A WORLD AIDS DAY TO REMEMBER
President Jacob Zuma has announced the most significant government-led interventions to stem the AIDS epidemic since its emergence more than 20 years ago.
SWEDEN TO END LIFETIME BAN ON GAY BLOOD
Sweden will end its current lifetime ban on gay donors giving blood from next year, although gay donors must not have had sex for at least a year.
WORLD MARKS INTERNATIONAL AIDS DAY
Today, nations around the globe are marking World AIDS day, which is being held under the theme of “universal access and human rights”.
BRITISH, CANADIAN HEADS CONDEMN UGANDA BILL
While SA remained silent, Britain and Canada told the Ugandan government at last week’s Commonwealth meeting that its proposed new anti-gay law is unacceptable.
ARGENTINEAN JUDGE SUSPENDS GAY MARRIAGE
An Argentinean judge has suspended an earlier ruling that would have allowed the first same-sex marriage in Latin America to have taken place today.
CAPETONIAN CROWNED MR. GAY SA
Capetonian Charl van den Berg was crowned Mr. Gay South Africa at a slick awards show on Saturday night in Pretoria.
MR. GAY SA COMMENTS ON NUDE PICTURES
In a statement, newly crowned Mr. Gay SA, Charl van den Berg, has said that nude pictures that he previously posed for did not affect his ability to be a role model.
ELS DENIES ABUSING KLAY
Afrikaans singer Jurie Els took the stand in court this week to deny all charges of having sexually abused younger fellow singer Robbie Klay.
ANGER AS SHOW BLURS LAMBERT KISS
A US television show has been accused of hypocrisy for blurring out a kiss between Adam Lambert and a male keyboardist but showing a kiss between two female singers.
OUT HOSTS HIV TESTING OPEN DAY
To mark World AIDS day, OUT will be hosting an HIV Testing Open Day, at its PRISM HIV and STI Clinic in Pretoria on Tuesday December 1st.