“Live fearlessly!” Adam Rippon’s inspiring speech (video)
American Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon has spoken passionately about the power of coming out and learning to love your own uniqueness. Rippon was awarded the Visibility Award at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday night. The openly gay athlete has become a sensation thanks to his amazing talent on the […]
Pushing the limit: Steroids and gay men
For many gay and bi men appearance is a huge deal. Our community seems to consistently define itself though images of attractive and shirtless muscled guys. That can translate to a desire to make our bodies as sculpted as possible to meet that hard to achieve ideal. The guys who do transform their bodies at […]
Cape Town pastor ordered to stop preaching LGBTQ hate in public
Cape Town hate pastor Oscar Bougardt has been ordered by the Western Cape High Court to stop preaching anti-LGBTQ vitriol for the next two months. On Friday, Bougardt faced charges by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that he had violated a previous court agreement to stop making hate statements. According to the Daily Voice, […]
Have your say about the Civil Union Amendment Bill
Interested parties have been asked to comment on a Bill to amend the Civil Union Act to stop Home Affairs marriage officers from discriminating against same-sex couples. In January, Cope MP Deidre Carter tabled the landmark Bill in Parliament to repeal the provision in the Civil Union Act that allows Home Affairs marriage officers to […]
Last minute bid to stop Inxeba screenings fails
A last minute attempt by traditional leaders to stop the return of the controversial movie Inxeba (The Wound) to cinemas failed in the early hours of this morning. The National House of Traditional Leaders made an urgent late-night application before the Pretoria High Court on Thursday to prevent the film from being screened in cinemas […]
Cape Town Pride responds to activist protest and demands
Cape Town Pride has responded to the lie-in protest during last week’s Cape Town Pride parade and demands made by the Cape Town People’s Pride Collective. Below is Pride’s statement, reprinted in full below. First and foremost, we would like to thank each and every LGBTI+ community members and their friends who turned out in record numbers to […]
Activists demand changes to Cape Town Pride
Following the lie-in protest during last week’s Cape Town Pride parade, and years of conflict between some activists and Pride organisers, a group called the Cape Town People’s Pride Collective have issued a statement, reprinted in full below. Statement from the Cape Town People’s Pride Collective* regarding our recent disruption action at Cape Town Pride […]
Niza Jay – Beyond Inxeba (spoilers)
To say that Inxeba (The Wound) is a cultural phenomenon is something of an understatement. The film has simultaneously been hailed as a groundbreaking artistic achievement and also become the subject of protests, death threats and censorship. In the middle of this cultural, political and social maelstrom are the film’s actors, whose powerful performances have […]
Male escort outs Catholic priests with explicit dossier over anti-gay hypocrisy
An Italian male escort has outed around 50 closeted Catholic priests to the Vatican in a bid to expose them for their hypocrisy. Francesco Mangiacapra, a former lawyer turned escort from Naples, compiled the dossier of information about the priests over a number of years. It reportedly contains names, nude photos, explicit videos and WhatsApp […]
Kenya | Lesbian woman’s mother pleads for equality
The mother of a lesbian woman in Kenya has called for an end to the stigma and discrimination her daughter is forced to endure simply because she loves women. Published in The Star newspaper, the letter by “concerned parent” comes in the wake of recent court hearings challenging the constitutionality of the county’s colonial era criminalisation […]