D&G executive quits as Elton John breaks own boycott
A top executive at Dolce and Gabbana has resigned in protest at his bosses’ homophobic views on gay families, while Elton John’s been branded a hypocrite. After seven years as editorial director of the fashion house’s Swide magazine, Giuliano Federico announced his resignation on Facebook on Monday. Federico explained that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s […]
Indonesian Muslim leaders say gays must be executed
Religious leaders in the world’s most populous Muslim country have called for the execution of gays and lesbians. According to The Independent, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country’s top Muslim clerical body, issued an edict condemning the country’s LGBT community earlier this month. The fatwā, or religious edict, lays out severe punishment for those […]
Hypocrites? Dolce and Gabbana almost had surrogate children
The UK media has revealed that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana previously said that they wanted to be parents. The designers are embroiled in a PR nightmare after they dismissed same-sex families as a “fad” and said that children from surrogate mothers are “children of chemistry” and “synthetic”. The Mirror has now reported that the fashion icons […]
Gays take part in Kenya’s first mardi gras
Gays and lesbians openly took part in Kenya’s first mardi gras earlier this month, reports Denis Nzioka. Despite homosexuality being illegal in the country, the small group of LGBT people were included in the event at the Tree House Club in Nairobi on 7 March, along with other arts and cultural organisations. Thanks to the […]
Uganda: Gays to blame for drought
A Muslim cleric has declared that God is punishing Uganda with a drought because of “sins” such as homosexuality. Speaking at the Kibuli Mosque in Kampala on Monday, Sheikh Siliman Kasule Ndirangwa insisted that “moral decay” was at the heart of the country’s woes. “Our society is engaged in homosexuality, corruption and fraud, among others […]
Dolce and Gabbana fight back with free speech campaign
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have mounted a counter-campaign based on their right to free speech in response to anger about their homophobic comments on gay families. The two openly gay Italian fashion stars caused a furore last week by claiming that only traditional families are real families, that gay families are a “fad” and calling […]
“I’m going to puke,” says father to son’s coming out
A Canadian teenager has shared his father’s appalling homophobic response to his coming out as gay. The young man, named Tyler, came out to his father some time ago but screenshots of their exchange on Facebook Messenger only recently gained widespread attention. “Take out your post from the social media. You embarrass me from all […]
Celebs boycott Dolce and Gabbana over gay families comments
A furious Elton John has lashed out at Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana over their comments that gay families are unnatural. The gay fashion icons, who were romantically involved for 19 years before breaking up as a couple in 2005, told Panorama magazine last week that they “oppose gay adoptions” and that gay […]
SA university performs first-ever penis transplant on botched circumcision victim
In a ground-breaking operation, a team of surgeons from Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital performed the world’s first-ever successful penile transplant. The marathon nine-hour operation, led by Prof André van der Merwe, head of SU’s Division of Urology, was performed on 11 December 2014 at Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. The 21-year-old patient’s […]
German court fines family for abducting gay son
A Muslim father and his two brothers have been found guilty in Germany of kidnapping a gay teenager and trying to force him to marry a girl. Reuters reports that the 18-year-old man, Nasser El-Ahmad, has also claimed that his family tortured him, doused him in petrol and threatened to set him on fire and slit his throat […]