Journalist who outed athletes leaves Rio as IOC condemns article
It’s been reported that the disgraced journalist who wrote an article that inadvertently outed a number of gay Olympians has been recalled from Rio. For his The Daily Beast piece last week about the use of dating apps by athletes at the Games, Nico Hines was accused of unethically pretending to be gay on Grindr […]
This Ugandan minister claims gays want to rape him & he’s getting a “find-the-gays” machine
By claiming that gay people are out to rape him and announcing that he’s getting a “find-the-gays” machine, Uganda’s minister of ethics should be the laughing stock of the world – if he wasn’t so dangerous. In a bizarre new interview with the notoriously anti-gay Red Pepper tabloid, Simon Lokodo, the so-called Minister of Ethics and Integrity, […]
Lesley Makousa, murdered gay Potch teen, laid to rest
Lesley Makousa, the 17-year-old LGBT school pupil who was murdered in Potchefstroom just over a week ago, was laid to rest on the weekend. The teenager, whose body was found hidden in bushes, is believed to have been strangled with a shoelace. His cellphone was also stolen in the attack. While there is neither a suspect nor […]
Scotland venue cancels anti-gay South African pastor’s event
The venue in Scotland that was set to host a talk by homophobic South African pastor Angus Buchan has cancelled the event, following a campaign by LGBTI activists. KaleidoScot reports that Live Borders, the organisation that manages bookings for the Volunteer Hall in the town of Galashiels, will no longer allow the meeting to take […]
Watch: Christian homophobe laughs at gay man’s grief
How low can you go? An anti same-sex marriage protester has shamefully laughed at a gay man talking about the death of his husband. The appalling incident happened on Monday on the steps of the Alabama Supreme Court following an address by the state’s suspended chief justice, Roy Moore. The homophobic and religiously conservative Moore […]
LGB youth in US face alarming rates of violence and bullying
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their heterosexual peers. That’s according to the alarming results of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nationwide survey of American high school students. This year marked the first time the biannual Youth Risk Behaviour […]
Amnesty: Ugandan Minister’s comments are advocating hate
Amnesty International says that the Ugandan minister who promised to “suppress” and “rehabilitate” LGBTI people is promoting hate. Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo insisted this week that a violent police raid on a Uganda Pride pageant was justified in order to protect Ugandan culture and values and to stop others from joining “this […]
New Star Trek: Discovery TV series will have a gay character!
The Executive Producer of the new Star Trek TV series has confirmed that the show will boast a gay character. Speaking at a panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Bryan Fuller revealed a plethora of details about the upcoming series, titled Star Trek: Discovery. After stating that the show would feature a […]
Outrage! Daily Beast takes down article outing gay Olympians
The Daily Beast website has removed a shockingly ill-considered article on the use of dating apps at the Rio Olympics that effectively outed a number of athletes. To write his article, The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping, Nico Hines, who is straight, effectively posed as a gay man by creating a profile on the […]
Cape Town named among world’s top gay-friendly destinations
Two surveys conducted by gay dating and travel app SCRUFF, with over 10 million subscribers, have named Cape Town as one of the fifth most “surprisingly gay-friendly” destinations in the world. The results are based on nearly 5 000 responses. The first survey looked at overall travel trends among gay men, and the second, in […]