US FILM CENSORS ACCUSED OF HOMOPHOBIA
The organisation that rates films in the US has been accused of giving a new gay themed film an unfairly high age restriction. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is being criticised for giving Love is Strange, a drama about an older gay couple who get married, an “R” rating, despite it having no […]
ARMAGAYDDON! WATCH THIS HILARIOUS PRO-GAY MARRIAGE AD
As Ireland prepares to vote on same-sex marriage, a group has created a brilliant ad that mocks the irrational fears of those who believe that legalising gay marriage will be “the end of the world.” Titled Armagayddon, the almost 4 minute-long video was created for the advocacy group LGBT Noise. Set in 2017, it depicts […]
REPORT: KENYA ‘STONE THE GAYS’ BILL REJECTED
There are reports that efforts to pass a deadly Kenyan anti-homosexuality bill have thankfully come to naught. According to lawyer Eric Gitari, who is with Kenya’s National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), the ‘stone the gays’ bill was thrown out by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee last week. The reasons are believed […]
GOD LOVES GAYS BILLBOARD PLANNED
A group is planning to defy America’s hate-mongering Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) by putting up a “God loves gays” billboard in their backyard. Known for their virulently anti-gay campaigns asserting that “God hates fags”, WBC members have picketed at gay friendly events and even demonstrated at funerals of US soldiers who were killed in action. […]
ARRESTED ON GAY CHARGES AFTER ROBBERY REPORT GOES WRONG
A Ghanaian man’s attempt to report a robbery to the police went horribly wrong after he and the alleged thief were both arrested on homosexuality charges. According to Ghana Web, the Daily Heritage newspaper reported that police from the town of Weija arrested the men “for openly confessing” they are gay. The men were detained […]
GENERATIONS WAGE DISPUTE MORE IMPORTANT THAN GAY KILLINGS?
Have South Africans become so immune to hate crimes that a soapie generates more attention than the murder of a teenage lesbian? That’s the question being asked by the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), which slammed the government and the media for being more interested in the Generations cast’s firing than the most […]
LUXEMBOURG’S GAY PRIME MINISTER TO MARRY PARTNER
Xavier Bettel, the openly gay Prime Minister of Luxembourg, has revealed that he’s planning to tie the knot. Speaking to the LA Times about his partner, architect Gauthier Destenay, Bettel said: “He asked me, and I said yes.” He added with a grin: “I can’t give you the date, because it’s not official yet.” The […]
WEDDING VENUE IGNORES COURT RULING – SNUBS ANOTHER GAY COUPLE
Another gay couple has been snubbed by a wedding venue. Outrageously, it’s one that was previously found guilty of discriminating against gays and lesbians. In July 2012, the Alberton Magistrates’ Court, sitting as an Equality Court, found that the Sha-Mani Lodge in Alberton, Johannesburg unfairly discriminated against two lesbian women by refusing to allow them […]
ANGER GROWS OVER GIFT’S HORROR HOSEPIPE MURDER
Groups have slammed the murder of lesbian teen Gift Makau while her alleged attacker is ordered to appear in court again next week. The body of the 24-year-old was discovered in Tshing, Ventersdorp last week Friday with her hands tied behind her back and a running hosepipe shoved down her throat into her stomach. She […]
ANTI-GAY RELIGIOUS GROUP ‘ON ITS KNEES’ AFTER US CUTS FUNDING
A Ugandan religious organisation has been forced to let its staff go after the US government cut its funding because of the group’s support for the persecution of gays and lesbians. The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has over the years received tens of millions of dollars through USAID as part of the President’s Emergency […]