SADNESS AS MICHAEL SAM CUT FROM TEAM
Supporters of Michael Sam, the first-ever openly gay player in America’s National Football League (NFL), are dismayed after he was cut from his team, the St. Louis Rams. In May, Sam made history after he was drafted by the Rams for a chance to join the team. On Saturday, it was announced that the athlete […]
MAN DROPS JAMAICAN GAY RIGHTS SUIT AFTER THREATS
A man who took Jamaica’s anti-gay law to court has dropped his ground-breaking legal action because he fears for his safety and that of his family. Javed Jaghai argued in his lawsuit, filed in February last year, that Jamaica’s 1864 ‘buggery’ law banning sex between men fuels homophobia and violates human rights, including the right […]
MR UK TAKES MR GAY WORLD 2014 – NEEDS CUP OF TEA
For the first time, a delegate from the United Kingdom has won Mr Gay World. Stuart Hatton Jr from South Shields, England was awarded the 2014 title at a ceremony in Rome, Italy on Saturday night. When his name was announced as the winner, Hatton fell to his knees and proclaimed, “I need a cup […]
SOUTH AFRICA WINS BID TO HOST MR GAY WORLD 2015
South Africa will host next year’s annual Mr Gay World™ contest. The announcement was made during the grand finale of the 2014 competition on Saturday night in Rome, Italy, in which 25 delegates from around the world competed for the coveted title. South Africa previously successfully hosted the event in Johannesburg in 2012. The latest […]
$50,000 RAISED FOR DISOWNED GAY YOUTH
The young American man who secretly filmed his parents throwing him out and beating him for being gay has received thousands of dollars in donations. Twenty-year-old Daniel Ashley Pierce, from Kennesaw, Georgia, was told by his religious parents to leave the family home after coming out to them. They also attacked and verbally abused the […]
GAY RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENS IN SYDNEY
The 7th Bingham Cup, known as the gay rugby world cup, has opened in Sydney, Australia, with the support of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). Hundreds of gay and gay supporting players from around the world are taking part in the event, which ends on Sunday. Twenty four teams will compete, with players from more […]
ACCUSER DROPS GAY SEX ABUSE SUIT AGAINST HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR
The man who accused Bryan Singer, the openly gay director of the X-Men movies, of abusing him as a teen has dropped his lawsuit. In April, 31-year-old Michael Egan claimed that he was sexually abused by Singer when he was 17-years-old. Singer, who was forced to drop out of promoting the most recent X-Men blockbuster […]
ON CAMERA: FAMILY BEATS, REJECTS SON AFTER COMING OUT
A young gay American man has captured his family throwing him out and attacking him on camera in response to his coming out. In the shocking YouTube video, the young man – identified as 20-year-old Daniel – is heard having a discussion with members of his family about his being gay. A woman, presumed to […]
FIRED LESBIAN MINISTER STUNNED BY ‘HOSTILE JUDGES’
Ecclesia de Lange, the lesbian Methodist minister fired for marrying her partner, says she was stunned by the “hostility” of the Supreme Court of Appeal justices who heard her case this week in Bloemfontein. De Lange has been fighting for more than four years to have her job reinstated after she was dismissed by the Methodist […]
WOULD YOU LIKE A GAY SLUR WITH YOUR PIZZA?
A group of gay customers in an Italian pizzeria were shocked to receive not only a bill after their meal but also a gay slur. The four men ate pizzas and had drinks and coffee totalling around 52 Euros at the restaurant in Taranto last month. When they ordered the bill it arrived not only […]