POLICE TO INVESTIGATE GAY BASHING FAILURE
The Rosebank Police Station says that if the officers alleged to have ignored Sunday’s gay bashing in Johannesburg are found guilty, they will be disciplined. On Wednesday, Mambaonline reported that Gerald Pereira was punched in the face by a man after defending his boyfriend from gay slurs outside of a cross-dressing themed party in Rosebank. […]
TURKEY BANS GRINDR GAY HOOK-UP APP
Grindr, a sex-date app that helps gay men in the same vicinity meet, has been blocked by the authorities in Turkey. Turkish LGBT association Kaos GL reported on its website on Wednesday that Turkish users have not been able access the app since Tuesday. It said that the Istanbul Anatolia 14th Criminal Court of Peace […]
COUSINS FACE SOWETO GAY MURDER CHARGES
Siphiwe Selby Nhlapo It’s been confirmed that two men, who are related, will now be charged with the September 2011 murder of Siphiwe Selby Nhlapo. Nhlapo, who was gay, was killed in his Kliptown, Soweto home. He was strangled and had acid poured over his face. In April 2012, Phumlani Msimango appeared in the Protea […]
ZAMBIA MUST RELEASE GAY ACCUSED DUO
Amnesty International says Zambia must drop the charges against two men accused of same-sex sexual conduct and release them from prison unconditionally. James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22 years old, will appear in court on Thursday in the Zambian town of Kapiri Mposhi for a remand hearing. They have been in custody since 6 […]
KYLIE JOINS THE VOICE UK AS COACH
Grammy award-winner Kylie Minogue has been confirmed as a coach on series three of The Voice UK. The 45-year-old Australian-born Minogue replaces Jessie J, who left to focus on promoting her new album, as a coach on the television singing talent show. “I’m very excited to become a coach on The Voice UK. I love […]
NEW OLYMPIC HEAD URGED TO HEED HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights Watch has urged the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, to enforce the human rights principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter. On Tuesday, Bach took over from Jacques Rogge, whose 12-year tenure as IOC president was marred, said Human Rights Watch, by choosing host countries that have flouted the IOC’s own […]
JOBURG MAN GAY BASHED OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB
A man was beaten after defending his boyfriend from a group of homophobic thugs in Johannesburg early on Sunday morning. Gerald Pereira and Stephan Annandale attended the ‘Strawberry Tik’ party at the Capitol venue in Rosebank on Saturday night. The gay-friendly party had a cross-dressing theme and Annandale was dressed as Marilyn Monroe while Pereira […]
JAMES FRANCO WISHES HE WAS GAY
Actor, filmmaker and artist James Franco says in a new interview that he’s not surprised that people think he’s gay and that he wishes he actually was. The star told The Daily Beast that one of the biggest misconceptions people had about him is that he is gay. His sexuality was the butt of most […]
PROGRESS IN LESBIAN RAPE CASES WELCOMED
The last few days have seen some measure of progress in two lesbian rapes cases in the Western Cape. On Monday, the man found guilty of raping then-twenty-year-old Zukiswa Gaca as his friend watched in Khayelitsha in December 2009 was finally sentenced after almost four years. According to Funeka Soldaat from the FreeGender organisation he […]
SENEGAL JUSTICE MINISTER’S HYPOCRISY ON GAY RIGHTS
In an astonishing and hypocritical about turn, former human rights leader Sidiki Kaba says he no longer supports decriminalising homosexuality after being appointed as Senegal’s Justice Minister last week. Kaba was previously the head of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and publicly supported the rights of LGBT people. On Friday, however, it came […]