Lady Gaga to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Hold on to your meat dress! None other than Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, will be appearing in an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In a major coup for the series, the star will be a guest judge in the season premiere of the upcoming 9th season of the popular drag contest. In a sneak […]
Gays and Muslims not welcome in our village, says mayor
The mayor of a Hungarian village doesn’t want gay people or Muslims to move into the area, even though the village is in dire need of residents. László Toroczkai, mayor of Asotthalom, which has a population of around 4,000, is keen to welcome newcomers, as long as they are white, from Western Europe and aren’t […]
Gay student kicked out of Durban college
A 20-year-old student has been expelled from Coastal College in Umlazi because he is gay. Bheka Khanyile says his teacher told him on Monday she could not teach a gay student. He said he had been a victim of the teacher’s mockery since last year. He had been mocked for braiding his hair and wearing […]
European Human Rights Court fines Russia for banning gay Prides
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Russia contravened the human rights of its citizens by banning LGBT Pride parades. But will it make any difference? On Tuesday, the court ruled in favour of 23 applicants from different parts of Russia who claimed that local authorities had imposed severe restrictions on peaceful assemblies […]
Tanzania orders gay men to report to police
Tanzania’s increasingly homophobic government has ordered three men who are said to be gay to report to the police. The BBC reported that Deputy Health Minister Hamisi Kigwangalla accused the men of “spreading” homosexual activity through social media. If they did not hand themselves in for questioning, they would be arrested, said Kigwangalla. Neither the […]
Brazilian couple: We won’t let homophobic attack ruin Cape Town for us
The gay Brazilian couple who were victims of a homophobic verbal attack in Cape Town say the ugly experience won’t affect their love for the city and its people. Speaking to Mambaonline, Platão Gonçalves Terra Neto, who has been with his husband Rafael Terra for 11 years, expressed his shock at the incident that took place […]
In pictures: Thousands of LGBTQ people protest against Trump outside Stonewall Inn
New York City’s Stonewall Inn was the location of yet another historic protest on Saturday, as the LGBTQ community demonstrated against Donald Trump’s regressive policies. Organised by PFLAG NYC, alongside more than 60 other organisations, the rally focused on Trump’s controversial executive order limiting refugees, immigrants and visitors from a number of Muslim countries. There […]
Shocking! The moment a gay Brazilian couple were verbally assaulted in Cape Town
What was meant to be a commemoration of a gay Brazilian couple’s love on a Camps Bay beach turned into a homophobic nightmare. Photographer Wesley Vorster was asked by tourists Platão and Rafael, who are on holiday in Cape Town, to do a couple’s photo shoot on Glen Beach, with the city’s natural beauty as […]
Watch: Lady Gaga’s powerhouse performance embracing diversity at the Super Bowl
In response to the growing intolerance of the Trump era, Lady Gaga delivered a performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday that promoted America as a diverse and inclusive nation. The star wowed the audience by starting the spectacular half time show on top of the roof of the NRG stadium in Houston. Surrounded by […]
Trump not planning to sign sweeping anti-LGBTQ order “at this time”
The White House has responded to the leak of an alarming draft executive order that would legalise discrimination against LGBTQ people on the basis of religious beliefs. Details of the four page document, titled “Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom,” were published by The Nation. According to the site, the order “seeks to […]