Mormon Church’s new PR exercise on gays no real change
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has launched a glossy new online campaign that appears to show a move to accept gay Mormons. The church had previously hosted a standalone site called Mormons and Gays, but has now created a section under its main official website, lds.org, called Mormon and Gay. Not […]
Goodluck to headline Johannesburg Pride 2016 + all the event details
It’s been announced that popular South African electronic music band GoodLuck will headline this Saturday’s Johannesburg Pride celebrations at Melrose Arch. It’s expected that the Cape Town based group will perform at around 9.30pm. Unlike in previous years, Pride will start in the afternoon (2 pm) and will continue into the night. GoodLuck recently affirmed […]
Malawi government applauded for also blocking Anderson’s hate church
Malawi has become the third country to reject attempts by American kill-the-gays pastor Steven Anderson to set up his church in the region. According to local media reports, government spokesperson Malison Ndau confirmed that Anderson is not welcome in Malawi because of his “hate preaching”. He explained that, “he would not be received well here.” […]
Have these The Bachelor contestants fallen in love?
Two women who were rivals in a recent season of the Australian series of The Bachelor appear to have found love; not with the bachelor, but with each other. Megan Marx and Tiffany Scanlon, both from Western Australia, met on the set of the reality show in July while competing against one another for the […]
Most fans have no problem with gay sports stars
In a somewhat surprising report, an overwhelming number of sports fans in the UK say they don’t mind if sports stars are gay. According to a new BBC Radio 5 Live Homophobia in Sports survey of more than 4,000 people, four in five fans (82%) revealed they would be comfortable if their favourite sports club signed […]
LGBT Pink Tent at JamJozi to raise funds for charity
A special Pink Tent for the LGBT community will be hosted at this weekend’s massive JamJozi music festival at Montecasino. The festival will feature more than 20 performers, including Nakhane Touré, Matthew Mole, The Kiffness, GoodLuck and Mafikizolo. As part of the two-day festival, a new project called the Proud Initiative will host The Pink […]
Russian embassy depicts Europeans as gay pigs
The Russian Embassy in London has linked the apparent “decline” of the West with its increased acceptance of LGBT people. On Saturday, the embassy tweeted a cartoon of a flexing bear, representing Russia, as pigs watch on in what could be a concentration camp, named “Euro Zone” and flying a rainbow flag. The caption reads: […]
Nearly 1,500 arrested under anti-gay law in India
Matters seems to be going from bad to worse for the LGBT community in India, with news that 1,491 people were arrested in 2015 under the law criminalising homosexuality. According to the Times of India, the National Crime Records Bureau of India revealed that the arrests represent an increase of 17% compared to 2014. Astoundingly, […]
Bisexual men paid 30% less than heterosexuals
While gays and lesbians in the UK are seeing greater equality in relation to their straight counterparts in the workplace, this doesn’t yet apply to bisexual men and women. According to a new study, bisexual men in particular are paid around 30% less an hour on average than heterosexual men. The same, however, doesn’t seem […]
Historic Hate Crimes Bill released – proposes 3 years in jail for hate speech
The long-awaited Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill has finally been published, and allows for the jailing of those found guilty of hate speech. The bill does not make hate crimes a new standalone kind of crime, but allows for the possible hate motivation behind criminal acts to be given additional […]