Update: Polygamous gay marriages to be legalised in South Africa
In an unexpected move, the Constitutional Court has ruled that polygamous same-sex marriages must be legalised in South Africa. In the groundbreaking ruling on Wednesday, the court said it is unconstitutional to limit marriage between more than two partners to only a man and multiple women. Under South Africa’s Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998, […]
Jamaica’s prime minister rants at gay rights protesters
In an extraordinary public rant, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has defended her government’s record on gay rights, despite the continued murder and criminalisation of LGBT people. Simpson Miller’s speech at the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference in New York on Thursday last week was disrupted by LGBT rights activists The furious head of state […]
Indiana faces mounting outrage and boycotts over anti-gay law
The US state of Indiana is under siege from businesses, politicians and human rights groups over its new anti-gay “religious freedom” law. The legislation will allow individuals and companies to refuse to serve LGBT people if they feel it is against their religious beliefs. Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence, who signed the law, has insisted […]
Bruce Jenner’s son slams flurry of trans “jokes” about his dad
Actor and comedian Jamie Foxx, who hosted Sunday night’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, left many viewers unimpressed after he made another transphobic Bruce Jenner joke. “We got some groundbreaking performances, here too, tonight,” said Foxx. “We got Bruce Jenner, who will be doing some musical performances. He’s doing a his-and-her duet all by himself.” He added: […]
Cape Town comes to the Mr. Gay World 2015 party
The City of Cape Town has decided to support the Mr. Gay World™ (MGW) 2015 event after all, blaming its apparent earlier refusal to do so on a technical glitch. On Friday 20 March, the producers of MGW 2015, the Globeflight Pink Loerie Mardi Gras & Arts Festival™, received an e-mail from Councillor Garreth Bloor’s office […]
Pictures: Joburger takes Mr Gay SA 2015 title
A 25-year-old Pietermaritzburg-born Joburger has won the title of Mr Gay South Africa 2015. Craig Maggs beat out 11 other finalists at the glittering Grand Finale ceremony at Emperors Palace on Saturday night. Maggs works for an HIV and Ebola research NGO during the day and is a waiter at Beefcakes restaurant in Illovo, Johannesburg, at night. […]
Anele Mdoda in “gay waste” tweet furore
Radio presenter and television personality Anele Mdoda has been criticised on social media for a tweet in which she described gay men as “a waste.” Mdoda was the host of Saturday night’s Mr Gay South Africa Grand Finale in Johannesburg. Before the event, she tweeted: “About to jump on stage at Mr Gay South Africa or […]
Businesses lash out at Indiana’s religious anti-gay law
Businesses and activists have lashed out at Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence for signing a state law that will allow LGBT people and other minorities to be discriminated against. On Thursday, in spite of significant opposition from corporations and human rights groups, Pence signed the controversial legislation into law in a private ceremony. Critics say the […]
Durban court grants gay father full “maternity leave”
A Durban court has given a gay father paternity leave equal to the maternity leave granted to biological mothers. In a groundbreaking ruling, the labour court found that it is discriminatory to refuse to give a male member of a same-sex couple who is the main caretaker of a child the equivalent maternity leave given […]
Bisexual woman gang raped at gunpoint because of her “lifestyle”
In another horrific LGBTI hate crime, a 30-something bisexual mother of three in Limpopo has reportedly been raped by a group of men who said they wanted to show her that her “lifestyle is wrong.” Activist Cindy Molefe, from the group Limpopo LGBTI Proudly Out, told Mambaonline that the woman, Abby*, who has often worked with the […]