EGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN JAIL FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
A gay dating app is warning its Egyptian users as a court sentences six men to two years in prison with labour on charges of sexual immorality. According to Ahram Online, the men were found guilty of “committing debauchery” after they were accused of promoting an apartment on Facebook as a location for gay sex. When […]
SOWETO PRIDE 2014 GALLERY
Hundreds turned out to march for LGBT equality in Soweto on Saturday in the face of ongoing hate crime attacks against the community. They also celebrated the historic tenth anniversary of the annual Soweto Pride March. According to Thuli Ncube from FEW, the march’s organisers, this was the biggest in the event’s history. “It was […]
SOUTH AFRICA VOTES ‘YES’ FOR GLOBAL LGBT EQUALITY
The South African government has stuck to its constitutional commitments and voted in favour of another ground-breaking resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). On Friday afternoon, the country was the only African nation in Geneva to say “yes” to resolution A/HRC/27/L.27/Rev.1, condemning violence and discrimination on the […]
PORT ELIZABETH GAY MAN STONED TO DEATH
A horrified family is in mourning after an openly gay man was stoned to death near Port Elizabeth. The Afrikaans Son newspaper reports that the body of 24-year-old Skumbuzo Harold Mkefile from KwaNoxolo was discovered by a passerby on Tuesday in Booysens Park. He was lying half naked in a field surrounded by bloody rocks and […]
LONDON PROTEST AGAINST GAMBIA ANTI-GAY BILL
A group of African LGBTI activists and their British allies have called on Gambia’s president to not sign a new anti-gay bill into law. The protesters demonstrated against the proposed law, which will increase already harsh penalties against homosexuality, outside the Gambian embassy in London on Wednesday. Holding up placards calling for an end to […]
WATCH OUT FACEBOOK! RUPAUL JOINS ‘REAL NAME’ FIGHT
Drag icon RuPaul has thrown his weight behind a campaign against Facebook for banning performers who use their drag names on their profiles. The social media site’s ‘real name’ policy has outraged drag performers, artists and others who use names on Facebook different to their legal names. Now, RuPaul has stepped into the fray and expressed […]
TOP JOBURG SCHOOL DENIES MAN WAS FIRED FOR BEING GAY
A top private school in Johannesburg has denied that it fired a staff member for being gay. Earlier this month, we reported claims by Alexander Bruce that his supervisor at the school told him that his contract as a security guard wouldn’t be renewed because “we can’t employ moffies at the school. It’s school policy.” […]
PHILADELPHIA GAY BASHING SUSPECT IS DAUGHTER OF POLICE CHIEF
One of three people charged with the recent brutal Philadelphia gay bashing of two men has turned out to be a police chief’s daughter. Arrest warrants have been issued for Katherine Knott, 24, together with Philip Williams, 24, and Kevin Harrigan, 26, in connection with the assault. It’s now been discovered that Knott is the daughter […]
LARGER MEN LAST LONGER IN BED DURING SEX
In surprising results from a new study, researchers have found that chubbier men tend to have more endurance in the sack than fitter men. Researchers from Turkey’s Erciyes University said that men with excess body fat lasted an average of 7.3 minutes while having sex, while their skinnier brothers only managed 1.8 minutes. And the […]
IOC ADDS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE TO HOST COUNTRY CONTRACT
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is hoping to avoid future controversies after the damaging furore over Russia’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. According to LGBT rights website All Out, the IOC has announced in a letter to prospective host cities that it will be adding a new anti-discrimination clause to its host city […]