GAY PANIC DEFENCE REARS ITS HEAD IN SA
As US lawyers prepare to vote on the use of the ‘gay panic defence’, recent South African court cases have seen suspects justifying their attacks because the victims allegedly came on to them.
SCHOOL’S GAY ‘CUTEST COUPLE’ GO TO THE PROM
The two gay teens who made international headlines after being voted their New York school’s ‘cutest couple’ have attended the prom together. Watch the video!
HOUSE OF LORDS MOVES GAY MARRIAGE FORWARD
Britain’s traditionally stuffy House of Lords has voted overwhelmingly against an effort to scupper a same-sex marriage bill, moving it closer to becoming law.
ALMOST 4 MILLION CELEBRATE SAO PAULO PRIDE
Sao Paulo’s Pride event retained its title as the biggest Pride in the world after almost four million people took part in Sunday’s parade.
LGBT NIGERIANS DEMAND NEW ANTI-GAY LAW BE RESCINDED
The EU condemned Nigeria’s newly-passed anti-gay legislation, while local human rights activists have demanded that it be rescinded.
GAY ‘CUTEST SCHOOL COUPLE’ GO VIRAL
A picture of two gay American high school students who were named their school’s cutest couple has gone viral after it was posted online.
KILLER JAILED FOR MURDER OF SEA POINT GAY MAN
The dangers of online hook-ups have again been highlighted after the killer of a gay man was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cape Town.
RUSSIAN VILLAGERS KICK GAY MAN TO DEATH
Following a brutal homophobic murder in Russia last month, another Russian man has been kicked and stabbed to death by his neighbours because he was gay.
GAY FLAG ACTIVIST’S ‘GAY BASHING’ PHOTO CAUSES A STIR
One of the creators of the Gay Flag of South Africa has caused a stir by posting a fake picture depicting himself as a bloody ‘victim’ of a gay bashing attack.
NIGERIA VOTES TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE, GROUPS & AFFECTION
Nigeria’s parliament has passed a law that will jail people of the same sex who attempt to marry and bans gay groups and any displays of homosexuality.