This is an international award that celebrates movies with LGBTQ+ topics. It is presented by an independent jury as an official award of the recently concluded festival. Marking Babatunde Apalow’s directorial debut, the award-winning Nigeran drama follows the story of two men, Bambino and Bawa, who meet in Lagos during …
Read More »Nigerian film about gay couple lands major deal ahead global debut
Variety reports that Italy’s Coccinelle Film Sales has acquired world rights to the Nigerian gay-themed drama. The international distributor, which is run by sales agent Francesca Breccia, closed the deal with with Nigeria-based Polymath Pictures which produced the movie along with Polymath Pictures, 2o9ine Films, Creative Blacks Production, and Realm360 …
Read More »Footballer Jakub Jankto comes out as gay and vows to live his life ‘without fears, prejudice and violence’
Czech Republic footballer, Jakub Jankto has come out as gay while vowing: ‘I no longer want to hide myself.’ Jankto, who is currently on loan at Sparta Prague from LaLiga side Getafe, revealed he is homosexual after insisting he is determined to live life ‘without fears, prejudice, and violence …
Read More »Gay teacher is fired from US Catholic school after colleagues found photo of her kissing her girlfriend
A Gay teacher at a Catholic school in Colorado has been fired from her job after officials found out she was in a relationship with a woman and saw a picture of her kissing her girlfriend. The teacher identified as Maggie Barton taught technology and media – and also coached …
Read More »Japan Prime Minister fires aide who said he he would not want to live next to gay people
Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida has fired a top government aide who made derogatory remarks about LGBT couples. Kishida had talked about issues surrounding same-sex marriage in parliament, stating that a decision to allow same-sex marriage needed to be carefully considered because of its potential impact on traditional family structures. …
Read More »First openly gay All Blacks star comes out
This article originally appeared on Stuff and is reproduced with permission. In a momentous moment for New Zealand’s Rainbow community, Campbell Johnstone has outed himself as the first openly gay player to have represented the country’s most influential sporting brand. All Black No.1056 has publicly revealed his sexuality for the …
Read More »Chiefs Willie Gay Gives Bengals Coach Zac Taylor the Bulletin Board Material He’s Looking For
Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor is prepared to scour the internet to find some bulletin board material to motivate his team heading into their second consecutive AFC Championship Game matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs. Turns out Taylor will not have to look very hard as Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay …
Read More »Kunle Remi shares how a gay celeb wanted him to ‘bend over’
Remi revealed this during an interview on OAP Nedu’s ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast, where he revealed that a person told him that he needed to have sexual intercourse with him in order to make it in the industry. He said that he was introduced to this entertainer through a friend …
Read More »Actor Kunle Remi recounts how an “influential” entertainer proposed he becomes his gay partner in order to show him the way in the entertainment industry (video)
Actor Kunle Remi says just before entering the entertainment industry, he was introduced to an entertainer who tried to make him his gay partner. In a recent interview, Kunle said he was still an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan when a friend introduced him to someone who was …
Read More »May death take me before my time if I am gay – Designer Yomi Casual writes as he dispels rumors about his sexuality
Designer, Yomi Casual, has reacted to rumours about his sexuality. A few days ago, some social media users claimed Yomi is gay. In a post shared on his Instagram page this afternoon, the fashion designer countered the claims while raining curses on himself if it were indeed true that he’s into …
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