THE MAMBA INTERVIEW: CHRIS OLWAGE
Meet South Africa’s third Mr Gay World. Well, kind of. Chris Olwage, who recently won the title in Antwerp, is actually a New Zealander but he was born and grew up in South Africa. Olwage works as a dancing and fitness instructor in Auckland. He first wowed the public when he appeared on New Zealand’s […]
WENTWORTH MILLER COMES OUT AS GAY
Prison Break actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller has come out as gay while declining an invitation to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival in Russia. Miller’s sexuality has long been a topic of speculation and on Wednesday he confirmed that he is gay. In a letter to the film festival’s director, posted on the GLAAD […]
HOLLYWOOD NOT DOING ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO GAYS
American LGBT media group GLAAD has slammed Hollywood’s big studios for including so few LGBT characters in the films they released last year. This according to the organisation’s first Studio Responsibility Index (SRI), a report that “maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by the six major motion […]
MUGABE ATTACKS ‘FILTHY GAYS’ AT INAUGURATION
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s proudly homophobic president, has lashed out at gay people during his inauguration speech on Thursday in Harare. Mugabe, who seems obsessed by the issue, said that young people should reject homosexuality just as his government has done. “We hope you damn as much as we damn the doctrine that man can marry […]
CAPE TOWN TO JOIN RUSSIAN KISS-IN PROTEST
Pucker up Cape Town! It’s been announced that a kiss-in protest against Russia’s anti-gay law planned for Pretoria on Friday will now also be held in the Mother City. Members of South Africa’s LGBTIAQ community have been urged to gather outside the Russian embassy in Pretoria and the consulate in Cape Town at lunchtime and […]
LESBIAN SURVIVES RAPE KNIFE ATTACK
A lesbian woman has recounted her survival of an attack by a knife wielding man who tried to rape her in the township of Vosloorus, in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. Matlatse “Sweeto” Makgai told the blog Inkanyiso.org about the incident which took place the week after Women’s Day, earlier this month. According to the 26-year-old […]
CALVIN KLEIN’S STRAIGHT EX BOYFRIEND IN GAY PARTY ROW
Former x-rated model and Calvin Klein boyfriend Nick Gruber has been accused of homophobic behaviour at a gay party on the popular New York gay hotspot of Fire Island. The 23-year-old Gruber, who’s been stating in interviews that he’s straight, has been in an on-off relationship with the fashion designer for a number of years. […]
MISS UNIVERSE REFUSES TO MOVE MOSCOW PAGEANT
Miss Universe has condemned Russia’s gay propaganda law but says that it will not relocate its November pageant from Moscow. The organisation has come under growing pressure over hosting the event in the Russian capital. A Change.org petition calling for the pageant to be moved has been signed by almost 30,000 people. Last week, openly […]
WATCH CHER’S 1ST MUSIC VIDEO IN 12 YEARS
She’s back! Pop icon Cher has premiered the music video for her power dance track Woman’s World, her first new music in 12 years. Following months of anticipation the 67-year-old singer’s long-awaited comeback is now in full swing. The Woman’s World video features the star, looking as young as ever, wearing a series of outrageous […]
NEW JERSEY BANS EX-GAY THERAPY FOR MINORS
New Jersey has become the second US state after California to ban gay conversion therapy for minors as a harmful practice. On Monday, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that bars professional counsellors from attempting to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression. The bill passed both houses of the legislature […]