PRETORIA TRANS PUPIL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AFTER SCHOOL ABUSE
A young transgender pupil in Pretoria has attempted suicide after he was abused by his schoolmates. Activists from Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) have reported that Tshepo (not his real name) has been targeted by his fellow pupils, and their older friends who are not pupils at the school. They tried to disrobe him, threatened […]
BLOND SWEDE TAKES MR GAY EUROPE TITLE
Jack Johansson, a 20-year-old blond dancer and performer from Sweden, has taken the Mr Gay Europe title at a gala event in Austria. Johansson, who studies at the Balettakademien (academy of ballet) and also freelances as a waiter, musical theatre artist, dancer, director, choreographer and producer, has blue eyes and is 179 cm tall. Although […]
WORLD CUP GAY FOOTBALL STARS URGED TO COME OUT
Gay football players at the Brazil World Cup have been urged to come out the closet by the UN’s human rights chief. “I encourage players, sports people to declare their sexual orientation without fear,” UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay told reporters at a meeting on equality in sports in Geneva on Monday. She explained that this is […]
DURBAN PRIDE TO MARK 20 YEARS OF LGBTI RIGHTS
Durban will be commemorating 20 years of LGBTI rights this June with the annual Durban Pride Liberation March and Festival. According to the organisers, the event “will raise the international gay flag to mark the commemoration of lives lost and the celebration of life, of diversity, the right to sexual orientation, to sexual and gender […]
SURPRISE AS ANOTHER JOBURG GAY PRIDE EVENT ANNOUNCED
It’s been announced that a brand new LGBTI pride event will be held in Johannesburg this coming October, adding to Gauteng’s increasingly cluttered pride season. Founded by Cino Shearer, a self described philanthropist and publicist, Mzansi Pride aims to bring together “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Straight (LGBTIS) communities from all over Africa… to […]
WATCH: RICKY MARTIN TURNS SONG GAY IN MOROCCO
Singer Ricky Martin made a powerful statement last week when he changed the lyrics “she” to “he” while performing a love song in Morocco. Homosexuality is illegal in the Islamic North African country, with penalties including fines and between six months to three years imprisonment. Martin, who has been openly gay since 2010, made the subversive […]
THE 21 HOTTEST MEN OF THE 2014 WORLD CUP
They don’t call it the Beautiful Game for nothing! The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is not only a celebration of international football prowess but also a festival of manly eye-candy. With over 700 footballers from 32 countries taking part, there’s certainly an added benefit to enjoying a massive team sport contest like this: For […]
UK POLICE HUNT GAY HATE CRIME CHEMICAL ATTACKER
Police in the UK are hunting for a man who sprayed a corrosive chemical in the faces of gay clubbers in London, possibly blinding one of them. In the early hours of Sunday morning, a 23-year-old man and his 21-year-old male friend struck up a conversation with another man and two women outside the gay-friendly […]
WATCH: SON COMES OUT IN ITALY’S 1ST GAY PASTA AD
In the wake of last year’s gay pasta furore, a frozen food brand has released what’s been claimed is Italy’s first gay-friendly advert. In the ad, Luca hosts a dinner with his mother and his “flatmate,” Gianni. After surprising his mom with Findus microwave pasta and risotto dishes, Luca has something else to tell her. “There […]
ZIM PASTOR ARRESTED OVER GAY SEX VIDEOS & SMSES
A Zimbabwe pastor has been caught in a sting operation after police found text messages “incriminating” him in a gay relationship. According to The Herald, Pastor Aleck Muchabayiwa was detained and questioned by police in the city of Gweru on Friday. The authorities claim they have video footage of his sexual liaisons and found text messages […]