COMMUNITY HEROES TO BE AWARDED
Cape Town’s Triangle Project has invited the public to make nominations for their LGBT heroes of 2006.
BLAIR UNDECIDED OVER GAY RIGHTS EXEMPTION
While media reports suggest that Tony Blair will refuse exemption of churches from a new gay-rights law, a statement says he’s not yet decided.
SURVEY: 3% OF UK GAYS WANT TO ADOPT
A new survey in the UK claims that 3% of lesbians and gay men hope to adopt children in the next five years.
NIGERIA: MAN GETS JAIL FOR CRUISING
A man in Nigeria has been sentenced to six week’s jail-time for attempting to have sex with another man.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Dreamgirls leads the pack of contenders for the 79th Academy Awards – but fails to make the Best Picture grade.
GAY RIGHTS GROUP SPAT OVER NIGERIA
Activists have slammed OutRage! – the UK gay rights organisation – for calling for potentially damaging action to protest a proposed anti-gay Nigerian law.
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
Little Miss Sunshine, Grey’s Anatomy, Project Runway and Scissor Sisters are among the nominees for the GLAAD awards, which celebrate LGBT representation in the US media.
1ST MARRIED COUPLE’S DEATH THREATS
The Cape Argus has reported that the first same-sex couple to get married in South Africa has received death threats.
NIGERIA SET TO PASS SEVERE ANTI-GAY LAW
There is growing concern as Nigeria moves to pass a new law which has been described as the “world’s most sweeping, draconian homophobic legislation.”
PROTEST AGAINST TELKOM PUBLISHED
Fed up with the ongoing telecommunications woes in South Africa a new group – funded by the public – has published an anti-Telkom advert.