WE’RE FINISHED! DID JARED LETO HAVE GAY SEX?
Transgender star Alexis Arquette has claimed that she had sex with super sexy actor and singer Jared Leto and even confirmed rumours about his manhood. When asked in an interview with Frontiers LA to reveal one of her secrets, Alexis, 45, blurted out: “I had sex with Jared Leto back when I was presenting as a […]
ANGER GROWS OVER GIFT’S HORROR HOSEPIPE MURDER
Groups have slammed the murder of lesbian teen Gift Makau while her alleged attacker is ordered to appear in court again next week. The body of the 24-year-old was discovered in Tshing, Ventersdorp last week Friday with her hands tied behind her back and a running hosepipe shoved down her throat into her stomach. She […]
ANTI-GAY RELIGIOUS GROUP ‘ON ITS KNEES’ AFTER US CUTS FUNDING
A Ugandan religious organisation has been forced to let its staff go after the US government cut its funding because of the group’s support for the persecution of gays and lesbians. The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has over the years received tens of millions of dollars through USAID as part of the President’s Emergency […]
SOWETO PRIDE TO MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY AMIDST TRAGEDY
The annual Soweto LGBTI Pride March will mark its first decade on Saturday 27 September in the wake of another hate crime tragedy. Taking place in one of the country’s largest townships – spaces in which LGBTI people continue to face discrimination and worse – the march remains a significant political statement. Dikeledi Sibanda from […]
QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT UGANDA GAY STONING REPORT
Questions have been asked about the veracity of a report that seven LGBT people were stoned to death in the past month in rural Uganda. The group Friends New Underground Railroad (FNUR), a US-based Quaker initiative “helping LGBT people in Uganda,” claimed in a media statement on Monday to have received reports from Ugandan activists about […]
RUSSIAN GAY HATE LEADER SENT TO PRISON
The man behind the extremist Russian group responsible for humiliating and torturing gay people, including a Swazi youth, has received a prison sentence. According to Interfax, Maxim Martsinkevich was found guilty of “incitement of hatred or hostility and humiliation of human dignity”, and sentenced to five years in a penal colony. Marcinkiewicz previously spent three […]
SICK! SA LESBIAN HATE CRIME HOSEPIPE KILLING
Another South African woman has been raped and horribly murdered in an apparent lesbian hate crime attack, this time in Ventersdorp, in the North West province. According to media reports, the half naked body of Gift (Disebo) Makau was discovered in the Tshing location with a running hose pipe shoved down her throat and into […]
REPORT: SEVEN LGBT UGANDANS STONED TO DEATH
UPDATE: Questions have been asked regarding the veracity of this report. Click for an update here. There are unconfirmed reports that seven LGBT Ugandans have been stoned to death in rural parts of the country over the last few weeks. The claims were included in a press statement from Friends New Underground Railroad (FNUR), a […]
2014 JOHANNESBURG PRIDE STAYS IN SANDTON
Organisers of the 2014 Johannesburg Pride Parade and Festival have announced that the event will once again take place in Sandton, this time on 25 October. Last year, the often controversial event was moved from the city’s Newtown district to the Sandton Sports Club, drawing thousands of revellers, but fewer than in previous years. For […]
Q&A: ROCKY’S SEXY SHAUN SMIT
Pretoria-born Shaun Smit and his gold hot-pants have been impressing theatre audiences in the newest smash-hit production of The Rocky Horror Show since July last year. The gorgeous, talented and smart young actor is not only making a name for himself on stage but also recently signed a modelling contract with a model management firm […]