GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL IN NEW MEXICO
A New Mexico Supreme Court ruling will allow same-sex couples to marry throughout the American state. Although same-sex marriage was already legal in eight New Mexico counties, Thursday’s ruling that barring same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, means that the right is now extended across the state. New Mexico’s 33 counties had asked the court to address […]
GAY FLAG OF SA TURNS 3
The Gay Flag of South Africa, and the non profit organisation (NPO) behind it, celebrated their third birthday this week. The flag, an adaptation of Gilbert Baker’s international gay rainbow flag and the South African national flag, was launched in December 2010 at the annual MCQP costume party in Cape Town. Countries such as Canada, […]
20 GIRLS EXPELLED FOR LESBIANISM
A Ugandan high school has reportedly expelled 20 girls over claims of lesbianism. The Observer reported that the girls’ school in the Eastern town of Iganga threw out the students after they “formed a society that was recruiting girls into lesbianism”. While the school has not officially explained its actions, affected parents confirmed the expulsions […]
GAY BAN BILL MOVES FORWARD
A shocking Nigerian bill that will jail any gay or lesbian couples who try to marry for 14 years and will make gay groups illegal is a step closer to becoming law. In May, the ‘Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill and other Related Matters’ was passed by Nigeria’s House of Representatives. It had been approved […]
OBAMA SENDS GAY ICON TO SOCHI
President Barack Obama is sending two prominent lesbian athletes as part of the official US delegation to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia. On Tuesday, he announced that the delegates would include tennis legend Billie Jean King as well as women’s ice hockey Olympic medallist Caitlin Cahow, both […]
SA KILLER RENT BOY JAILED
A South African man, described by the British media as a rent boy, has been send to prison for the murder of a 62-year-old gay man in the UK. Ricardo Pisano (36) was sentenced to 18 years in jail for killing Michael Polding last year. The older man’s decomposing body was discovered in his Brighton […]
DRC TO BAN GAY SEX?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may outlaw sexual conduct between members of the same sex. While gays and lesbians have previously been targeted through public indecency laws, homosexuality is not technically illegal in the country. This may soon change after a bill that aims to criminalise gay sex was proposed last week in […]
SOCCER COACH IN GAY SCANDAL
The former head of Uganda’s national football team, Chris Mubiru, has been arrested on “sodomy” charges. Mubiru, who previously coached the team, was the subject of a report by the notoriously anti-gay Red Pepper tabloid in December last year. A picture from a video of him allegedly having sex with a young footballer was published […]
CAPETONIAN TAKES MR GSA TITLE
Twenty-six-year-old Werner de Waal was crowned Mr Gay South African 2014 on Friday night. De Waal beat out nine other finalists from around the country to take the title at a ceremony at the Cape Quarter in Cape Town. The 1.78 metre tall accountant grew up on the West Coast and now lives in the […]
MISS GAY & LESBIAN SOWETO 2013
Soweto hosted its annual Miss Gay and Lesbian pageant on Saturday 7 December. The event, which was launched in 2000 but was suspended for a number of years due to lack of funding, had a comeback last year. It is fairly unique in South Africa in that it honours both male and female members of […]