MUGABE GAY SON STORY A HOAX
The Lifestyle Tabloids spoof website has struck again, this time claiming that a son of notorious homophobe President Robert Mugabe had come out as gay. The South African satire blog published an article on Wednesday stating that Mugabe’s third eldest son, Chipape Mugabe, had told the Good Morning UK drive-time show that he is gay. He was quoted as […]
MALEMA: “LOVE GAY PEOPLE”
Controversial Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) head Julius Malema, who is facing corruption charges, today urged his followers to “love gay people”. The Mail & Guardian reported that Malema spoke outside the Polokwane High Court on Thursday after learning that his bid to have the charges dismissed had failed. In addition to slamming his former political […]
MORE GAY MEN HAVING RISKY SEX
The number of gay and bisexual men having risky sex in the United Sates is on the increase, says a new report released ahead of World AIDS Day. According to an analysis of 2011 data from 20 major US cities, the percentage of men who have sex with men (MSM) reporting having had unprotected anal […]
GAY GROUP ATTACKED IN HAITI
Amnesty International has reported a violent attack on the offices of a gay rights group in Haiti, says AP. According to the organisation, three men wielding guns and machetes burst into the offices of the Kouraj organisation in Port-au-Prince. They beat and tied up two members of the group, ransacked the premises and stole computer […]
ANTI GAY HOTEL LOSES APPEAL
The owners of a British guest house who refused to allow a gay couple to share a room have once again lost their years-long legal battle to be allowed to discriminate. In 2001, Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy were awarded £1,800 each in damages after they were denied shared accommodation at the […]
VICTORY AS LESBIAN RAPIST JAILED
The monster who was on the run for two years after raping and nearly killing a Gugulethu lesbian woman near Cape Town has finally been sent to jail. On Tuesday, Andile Ngcoza was sentenced by Magistrate Melinda Retief to 22 years in prison for raping, beating and strangling Millicent Gaika, who survived the five hour […]
IKEA GAY KISS IN PROTEST
Gay couples have taken a stand against Ikea’s willingness to give in to Russia’s infamous gay propaganda law by staging a kiss in protest at a New York store. The Swedish furniture company was recently criticised for removing an article about a British lesbian couple from the Russian edition of its December Family Live magazine because […]
DID WAITRESS FAKE ANTI GAY BILL?
A lesbian waitress has been accused of faking being insulted by allegedly homophobic patrons that led to her receiving international attention and donations. Dayna Morales a former Marine and a waitress at the Gallop Asian Bistro in New Jersey claimed on social media that she had been offended by a member of the family who […]
UGANDA ACTIVIST FINALLY GETS BAIL
After two weeks in jail, leading Ugandan LGBT activist Samuel K Ganafa has finally been granted bail. Facing homosexuality charges, he was released on Monday by the Nabweru Magistrate’s Court, reported Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). Ganafa, who works for a telecommunications company and also heads up two LGBT rights groups, was arrested on November 12, […]
DYING LESBIAN ALLOWED TO MARRY
A US federal court has ordered that a marriage license be issued immediately to a dying lesbian woman and her partner. Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert live in the state of Illinois which recently legalised same sex marriage, but the law will only come into effect in June next year. Gray, however, has cancer that has spread […]