Watch: Aussie rugby star highlights sports homophobia in Dove Men advert
Australian rugby player David Pocock has spoken out about last year’s infamous on-field homophobic incident involving Sharks player Jacques Potgieter. In March 2016, Pocock, who is a flanker in the Brumbies, called out Potgieter (playing for the Waratahs at the time) for addressing two players as “faggots” during a Super Rugby match at the Allianz Stadium in […]
Carlton Wilborn: Still striking a pose after all these years…
Self-confessed fanboy Stanimir Stoykov interviews Carlton Wilborn, former Madonna backup dancer and star of her groundbreaking Truth or Dare film, about his new documentary. I was born and grew up in Communist Bulgaria. Nobody was allowed to speak out against the Socialist system. Those who did were jailed, murdered and punished. It was difficult to visit […]
Size doesn’t matter – Here’s the latest (tiny) country to unban homosexuality
Ever step counts! Congratulations to the tiny island of Nauru for decriminalising homosexuality. The nation, located in the Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia, last week announced that it had updated its laws to reflect “progressive leadership”. Among the changes to the 100-year-old criminal code is the decriminalising of homosexuality and suicide and the abolishing of […]
Mafikizolo star’s interview about the “pain” of being called gay
It seems that being seen as gay was a horrific life-changing trauma for Theo Kgosinkwe from Mafikizolo, one of the country’s most iconic groups. While some straight celebrities shrug off or even embrace rumours about their sexuality as a way to show their progressive views, Kgosinkwe explains in a new interview that he needed to […]
Logistics student from Soweto is Miss Gay Jozi 2016
A dazzling 21-year-old logistics student from Soweto has been crowned Johannesburg’s most glittering queen at the fourth annual Miss Gay Jozi 2016 pageant. Roxy Msizi from Chiawelo, Soweto, walked away with the coveted title at the historic City Hall on Saturday night. An early frontrunner and a crowd favorite, Roxy wowed the audience with her […]
Unacceptable! MultiChoice agrees to ban Caitlyn Jenner reality show over Nigerian complaints
No matter where you are in Africa (including South Africa), you’ll no longer be able to watch Caitlyn Jenner’s reality show I Am Cait. South African-owned pay-TV broadcaster MultiChoice has again shamefully put profit before ethics, erasing the programme from its pan-African schedule to appease homophobes and transphobes. According to Nigerian media, the move follows […]
Cape venues: Screw the law, we don’t want your gay weddings here
Two Western Cape venues have joined a growing number of businesses that continue to flout the law by not allowing same-sex couples to marry on their premises. The anti-gay polices of the Schoongezicht restaurants and wedding venues in Paarl and in Brackenfell came to light when a lesbian couple attempted to arrange their nuptials at […]
Watch: Cape Town gay couple get engaged as they’re serenaded by Adele
In a stunning romantic coup, a gay Cape Town couple have gotten engaged at an Adele concert – with the star’s help! The record-breaking Grammy-winning British singer invited Ross Levin and Nicholas Markovitz on stage at her show in Barcelona on Tuesday Night. As she sang Make You Feel My Love, Ross got down on one […]
Malawi government fights for gay sex ban moratorium
The Malawi government is defending its moratorium on the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality in court after religious leaders sought to compel it to enforce the ban. The status of LGBT people in Malawi is mired in confusion. In December last year, Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu announced a moratorium on the arrest of Malawians for having […]
11 states sue “King” Obama over transgender bathroom use
As the furore around the use of public bathrooms by transgender people grows in the US, eleven states have now sued the Obama Administration over its recent progressive guidelines on the issue. Earlier this month, the federal departments of education and justice, directed federally funded schools to allow transgender students to have equal access to […]