VATICAN HONOURS GAY TEEN GENIUS
A 16-year-old openly gay American student who developed a pioneering cancer test has been honoured by the Vatican. Jack Andraka from Crownsville, Maryland, is an inventor, scientist and cancer researcher who’s received international acclaim for coming up with a new, quick and inexpensive method to test for early stage pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer. His […]
BRIT IN COURT OVER GAY SEX VIDEO
As calls for his release grow, a retired British banker has appeared in a Ugandan court after a private video of him having sex with another man was leaked. On Monday, Bernard Randall (65) pleaded not guilty to charges of “trafficking obscene publications” in Entebbe. A Ugandan man, Albert Cheptoyek (30), who shares Randall’s house, […]
WILL YOUNG IN GAY SLUR CAMPAIGN
Pop singer Will Young is leading a new campaign by UK LGBT rights group Stonewall to tackle what it calls “endemic levels of homophobic language” in British schools. The campaign comes in response to research showing that 99% of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people hear phrases such as ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘you’re so […]
GUNMEN ATTACK MOSCOW GAY CLUB
Two men opened fire outside a Moscow gay nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning. Russian sites have reported that the attack took place outside Central Station, described as the city’s most popular gay club. It appears that two men who were harassing patrons were prevented from entering the club at around 5am by […]
WILL YOU GO SEE EMINEM IN SA?
Eminem will be performing in South Africa next year, but should members of the LGBT community attend his shows following his continued use of anti-gay slurs? On Monday, Showtime Management announced that, together with Primedia and Dainty Group, it would bring the Eminem Rapture Tour to the country. The American hip hop superstar will perform […]
RUSSIANS SPY ON LGBT GROUPS
It’s come to light that the Russian authorities are conducting Soviet-era style spying on LGBT groups. According to BuzzFeed, activists only discovered they were being spied on when audio from a private October meeting in St. Petersburg was broadcast on state television as “proof” of gay activists’ “threat to Russia”. Broadcast on Tuesday, the few […]
ACTIVIST FORCED TO TAKE HIV TEST
Ugandan police are illegally detaining a leading LGBT rights activist without an arrest warrant and earlier forced him to have an HIV test. More details of the incident, first reported by Mambaonline on Wednesday, have now come to light. On Tuesday, Samuel K Ganafa the Executive Director of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives and Board Chairperson of […]
GAUTENG PREMIER WINS GAY AWARD
Gauteng’s Premier Nomvula Mokonyane accepted the Diva of the Year award at last night’s tongue in cheek gay Feather Awards. Mokonyane attended the glam event at Kyalami’s Theatre on the Track, which was bursting at the seams with celebs from the local music, television and fashion worlds. The often controversial premier was nominated in the […]
SWAZI GAY ABUSE YOUTH TRAUMATISED
It’s been reported that the young Swazi man kidnapped and humiliated by anti-gay neo-Nazi thugs in Russia has been left traumatised by his ordeal. According to IOL, a Swaziland government spokesperson confirmed earlier South African government information that the 20-year-old student, who remains unidentified, had returned to his rural home. Swazi media have used the […]
LUXEMBOURG TO BE LED BY GAY MAN
An openly gay politician is set to become the prime minister of Luxembourg. A lawyer and current Mayor of Luxembourg City, Xavier Bettel led his Democratic Party in recent elections that should see him becoming the head of a coalition government. The 40-year-old often attends official events with his partner Destenay Gauthier. He previously commented […]