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENCE IN COURT
California has become the first US state to prohibit the use of “gay and transgender panic defences” in court cases through legislation. On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law, helping to ensure fairer outcomes in cases in which LGBT people have been attacked or murdered. The so-called “gay or trans panic defence” […]
EGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN JAIL FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
A gay dating app is warning its Egyptian users as a court sentences six men to two years in prison with labour on charges of sexual immorality. According to Ahram Online, the men were found guilty of “committing debauchery” after they were accused of promoting an apartment on Facebook as a location for gay sex. When […]
PORT ELIZABETH GAY MAN STONED TO DEATH
A horrified family is in mourning after an openly gay man was stoned to death near Port Elizabeth. The Afrikaans Son newspaper reports that the body of 24-year-old Skumbuzo Harold Mkefile from KwaNoxolo was discovered by a passerby on Tuesday in Booysens Park. He was lying half naked in a field surrounded by bloody rocks and […]
LONDON PROTEST AGAINST GAMBIA ANTI-GAY BILL
A group of African LGBTI activists and their British allies have called on Gambia’s president to not sign a new anti-gay bill into law. The protesters demonstrated against the proposed law, which will increase already harsh penalties against homosexuality, outside the Gambian embassy in London on Wednesday. Holding up placards calling for an end to […]
WATCH OUT FACEBOOK! RUPAUL JOINS ‘REAL NAME’ FIGHT
Drag icon RuPaul has thrown his weight behind a campaign against Facebook for banning performers who use their drag names on their profiles. The social media site’s ‘real name’ policy has outraged drag performers, artists and others who use names on Facebook different to their legal names. Now, RuPaul has stepped into the fray and expressed […]