Hollywood | Alarming drop in LGBTQ film characters
Media lobby group GLAAD says that only 14 (12.8%) of the 109 releases from major Hollywood studios in 2017 included LGBTQ characters. That represents a significant decrease from the previous year (18.4%, 23 out of 125), and the lowest percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive major studio releases since GLAAD began tracking this in 2012. Not one of […]
US | Major court victory for transgender students
Gavin Grimm, who’s become a symbol of transgender activism in the US, has scored a victory in the fight for equal access to bathrooms in schools. On Tuesday, a federal court in Virginia rejected the Gloucester County School Board’s attempt to dismiss the transgender former student’s discrimination case against it. Grimm sued the school district after […]
Kenya | Former prime minister calls for unbanning of lesbian film
Kenya’s former prime minister and current opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for the acclaimed Kenyan lesbian love story Rafiki to be unbanned. Last month, Kenya’s notoriously homophobic film classification board (KFCB) blocked the film from being screened in the country ahead of its historic premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a first for Kenya’s […]
Conversion therapy survivor speaks out in powerful video
A young American woman has recounted the experience of being abused in an effort to force her to change her sexual orientation. In a video released by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Alex Cooper described what happened when she came out as lesbian to her religious Mormon family at the age of 15. Her parents […]
Gay Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina to marry in SA
Acclaimed Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina, who made waves when he came out as gay in 2014, has announced that he will marry his partner in South Africa next year. A clearly love-struck Wainaina confirmed earlier this month on social media that he and his as-yet-unnamed boyfriend had gotten engaged. “I asked my love for his […]
That little blue pill – A PrEP FAQ
Have you heard about PrEP, the amazing new daily pill that prevents HIV? So, is it for you? Here are some commonly asked questions about PrEP, how it works and how to get it. Okay, so what is PrEP actually? PrEP is just a single pill that you take daily (every day) if you are […]
Khumbulani Pride protest over police handling of lesbian murder
About 150 people marched to the Delft police station, Cape Town, on Saturday, demanding that police take action in the murder case of Unathi Bixa, who was shot dead in broad daylight last year. “We demand that the investigator handling Bixa’s case be removed, failing which we will take the matter to another level. We […]
Royal wedding bishop’s church punished over LGBT equality
Bishop Michael Curry, who gave a historic sermon at Saturday’s royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is an ardent supporter of same-sex marriage. Curry, who is the first African American head of the US Episcopal Church, brought a passion and energy to the ceremony that is rarely seen in these kinds of traditionally […]
Health | Penis Size – The Truth
Gay, bi or straight, guys the world over are often (and probably always have been) obsessed about the size of their manhood. Bruce J. Little looks at getting some perspective on this sometimes big (ahem) issue. Guys, we need to talk about these stickers all over town advertising miracle cures to make your penis bigger. […]
Pope Francis tells man that God made him gay
It’s been revealed that Pope Francis has told a gay man that God made him gay and accepts him and loves him as he is. Spain’s El País newspaper reported that Chilean Juan Carlos Cruz, spoke to the pope two weeks ago about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of […]