TERRIFIED UGANDAN LESBIAN BEGS TO STAY IN UK
There are frantic efforts under way to stop the imminent deportation of a young traumatised Ugandan lesbian woman who faces abuse and possible imprisonment and even death in her homeland. A petition has been launched calling on the UK’s Home Office to not deport Aidah Asaba back to Uganda on Saturday. In October last year, Asaba […]
DO DISGUSTING SMELLS MAKE PEOPLE HOMOPHOBIC?
Could a lack of clean air or the smell of sewage be turning people into homophobes? In a somewhat bizarre study, researchers have concluded that people who live in smelly environments tend to be more homophobic and socially conservative. Psychologists and scientists from the University of Arkansas picked 57 participants and randomly placed one group […]
BELIZE 1ST LADY BACKS GAY RIGHTS, DESPITE GAY BAN
The First Lady of Belize, Kim Simplis-Barrow, has expressed her support for the country’s LGBTI community. Simplis-Barrow, who is also the Special Envoy for Children and Women, made the statement in a video message played at a ceremony at the House of Culture in Belize City to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia […]
ZIM: ZANU-PF COUNCILLOR BACKS GAY RIGHTS
In a move that’s unlikely to impress President Robert Mugabe, a Zanu-PF councillor for Mhondoro Ngezi, near the city of Kadoma, has announced his support for gay rights. According to Bulawao 24, ruling party Councillor Richman Rangwani is said to have “come out in the open to champion [the] rights of homosexuals.” Rangwani reportedly spoke […]
A GAY CHARACTER IN ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2’
It’s been revealed that one of the characters in the How to Train Your Dragon animated movie franchise is gay and (sort of) comes out in the latest instalment. According to How to Train Your Dragon 2’s openly gay writer and director, Dean DeBlois, the character of Gobber (voiced by Craig Ferguson), a six-foot-six Viking, is gay. […]
NUDE CRISTIANO RONALDO SHOWS KIMYE HOW IT’S DONE
Portuguese football stud Cristiano Ronaldo has posed nude with his girlfriend for the cover of Spanish Vogue. The image shows Cristiano, 29, standing naked, covered only by model girlfriend, Irina Shayk, 28. The couple have been dating since 2010. The cover, titled “Amor y Futbol” (Love and Football), is reminiscent of Kanye West and Kim […]
PRO-GAY AFRICAN VOICES CELEBRATED
Twelve notable African figures have been honoured for their stand against anti-LGBTI bigotry and for speaking out in favour of human rights for all. Celebrating The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on the weekend, Human Rights Watch said Africans who in recent years have stood up for human rights and spoken out against homophobia […]
MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON EGYPTIAN GAYS
A major campaign against the LGBTI community in Egypt appears to be under way, with at least 77 people arrested on charges of homosexuality in just the last eight months. The arrests, documented by the group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights since October last year, include a number of individuals arrested for wearing women’s clothing […]
POLL: AMERICANS SAY MICHAEL SAM GAY KISS ‘INAPPROPRIATE’
A new survey has found that while most Americans are fine with teams choosing openly gay sportsmen, many are not so comfortable when these athletes express any romantic intimacy in public. The poll followed the recent high profile selection of Michael Sam by the St. Louis Rams; making him the first openly gay player to […]
1ST THE X FACTOR SA KICKS OFF IN SEPTEMBER
The world’s biggest and most successful singing competition, The X Factor, is coming to South African TV screens from September 2014 on SABC 1. The hit Simon Cowell format has produced stars from Leona Lewis, James Arthur to one of the biggest bands in the world right now, One Direction. The South African winner stands […]