MADONNA’S FREEDOM ART PROJECT
Pop star Madonna has announced an online global initiative to promote freedom of expression and personal liberty through art of all kinds. Art For Freedom, led by Madonna, is designed to fuel free speech and to respond, address and protest persecution around the world. According to the singer, songwriter and film director, it is an […]
GOD MAKES TUTU FIGHT FOR GAYS
Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that he has no choice but to speak out for the rights of gays and lesbians. In an interview with Religion News Service, Tutu stated that the most pressing issue facing Christians was when “the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust”. He […]
GAY ACCUSED TRIAL DELAYED AGAIN
Two men accused of homosexuality in Zambia continue to be jailed as their months-long trial is again delayed this week. James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22-years-old, are facing two counts each of committing offences “against the order of nature”. They have already been in custody for five months while awaiting trial. Last month the […]
BISHOPS CONDEMN GAY UNIONS
Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops have slammed same-sex marriage as unhealthy, unnatural and foreign to Africa. The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Nigeria made the condemnation in a statement, signed by Conference president Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, following a meeting held in Otukpo on the weekend. The bishops expressed their concern about “the continuous attempts by foreign agencies […]
NEW SA PARTY: GAY RIGHTS SATANIC
Former Eastern Cape education MEC Mkhangeli Matomela, who now heads the Kingdom Governance Movement, says that God will reject the ANC because of its support of LGBT rights, which he says are satanic. Matomela, a former senior member of the ruling party, launched his new organisation last month in Bisho to a largely church-based audience, […]
ELTON JOHN HAD SEX WITH KGB SPY
Elton John has revealed that he once had sex with a KGB spy and that he is still planning to perform in Russia, despite the country’s anti-gay laws. In an interview with The Guardian, the 66-year-old singer said that when he went to Russia in 1979 his Russian translator was a spy. “I knew we […]
1ST PRETORIA PRIDE DETAILS ANNOUNCED
The organisers of Pretoria Pride have revealed more details about the capital city’s very first LGBTI Pride march on Saturday 5 October. The event will take place in Centurion, on the corner of Hendrik Verwoerd Drive and South Street (diagonally across from the Standard Bank offices). “This is Pretoria’s first gay Pride parade, the last […]
COULD UGANDAN HOMOPHOBES BE CHARGED?
It’s been reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering investigating three key players behind Uganda’s anti-gay campaigns and the ‘kill gays bill’. Ugandan human rights activist Magembe Norman has launched an online petition urging the court to “investigate and prosecute the top three homophobic Ugandans for crimes against humanity”. Norman, who has filed […]
BOOKIE: GAY FOOTBALLERS DO EXIST
Rainbow coloured laces have been sent to all professional footballers in the UK, with a message urging them to wear the laces to show their support for gay footballers. The groundbreaking campaign was devised by LGBT rights group Stonewall and bookmaker Paddy Power, who say that the odds overwhelmingly indicate that there must be gay […]
LIRA RETURNS TO JOBURG PRIDE
South African singer Lira will be the headline performer at this year’s Johannesburg LGBTIAO Pride proudly supported by Lovers + , taking place on Saturday 28 September at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown. The multi-platinum singer/songwriter and SAMA award winner has a strong gay following and has been a long-time supporter of the LGBT community. […]