TIME MAGAZINE’S FIRST TRANS COVER
American celebrity Laverne Cox has become the first transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine. The trans actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBT activist’s historic cover features the headline “The Transgender Tipping Point – America’s next civil rights frontier.” In an interview with the magazine, Cox said that she first […]
SAM SMITH CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
Following widespread speculation, British singer-songwriter Sam Smith has confirmed that he’s gay. Smith’s music video for the song Leave Your Lover, which was released last week, suggested that he could be gay or bisexual. Now in an interview with Fader, the rising star has spoken about his début album In the Lonely Hour, and, for the […]
MAYA ANGELOU REMEMBERED AS A GAY ALLY
Maya Angelou, the iconic American poet, author and equal rights champion who died on Wednesday, is being remembered as a supporter of the LGBT community. Angelou passed away at the age of 86 at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She had been suffering heart problems and was said to be frail. Born in 1928, […]
ROBERT DE NIRO SPEAKS ABOUT GAY DAD
Robert De Niro is widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, but few are aware that his late father was a gay man. Robert De Niro SR, an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, left his wife and De Niro’s mother, Virginia Admiral, when he came to realise that he was gay. The acting legend […]
HAS SAM SMITH, THE MALE ADELE, COME OUT?
Soulful British singer-songwriter Sam Smith is causing waves with his new music video that suggests that he could be gay or bisexual. In the clip for the song Leave Your Lover, Smith is seen with a man and a woman, ambiguously flirting and dancing. He sings about his unrequited love: “Just leave your lover, leave […]
PUTIN SLAMS CONCHITA WURST FOR FLAUNTING SEXUALITY
Russia’s self-professed “liberal” president, Vladimir Putin, has finally spoken out about bearded drag star Conchita Wurst, who recently won the Eurovision Song Contest. Wurst’s win at the competition, in which Russia’s entry came seventh, led to widespread outrage in Russia and the Orthodox Church describing her as an “abomination.” The Telegraph reports that speaking at […]
TEACHERS ASK POPE FOR AUDIENCE OVER GAY FIRINGS
A group of American teachers have asked Pope Francis for an audience to discuss Catholic schools that have unjustly dismissed gay or gay supportive staff. On Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) delivered a letter to the Vatican on behalf of nine teachers who lost their jobs at Catholic schools for either being lesbian, gay, bisexual and […]
GHANA MOB KILLS GAY MAN, SEARCHING FOR PARTNER
A group of Muslim youth in Nima, Accra, who killed a man they accused of being gay, are now trying to track down his partner. According to Daily Guide, the trouble started when two men, Yaw Nkrumah and Salisu Mohammed, described as “suspected homosexuals,” started “flaunting their romantic relationship in the Muslim-dominated area.” Two young […]
COURT CITES MUGABE GAY VITRIOL TO DENY BAIL
A Zimbabwe court has cited President Robert Mugabe’s homophobic views to justify denying bail to a ward councillor being held on homosexuality charges in Harare. MDC-T Councillor Sydney Chirombe, 49, was allegedly discovered having sex with Joseph Muchena, 23, earlier this month. According to New Zimbabwe, the men’s applications to be released on bail were […]
KHUMBULANI PRIDE 2014 GALLERY
The Samora Machel township outside of Cape Town hosted the second Khumbulani Pride (“Remembrance Pride”) march on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. An after party was held at a nearby sports field. The event aimed to not only raise community awareness about LGBT rights in the area and to celebrate sexual […]