ANGER OVER TRANS COMEDY SKIT
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has expressed its outrage over a Saturday Night Live skit which, it says, mocks transgender people. Watch it here.
MODEL TAKES COSMO’S SEXIEST MAN TITLE
Model Gregg Hammond scooped Cosmopolitan magazine’s 2011 Sexiest Man of the Year title at a party in Johannesburg last week.
BOY BAND MEMBER (OFFICIALLY) COMES OUT
Jonathan Knight, a member of New Kids on the Block, has confirmed that he is gay after he was accidentally “outed” by 80’s singer Tiffany.
SCUFFLES AT KATO’S FUNERAL
A local pastor and villagers have disrupted the funeral of murdered LGBT activist David Kato at his ancestral village outside of Kampala.
COURT HALTS LESBIAN DEPORTATION
A British court has granted an eleventh-hour injunction temporarily suspending the deportation of a Ugandan lesbian.
WAS DAVID KATO’S MURDER A ROBBERY?
Ugandan police arrest a suspect and suggested that the murder of activist David Kato may have been unrelated to his sexuality.
SOUTH AFRICAN HEAD OF TORONTO PRIDE RESIGNS
Tracey Sandilands, the South African-born head of one of the largest Pride events in the world, has unexpectedly resigned after a tumultuous year.
OBAMA & CLINTON SPEAK OUT ON DAVID KATO
Both President Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have honoured the slain LGBT rights activist David Kato.
MR. GAY SOUTH AFRICA TO HONOUR DAVID KATO
Members of the LGBTI community are urged to join Mr. Gay South Africa in laying flowers at the Ugandan embassy in honour of slain activist David Kato.
UGANDAN ACTIVIST BRUTALLY MURDERED
David Kato, a leading LGBT rights activist in Uganda, was bludgeoned to death in his home on Wednesday afternoon.