SA NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL: LGBTI MURDERS ‘SHAMEFUL’
The South African National AIDS Council Women’s Sector has condemned the brutal murders of LGBTI people in South Africa, asking “are we being complicit in our silence”?
OUT IN AFRICA’S HOT WINTER LINE-UP
The second instalment of the 19th Out In Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival runs from 27 July to 5 August in Cape Town and Joburg. It offers an impressive line-up of queer films to keep you warm this winter.
PORTUGUESE KILLER MODEL SAYS GOD MADE HIM DO IT
A Portuguese male model will claim that he was temporarily insane and was doing God’s will when he brutally killed a leading gay journalist in New York last year.
AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGISTS TO DEFINE PRO-GAY TREATMENT GUIDELINES
An historic African LGBTI psychology event, aiming to affirm that homosexuality is not a mental illness, will take place in Cape Town.
LONDON MAYOR BLAMED FOR WORLD PRIDE ‘FIASCO’
A leading LGBT rights campaigner has criticised London Mayor Boris Johnson for failing to take action to help the city’s ailing World Pride celebrations.
DISBELIEF AS ANOTHER LESBIAN MURDER COMES TO LIGHT
The month of brutality against South Africa’s LGBTI community continues as reports of another horrific murder of a lesbian woman in Limpopo come to light.
ZIM POLICE RESUME HARASSMENT OF GAY GROUP
The Zimbabwean authorities intend to prosecute the country’s biggest LGBT group for “insulting” President Robert Mugabe.
RISING R&B STAR FRANK OCEAN COMES OUT AS GAY
Singer, songwriter and rapper Frank Ocean’s coming out as gay has been praised as a milestone for R&B and Hip Hop music in the U.S.
GOLDIN / BLOOM CONVICTS REFUSED BAIL AGAIN
Two men convicted in the fatal hijacking of Brett Goldin and Richard Bloom have been refused bail once again.
NEW MSM HEALTH INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN DURBAN
A new health initiative targeting men who have sex with men (MSM) across five provinces was introduced in Durban last week.