Wits lecturer hospitalised after Equality Court hate speech hearing
A senior Wits lecturer who sued his neighbour for allegedly making anti-LGBTI slurs against him was hospitalised following a strenuous court hearing. Tim Trengove Jones, an English literature lecturer and cultural commentator, took the woman to the Equality Court after an altercation at their Killarney apartment complex in July. Following a dispute about allowing a […]
Marking ten years of same-sex marriage in South Africa
It was ten years ago today that South Africa became the first nation on the continent and the fifth in the world to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. On 30 November 2006, the Civil Union Act came into effect; allowing gay and lesbian couples to either marry or enter into a civil union. Marriage […]
Shocking scale of LGBT discrimination in South Africa revealed
The fear of discrimination is a daily reality for most LGBT South Africans, a groundbreaking new report has revealed. According to the troubling research, more than half (55%) of us live with the fear that we will experience discrimination due to our sexual orientation or gender identity. And that fear is based on lived reality; […]
13 men arrested at “gay sex party”
Indonesian religious extremists have led police to an alleged gay sex party where 13 men were arrested on the weekend. According to The Jakarta Post, around 50 members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) barged into an apartment in South Jakarta late on Saturday night. Police said that a member of the FPI had earlier heard […]
Thousands demand freedom at 9th Delhi Queer Pride Parade
The right of all people to live freely was the focus of Sunday’s ninth annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade. The event saw thousands taking to the street of India’s capital city in the late afternoon clad in colourful outfits and waving rainbow flags and balloons to show their support for the LGBTIQ community. While the […]
Health minister fights homophobic backlash to gay safe-sex posters
The French Health Ministry will take legal action after at least 10 mayors banned a series of posters promoting safe sex amongst gay and bisexual men. The four posters in the new campaign show fully clothed male couples, some interracial, in an embrace, along with responsible-sex messaging. They were put up by the ministry in […]
London gay dating app killer gets life in jail
Stephen Port, the London man who killed four young men he met on dating apps, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. On Friday, the Central Criminal Court in London sentenced the 41-year-old cook and occasional rent boy to life imprisonment for the murders, as well as for raping or sexually assaulting seven […]
LGBT Christians to mourn NG Kerk betrayal in Cape Town
A service of “lament and hope” will be held on Sunday over the decision of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), or NG Kerk, to reverse its acceptance of same-sex relationships. The Cape Town event is being hosted by Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) in collaboration with the Centre for Christian Spirituality, Good Hope Metropolitan Community […]
Wow! We’re blown away by Caster’s new ELLE cover
Caster Semenya is stunning on the cover of December’s ELLE magazine – a far cry from some of her previous ill-considered magazine shoots. The image shows a confident, strong and happy Semenya; dressed in Nike, Zara and Levi’s and photographed by Jacques Weyer in Cape Town. The LGBTI sports icon seems at ease and, while styled […]
Dating apps and police slammed over gay murder spree
Dating apps, like Grindr, and the police have come under fire after a British chef is found guilty of four murders. On Wednesday, Stephen Port, 41, was found guilty of poisoning and killing four men he met on gay dating services: Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25. Port […]