Egypt bans foreign student for being gay
An Egyptian court has backed a government decision to bar a Libyan from studying in the country because of his sexuality. The Interior Ministry had banned the un-named gay man in 2008 from returning to Egypt to resume his studies at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. An official told AP that […]
Anglican Church slammed for appointing anti-gay leader
The global Anglican Communion has been slammed for selecting an anti-gay Nigerian bishop as its new secretary general. The church announced earlier this month that Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon, Bishop of Kaduna in Nigeria, has been appointed as the next Secretary General of the Anglican Communion. He was selected from a field of other applicants from […]
New antibody therapy shows promise in fighting HIV
Researchers have shown that a new experimental therapy can dramatically reduce the amount of HIV present in a patient’s blood. The results stem from HIV patient trials of a new generation of so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies, conducted by Rockefeller University researchers in New York. The work, reported this week in Nature, brings fresh optimism to […]
Watch: Hillary Clinton campaign launch features gay couple
A gay couple has been featured in the long-awaited campaign video announcing Hillary Clinton’s run for the US presidency in 2016. The video, titled Getting Started, depicts a group of diverse Americans speaking about their plans for the future. Included are Jared Milrad and Nate Johnson, who are seen walking down the street hand in […]
Obama praises LGBT activist during Jamaica visit
President Obama has highlighted the plight of LGBT Jamaicans during his brief visit to the island nation last week. Obama attended a youth leadership forum held at the University of the West Indies in Kingston on Thursday. At the event, the American president praised Angeline Jackson, co-founder of LGBT rights group Quality of Citizenship Jamaica, […]
Study: Online dating and apps not just for hooking up
An Australian study has found that gay and bisexual men are increasingly using online dating sites and dating apps to meet long term partners. The rise in these apps and websites has been typically associated with a culture of hooking-up or one-off sexual encounters. And while they do get used for this, it appears men are also […]
Ms. SA Leather comes 2nd in international leather contest
Selogadi Mampane, the first black woman to win a gay leather title in South Africa, has excelled at the 2015 International Ms Leather (IMsL) contest in San Jose, California. On Saturday, the Pretoria-based queer activist, academic and artist was named the runner up, with Becca Bee taking the title. It’s believed to be the first […]
Home Affairs continues to discriminate against LGBT people
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has once again been accused of discriminating against LGBT people, this time refusing to register a married same-sex couple as a child’s parents. Times Live reports that Stuart Logan and Niclas Wagner have been struggling to get the department to recognise them both as their son’s parents. Neo was born […]
Pope rejects French ambassador to Vatican because he’s gay
So much for enlightenment! Pope Francis has been accused of blocking the appointment of France’s new ambassador to the Vatican – simply because he’s a gay man. Openly gay Laurent Stefanini was selected on the 5th of January by France to represent the country at the Holy See, replacing Bruno Jouvert, who left the post […]
Sama-winning Nakhane Touré to début a novel
Nakhane Touré, the openly gay South African singer and songwriter, is set to release his first novel, titled To Whom Shall We Go? Touré, who won Best Alternative Album at last year’s South African Music Awards (Samas), told Mambaonline that he started working on the semi-biographical book around six years ago. “At first it was a […]