SA KILLER RENT BOY JAILED
A South African man, described by the British media as a rent boy, has been send to prison for the murder of a 62-year-old gay man in the UK. Ricardo Pisano (36) was sentenced to 18 years in jail for killing Michael Polding last year. The older man’s decomposing body was discovered in his Brighton […]
DRC TO BAN GAY SEX?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may outlaw sexual conduct between members of the same sex. While gays and lesbians have previously been targeted through public indecency laws, homosexuality is not technically illegal in the country. This may soon change after a bill that aims to criminalise gay sex was proposed last week in […]
SOCCER COACH IN GAY SCANDAL
The former head of Uganda’s national football team, Chris Mubiru, has been arrested on “sodomy” charges. Mubiru, who previously coached the team, was the subject of a report by the notoriously anti-gay Red Pepper tabloid in December last year. A picture from a video of him allegedly having sex with a young footballer was published […]
CAPETONIAN TAKES MR GSA TITLE
Twenty-six-year-old Werner de Waal was crowned Mr Gay South African 2014 on Friday night. De Waal beat out nine other finalists from around the country to take the title at a ceremony at the Cape Quarter in Cape Town. The 1.78 metre tall accountant grew up on the West Coast and now lives in the […]
BEYONCÉ RELEASES SURPRISE ALBUM
Grammy winning music superstar Beyoncé surprised her fans and the world by releasing a previously unannounced album on Friday. Titled Beyoncé, her fifth studio album, the collection of 14 songs is for now only available on the iTunes Store. Described as a “visual album”, it also includes 17 videos, shot around the world from Houston […]
MISS GAY & LESBIAN SOWETO 2013
Soweto hosted its annual Miss Gay and Lesbian pageant on Saturday 7 December. The event, which was launched in 2000 but was suspended for a number of years due to lack of funding, had a comeback last year. It is fairly unique in South Africa in that it honours both male and female members of […]
ELLEN DENIES MARRIAGE WOES
Ellen DeGeneres has used her talk show to dismiss rumours that her marriage to actress Portia de Rossi is in trouble. The American comedienne humorously addressed the tabloid reports this week. “The other day I’m at the hair salon getting these extensions,” DeGeneres joked. “And there’s tabloids all over the hair salon — that’s where […]
WATCH: COMING OUT TO MY MOM
A young American man has recorded his emotional coming out to his mother and posted it on YouTube. Ryan Dubs filmed himself with his laptop as he tearfully told his mother that he is gay. The video has gone viral and been viewed almost 120,000 times. Dubs said that he made the video because he […]
GERMAN CELEBS KISS FOR GAYS
Over a dozen heterosexual male German celebrities have kissed each other in a campaign in support of LGBT equality. Called “Gentlemen against homophobia,” the campaign was launched by GQ Germany, which recently published the beautiful photos of the lip-locking couples. “Because intolerance is not a state of mind – and certainly not for gentlemen,” says […]
INDIAN GOV. MAY OK GAY SEX
The Indian government says that it is looking at decriminalising gay sex after it was banned by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court restored the 153-year-old colonial-era law banning gay sex, stating that the Delhi High Court’s 2009 ruling striking the law down was invalid. It further ruled that only the government had the authority to repeal […]