FIRED LESBIAN MINISTER GRANTED LEAVE TO APPEAL
The Cape Town minister who was fired from the Methodist Church for being lesbian has been allowed to take her discrimination case further in the courts. On Thursday, Ecclesia de Lange was given permission to appeal a previous ruling by Judge Veldhuizen in the Western Cape High Court which dismissed her case, ordered her to […]
GAY AFRIKAANS SINGER SURVIVES SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Controversial openly gay Afrikaans singer Rudi Claase is reported to be recovering at home after a dramatic suicide attempt. According to Beeld, the star was found unconscious in his home on the weekend. It was reported that he had slit one of his wrists and took an overdose of pills. An unconscious Claase was taken […]
LOTTERY FUNDS SOUTH AFRICAN GAY MOVIE
The Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is making a R6 million full length South African gay movie, and it’s being funded by the National Lottery. In April 2011, the festival applied for a grant to the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) to make the feature film. On Tuesday, it announced that […]
300,000 STRONG PETITION HANDED TO IOC
A petition, signed by over 322,000 people and calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to speak out against Russia’s anti-gay crackdown, has been delivered to the organisation. On Wednesday, more than 50 members of the All Out activism and petition website presented the IOC with the petition at its headquarters in Switzerland. They also […]
PRIDE AROUND THE WORLD 2013
From America to Uganda and from Budapest to Toronto, a host of countries and cities around the world celebrated gay and lesbian Pride over the last few months. Here’s our selection of images of Pride in full swing.
FIRED LESBIAN MINISTER TO APPEAL JUDGE’S DISMISSAL
Ecclesia de Lange, who was fired as a minister by the Methodist Church of South Africa (MCSA) because she’s lesbian, is planning to appeal the dismissal of her case by the Cape Town High court. In June, Judge Veldhuizen opted not to address the validity of De Lange’s case and instead dismissed her application to […]
TOM DALEY ‘APPRECIATES’ GAY FANS
British Olympic diver Tom Daley has said that he’s chuffed at being recently voted the sexiest man in the world by readers of a gay magazine. Last month, the 19-year-old sports stars was crowned the ‘World’s Sexiest Man’ by Attitude magazine in London. He beat out a host of other male celebrities including David Beckham […]
REPORT: RUSSIAN GAY ABUSE VICTIM DIES
It has been reported that a gay teen who was abused and tortured by neo-Nazis in Russia has died. According to Spectrum Human Rights Alliance, the young man “tragically died as a result of numerous tortures” in the Sverdlovsk region. It is not clear what exactly caused his death. The Uzbek teen, as seen on […]
PINK: BEING CALLED LESBIAN A COMPLIMENT
American music superstar Pink has lashed out at homophobic fans who labelled her ‘lesbian’ after she performed with a rainbow flag. The 33-year-old singer danced on stage at a concert in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend with the flag, a symbol of the LGBT community, around her neck. The star appeared to grab the flag […]
ZIM GAYS WAIT FOR MUGABE’S ATTACK
Zimbabwe’s gay and lesbian community is on tenterhooks in anticipation of President Robert Mugabe’s pre-election threat to see gays “rot in jail”. Ahead of the elections, Mugabe went on the warpath against the LGBT community in an effort to appeal to conservative voters and to define his party as anti-colonial and anti-West. In June, the […]