FURTHER PERSECUTION OF GAYS IN SENEGAL
There’s been outrage over reports that a 17 year-old Senegalese man will soon stand trial for being gay in Senegal.
GENDER CONTROVERSY OVER SA ATHLETE
South African athlete Caster Semenya won gold at the World Athletics championships in Berlin on Wednesday amidst controversy involving the runner’s sex.
AUSSIE RUGBY PLAYERS TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA
Players in the Australian Wallabies rugby team have shown their support for the fight against homophobia by joining the This is Oz campaign.
VOORTREKKER GROUP OBJECTS TO PINK JACARANDA
A conservative Afrikaans youth group has objected to the recent Pink Jacaranda event having taken place at the Voortrekker Monument.
SURVIVOR WINNER IMPRISONED BECAUSE HE’S GAY?
Openly gay Survivor winner Richard Hatch has said that he was imprisoned on a charge of tax evasion because of his sexuality.
MURDERER OF TRANS WOMAN SENTENCED
The murderer of Lateisha Green, a 22-year-old African-American transgender woman, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
SNORING MEN AT HIGHER RISK OF DEATH
Men who suffer from severe sleep apnoea, a common sleeping disorder, are twice as likely to die as those who do not have the condition.
HALF OF US FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE GAY TEAMMATES
A new survey published by ESPN The Magazine has revealed the fact that almost half of all US college football players believe that they have at least one gay teammate.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONFUSED
Barack Obama’s administration has acknowledged that the Defence of Marriage Act is discriminatory, but will continue to defend it in court.
CLINTON BLAMES GAYS FOR MILITARY BAN
Former US President Bill Clinton has said that the current Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban on gays in the US military came about because of a lack of gay support.