Watch: SA’s Keo Motsepe wows in Dancing with the Stars’ first same-sex dance
We’re oh so proud! South African dancer Keo Motsepe (along with sexually fluid model Nyle DiMarco) has featured in Dancing with the Stars‘ first ever same-sex dance. The groundbreaking Judges’ Team-Up Challenge routine was broadcast on Monday night’s episode of the popular American show. Four dancers – Motsepe, DiMarco, Full House star Jodie Sweetin and […]
Italy becomes 27th European nation to legalise same-sex civil unions
Italy has finally joined other Western European nations in legally recognising same-sex relationships, although not embracing full marriage equality. On Wednesday evening a majority of lawmakers voted in favour of a civil unions bill in a final vote in parliament. President Sergio Mattarella is expected to quickly sign the bill into law. The legislation has not […]
Spain’s first openly gay football referee quits over homophobic abuse
The first gay football referee in Spain to come out has decided to leave the game after facing ongoing homophobic abuse, reports The Guardian. Jesús Tomillero, 21, who went public with his sexuality in March, announced his retirement as a referee in the Andalucían regional league because he could “not take any more insults”. He […]
Seychelles speaker of parliament calls for SADC countries to decriminalise homosexuality
The speaker of the Seychelles National Assembly has urged SADC member countries to decriminalise homosexuality. Dr Patrick Herminie, who is also the SADC Parliamentary Forum President, made the passionate call at a meeting of regional MPs during a joint session of SADC regional standing committees, reported Zimbabwe’s The Herald newspaper. “As a medical practitioner, I […]
Limpopo’s LGBTI community speaks out about hate crimes
Activists and community members gathered in Limpopo on Saturday to speak out against the scourge of LGBTI hate crimes in the province. The LGBTI Dialogue event at the Polokwane Royal Hotel was hosted by the Chevrolet Feather Awards and saw around 150 people taking part. A panel included representatives from OUT LGBT Well-being’s Love Not […]
LGBT tourism talk leaves Durban travel Indaba in the pink
Following last month’s historic International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Annual Convention in Cape Town, LGBT tourism in South Africa has taken another major step forward. On Monday, a day after the 20th anniversary of the adoption of South Africa’s Constitution, the Durban tourism Indaba held a trade talk that specifically addressed the LGBT […]
Over a hundred United Methodist LGBT pastors in mass coming out
A hundred and eleven United Methodist pastors, deacons, elders and candidates for the ministry have come out in protest against their church’s ban on gay clergy. The church leaders announced their sexual orientation and gender identity in an online “love letter” to the United Methodist Church (UMC), ahead of its General Conference in Portland, Oregon. […]
Watch: South African’s video of gay cyclist shutting down hate preacher
A South African man’s video of a gay cyclist responding to a street preacher spewing hate in Glasgow has gone viral. The preacher was captured on video shouting for gay people to repent by South African-born writer Emlyn Pearce, who is himself gay. In the clip, a crowd is gathered around the homophobe in the city centre, […]
It’s war! US government sues North Carolina’s bigoted governor
The American federal government is locked in a bitter dispute with North Carolina’s governor over the state’s discriminatory anti-LGBT law. On Monday, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the US Department of Justice had filed a lawsuit against Governor Pat McCrory, the state’s Department of Public Safety, and the University of North Carolina and […]
Kids watch as another gay man is thrown to his death by Isis
In the latest documented incident, Isis militants have thrown a man to his death for being gay as children watched on. The unnamed victim was executed by the radical group in the city of Manbij, Syria on Saturday after he was found “guilty” of homosexuality. ARA News reported that he had earlier been arrested by […]