JUSTICE AS SA’S DR SHOCK STARTS JAIL SENTENCE
South Africa’s infamous gay torture doctor Aubrey Levin has finally started serving his five year sex abuse prison sentence. Levin, 74, was handed the sentence in February after he was found guilty of sexually molesting three male patients in Canada. Ironically, the disgraced doctor is best known for heading up a horrific apartheid-era South African […]
BOLLYWOOD BACKS GAY EQUALITY IN MUSIC VIDEO
With one of the largest estimated populations of gay people in the world, it’s about time that the first ever Bollywood music video for gay rights is released. On Wednesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office launched the colourful video at a press conference in Mumbai to promote its Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, […]
OPENLY GAY SINGER NAKHANE TOURÉ WINS SAMA
Nakhane Touré, the openly gay South African singer and songwriter, took home the Best Alternative Album at Monday’s South African Music Awards (Samas). The 26-year-old, who’s been making a splash in the music world over the last year, was honoured for his acclaimed debut album Brave Confusion. He was also nominated in the categories of […]
SURVIVOR’S ALTAAF SLAMMED FOR ANTI-GAY COMMENT
Survivor South Africa’s Altaaf Sheik, who left the island on Sunday’s episode, has been criticised for his homophobic dig at gay contestant Zavion Kotze. Altaaf, a 29-year-old Durban-based SAAF helicopter pilot, became the 15th contestant to be voted off the latest season of the popular reality show. In the episode, he raised Zavion’s ire by […]
UGANDA: MORE ANTI GAY LAWS ON THE CARD
Uganda seems intent on outlawing any support for gays and lesbians as news emerges of another anti-gay law in the works. According to Reuters, the new piece of legislation has been drafted to bar non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from “promoting homosexuality.” The bill, which would also bar NGOs from engaging in politics, is reportedly being studied […]
EFF MEMBERS ARE MOST GAY FRIENDLY VOTERS
A new survey of South African voters has found that almost a majority are opposed to allowing same-sex couples to marry. The Sunday Times reported that the poll of 2,219 registered voters by research company Ipsos also revealed that only just over a quarter believe that gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. Voters […]
DIRECTOR DROPS OUT OF X-MEN PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Bryan Singer, the openly gay director of the upcoming new X-Men blockbuster, has dropped out of the film’s publicity campaign to defend himself against claims of sexually abusing a teenage boy. The 48-year-old A-list director, who has helmed previous X-Men films as well as hits such as The Usual Suspects and Superman Returns, has denied […]
CLIMBER SCALES UGANDA’S TALLEST PEAK FOR GAY RIGHTS
An American climber has planted a rainbow flag atop Uganda’s tallest mountain to protest the country’s recent anti-gay law. Neal Gottlieb, who is the founder of the Three Twins Ice Cream company in California, posted a picture on Facebook of himself holding the flag at the summit of Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley, the third […]
GAY PIONEERS MAKE TIME 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL LIST
An openly gay Kenyan writer and a closet-busting American basketball star have made the 2014 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list. Binyavanga Wainaina, acknowledged as one of Africa’s leading literary figures, was included among the globe’s most influential artists. He made waves in January when, amidst a wave of growing homophobia on […]
LESBIAN NAVY VETERAN DENIED BURIAL WITH WIFE
A 74-year-old American Navy veteran has been told she can’t be laid to rest with her late wife at a veteran’s cemetery. All Madelynn Taylor wants is to have the ashes of her spouse, Jean Mixner, interred with her at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery. Taylor told KBOI 2News that her health was fading and that […]