GOLDIE HAWN IN NIGERIA PRESIDENT ROW
American actress Goldie Hawn has become embroiled in a row after she posted a picture of herself meeting Nigeria’s “wonderful” anti-gay president. Hawn tweeted the photo on Wednesday, in which she is seen in Davos shaking hands with President Goodluck Jonathan, who recently signed Nigeria’s new horror anti-gay law. She included a caption with the picture […]
CAMERON WOWS IN SEXY PHOTO SHOOT
South African Olympic swimming star Cameron van der Berg has shown off his sexier side in a new steamy photo shoot for Gaschette Magazine. The 25-year-old hunk posed for the cover and a fashion editorial dubbed “night swimming” for the latest “Sea Sex Summer” edition of the digital publication. Photographed by Steve Marais, the images […]
NIGERIA: MOB THROWS STONES AT GAY ACCUSED
Nigerian police have been forced to use teargas and fire shots into the air to disperse a mob throwing stones at a group of men accused of homosexuality outside an Islamic court. The men (reports say there are between seven and nine) have been charged under Sharia law, which could see them sentenced to death by […]
NIGERIA: SA LGBT GROUPS MUST TAKE ACTION
Health4Men, the sexual health campaign for gay and bisexual men, has urged South Africans to take a more vocal stance against Nigeria’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The organisation, a project of the Anova Health Institute, said that it was “gravely concerned” by the law and expressed its “alarm and trepidation” at the resultant human rights […]
ELTON JOHN SLAMS HIS FAN, PUTIN
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments that his nation doesn’t discriminate against gays because he and the Russian people love Elton John, the iconic singer has again made his feelings clear on Russian homophobia. Putin recently defended his country’s anti-gay laws by stating on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “Homosexual people can’t feel inferior here, […]
GAY BRIT TO BE DEPORTED FROM UGANDA
The 65-year-old British man on trial for homosexuality in Uganda has been spared jail but is to be returned to the UK. Bernard Randall, a retiree living in Uganda, and his Ugandan friend and housemate Albert Cheptoyek (30) were arrested in October 2013 for “acts of gross indecency”. Randall was also charged with “trafficking obscene publications” […]
ACCLAIMED AFRICAN AUTHOR COMES OUT AS GAY
Binyavanga Wainaina, the acclaimed Kenyan author and journalist, has come out as gay in response to the growing oppression of LGBT people in Africa. Described as one of the continent’s leading literary figures, Wainaina used a new short piece, titled I Am a Homosexual, Mum, to reveal that he is gay. The moving semi-biographical piece […]
ZIM TRANS ACTIVIST IN WOMEN’S LOO ARREST
A Zimbabwe transgender woman, arrested for using a women’s toilet, has been threatened by youth members of Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party. According to Newzimbabwe.com, Ricky Nathanson (48), described as a “well-known gay activist” who “sports female dresses and make-up” was detained by the thugs for using the bathroom at the Palace Hotel in Bulawayo. […]
UN JOINS MALAWI GAY LAW CHALLENGE
UNAIDS, the United Nations HIV and AIDS campaign, will participate in a Malawi High Court challenge against the convictions of three men jailed for homosexuality in 2011. Amon Champyuni, Mathew Bello and Mussa Chiwisi were jailed for between six and 12 years, with hard labour, by a magistrates’ court. UNAIDS has joined other organisations, including Malawi’s Center […]
GEORGE MICHAEL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
British singer and songwriter George Michael has announced that he will be releasing a new album in March. Symphonica will consist of reworked orchestral arrangements of some of his hits, including Praying for Time and A Different Corner, as well as covers of classic songs, such as My Baby Just Cares for Me. The album […]