GAY SWEDISH FOOTBALL HUNK SIGNS WITH US TEAM
Swedish football player Anton Hysén, who came out as gay in 2011, has been signed to play for an American football team. Outsports.com reported that the Myrtle Beach Mutiny team, based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, announced the news of Hysén’s signing on Thursday. “I am excited to be joining the Mutiny this season,” said […]
MARK RUFFALO & MATT BOMER KISS IN ‘THE NORMAL HEART’ TRAILER
Mark Ruffalo as a gay man and Julia Roberts as a distraught doctor feature in the teaser trailer for the highly anticipated star-studded gay and Aids themed movie The Normal Heart. The film, which explores the chaos and tragedy that unfolded during the early days of the HIV epidemic in in New York City, is based […]
US: BODIES OF LESBIAN COUPLE FOUND IN DUMPSTER
Two lesbian women in Texas have been murdered and callously dumped in the rubbish. According to media reports, the bodies of Crystal Jackson and Britney Cosby (both 24) were discovered by a delivery man in the dumpster outside a convenience store in Port Bolivar on Friday. The women had been a couple for two years […]
US SLAMS APPEAL OF ZAMBIA FREE SPEECH RULING
The Zambian government is appealing a recent court ruling acquitting an activist who was arrested for speaking out in support of LGBT rights on TV. Last month, the charges against well-know Zambian human rights and HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona were dropped after the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court found that the government had failed to prove its […]
GAY SLUR STAR’S RETURN TO GREY’S ANATOMY WELCOMED
America’s gay media watchdog group GLAAD has welcomed the surprise return of actor Isaiah Washington, who was fired for using an anti-gay slur, to the TV drama Grey’s Anatomy. In 2006, Washington – who played Dr. Preston Burke – referred to then closeted co-star T.R. Knight as a ‘faggot’ in an on-set altercation with Patrick Dempsey, another of […]
TELECOMS GIANT DROPS ADS IN ANTI-GAY UGANDAN TABLOID
The French-based Orange telecoms multinational has bowed to pressure to no longer advertise in Uganda’s notoriously homophobic Red Pepper tabloid. After Orange ads were spotted on the Red Pepper website, the company was slammed for supporting the publication which has put gay and lesbian Ugandans in danger by gleefully outing them in its pages. An All […]
THE QUEEN, HARRY STYLES CONGRATULATE GAY CHARITY
The Queen of England has for the first time shown her support for an LGBT charity, taking her a step further in publicly acknowledging the gay and lesbian community. Queen Elizabeth II was among a host of public figures to congratulate the London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard on its 40th birthday. The 87-year-old monarch said in […]
ANTI-GAY GRINDR SCANDAL POLITICIAN COMES OUT
Roberto Arango, a former senator from Puerto Rico who voted in support of anti-gay laws, has finally come out as gay. Arango was embroiled in a scandal three years ago when nude photos of him were discovered on the Grindr gay sex app. He at first denied that he was the man in the images but […]
“GAY COUPLE” ARRESTED IN UGANDA HOTEL ROOM
Uganda’s new anti-gay law has no regard for the right to privacy, as tragically experienced by two men arrested for allegedly having sex in a hotel room. The Crazy Africans website reports that the unidentified men booked accommodation at the establishment in the town of Jinja. However, when the caretaker started hearing “sexual moans” from […]
DALAI LAMA ‘OK’ WITH GAY MARRIAGE
The Dalai Lama has said that same-sex couples should have the freedom to marry and commented that gay sex is fine as long as it’s safe and consensual. The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader made the comments while speaking with US talk show host Larry King for an online interview to be broadcast next week […]