KRYPTONITE JOBURG GAY PARTY LAUNCH GALLERY
Flash Republic’s DJ Ryan Dent headlined the launch of Kryptonite, the new Joburg gay party night, at Randlords this past weekend. The bash also featured DJ Delon Palm, drag star Crystal Carrington and vocalist Litha. David Penney took these images of the determined revellers who braved the Joburg winter to party into the early hours of […]
BACKSTAGE AT MISS GAY JOZI
Last month’s Miss Gay Jozi brought drag and trans pageant magic to the Wits Theatre in Johannesburg. Gabriel Hoosain Khan was there to take these captivating backstage photos of the contestants.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL SLAMS BOY SCOUTS GAY BAN
America’s Attorney General Eric Holder has criticised the Boy Scouts’ continued refusal to allow openly gay scout leaders. On Tuesday, speaking at an event hosted by Lambda Legal, Holder insisted that the Boy Scouts gay ban “perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes” and that it is “a relic of an age of prejudice and insufficient […]
TEL AVIV LIGHTS UP IN RAINBOW COLOURS FOR GAY PRIDE
The Israeli city of Tel Aviv has gone all out to celebrate gay Pride this year, with the authorities lighting up city hall in rainbow colours. More than 480 LED light bulbs were used to create a rainbow flag lighting effect on the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipal building, making it, according to The Jerusalem Post, the biggest […]
WATCH: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ROCKS TONY AWARDS
Neil Patrick Harris not only took home a Tony Award on Sunday night but he also stole the show with a stunning drag performance. The openly gay How I Met Your Mother star was nominated in the category of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (which he won) for his take on […]
ANGER AS TEXAS REPUBLICANS ENDORSE GAY ‘CURES’
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP, in Texas has sparked outrage after it endorsed “gay cure therapies” in its state platform, despite the practice being widely discredited. Last week, around 7,000 delegates at the party’s annual Texas convention in Fort Worth voted in favour of the new state platform, which outlines its stance […]
HONG KONG BARS BRITISH CONSULATE GAY MARRIAGES
Hong Kong authorities have refused to allow gay Britons to get married in the city’s British consulate. Last week, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that same-sex marriages can now take place in its consulates in 23 nations where these are not currently legal, including China and Russia. Even though these marriages won’t be […]
WATCH: NANDO’S AUSSIE GAY TV ADVERT
We’ve come across a humorous Nando’s Australian television ad featuring a clueless mother and her gay son that’s well worth watching. The ad, produced last year by Banjo Advertising as part of the South African chicken chain’s ‘Eat Interesting’ campaign, sees a family having a meal at one of its restaurants. The mother pesters her interior […]
ALL US GAY MARRIAGE BANS NOW CHALLENGED
The march to marriage equality appears unstoppable in the US, with all remaining state gay marriage bans now being challenged in court. On Friday, seven same-sex couples in North Dakota filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging that state’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality. North Dakota was the last remaining state with a gay marriage ban with […]
GAY SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
A South African collection of gay and lesbian African fiction has won a coveted literary award in New York City. On Monday, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction was honoured with the LGBT Anthology Fiction prize at the annual Lambda Literary Awards, making it the first African-produced book to win a ‘Lammy’. Now in their […]