WATCH KATY PERRY ROAR!
Katy Perry has released the stunning new music video for her hit self-empowerment anthem Roar. The colourful and upbeat clip sees Perry stranded in a jungle after a plane crash with a vain male counterpart, who is quickly dispatched by a tiger. She soon goes on to become a Tarzan-like queen of jungle, with a […]
RUSSIAN LAWMAKER PLANS TO TAKE KIDS FROM GAY PARENTS
In a shocking development, Russian lawmakers may soon vote on a measure to forcibly take children away from their gay parents. The RT news network reported that the deputy of the Russian State Duma, Alexey Zhuravlev, submitted amendments to the Family Code to the Duma on Thursday. These amendments would allow for the termination of […]
PUTIN SAYS HE’S FRIENDLY WITH THE GAYS
President Vladimir Putin says that he has “absolutely normal relations” with gay and lesbian people. In an interview with AP and Russia’s state Channel 1 television, he addressed the international controversy surrounding his country’s recently enacted gay propaganda law and other policies affecting the rights of gays and lesbians. “I assure you that I work […]
KILL GAYS BILL CHAMPION GETS COMMONWEALTH JOB
MP Rebecca Kadaga, who has publicly championed Uganda’s gay death bill, has been elected chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP). Kadaga, who is also Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, in November 2012 promised anti-gay religious activists to have the horrific Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed as “a Christmas gift” in order to protect Uganda’s children from […]
GAY MILITARY COUPLES GET TIME OFF TO MARRY
Tuesday saw same-sex couples in the US military being granted new federal benefits, including special leave to get married. All legally-married military spouses became eligible for a slew of benefits, including military I.D. cards, healthcare coverage, housing allowances and survivor benefits. These benefits were previously only available to opposite-sex married couples. In addition, un-married gay […]
GAY RUSSIAN SINGER’S ‘LOVE PROPAGANDA’
A Paris based performance artist and costume designer is promoting an oh-so-camp video for his song Sexual Obsession in protest against Russia’s gay propaganda law. “I’m a Russian boy, I did a sexy music video to do some love propaganda,” Igor Dewe told Mambaonline. “And if you like it, I will be glad that you […]
MUHOLI DEDICATES AWARD TO SLAIN LESBIAN
South African lesbian photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has been honoured for her acclaimed photography of the LGBT community. At a glittering ceremony in Kyalami on Thursday last week, Muholi received a Mbokodo Award in the category of “creative photography”. The Mbokodo Awards, now in their second year, celebrate outstanding South African women in the […]
RECORD BREAKING SWIMMER IS PROUDLY LESBIAN
Diana Nyad, who became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage or swimming fins, is a proudly lesbian woman. On Monday, Nyad reached a Key West beach after swimming for almost 53 hours in shark infested waters. The endurance challenge was something that she’d dreamed of for more than […]
WITS PRIDE 2013
The University of the Witwatersrand is hosting its annual Wits Pride this September; a week-long series of events, culminating in a march on the university campus. And everyone in welcome! Wits Pride 2013 takes place in and around Wit University between 7 and 14 September 2013 under the theme Being Me, a week-long dedication to merge the […]
DAVID CAMERON TO ADDRESS GAY RIGHTS WITH PUTIN
It’s been revealed that UK Prime Minister David Cameron will address the issue of LGBT rights in Russia with President Putin at this week’s G20 meeting in St Petersburg. Openly lesbian Conservative Party MP Margot James said in a tweet that this was confirmed to her by the Foreign Office. “Europe Minister confirms that PM […]