Ditto. Ditto

If all they are after is a “catchy” theme to get sponsors and media attention to bring awareness to Pride, then surely this is a monetary marketing stratergy and not really for the good of the community as a whole?

The Pride Board is not inclusive and pretty much has members that for a clique and let’s face it, see how may good people have left the board and you wonder maybe they did not conform to what superior “minded” members wanted.

Pride is just a party in SA, with top NGO’s even shunning the theme. What an embarrassment to the rest of the world, to Prides such as Toronto, London, SF that actually are for their communities.i

If all they are after is a “catchy” theme to get sponsors and media attention to bring awareness to Pride, then surely this is a monetary marketing stratergy and not really for the good of the community as a whole?

The Pride Board is not inclusive and pretty much has members that for a clique and let’s face it, see how may good people have left the board and you wonder maybe they did not conform to what superior “minded” members wanted.

Pride is just a party in SA, with top NGO’s even shunning the theme. What an embarrassment to the rest of the world, to Prides such as Toronto, London, SF that actually are for their communities.i

Thank you for this article and thank you Joburg pride for your efforts to clear the issues. However as much as Joburg Pride probably has the best intentions their response is just a further display of of ignorance of the issues.

I am a transgender man and I am not gay. I am not in a gay relationship. I am not ins a same sex relationship. Many transpeople are but just as many are not. Gay people who have the power to represent lgbti people need to educate themselves about their constituents. It would be the responsible thing to do……with power comes responsibility.

There was a time when women were in reference to men, just some sub-sector to MANkind. That is not ok anymore. We don’t think of humanity that way anymore.

Gaga said born this way. Born this gay, very cute Joburg Pride.But you are making SA look ignorant and backward. International movements dont fall in that trap. Why do you?

Do we all stand together? Really? Transphobia is rampant within LGBTI communities, so is racism, so is sexism. Should we just stay quiet. Why should trans people be silenced by some perceived need for unity which requires them to turn a blind eye to their own discrimination at the hands of the very people they are supposed to find community from? Terrible theme, terrible response from Pride…

Neutral?. Thi sopinion is not exactly neutral!

In the news recently – there has been lots of press regarding the hate crimes and rapes against openly lesbian women – that is what was quoted in the press release.
We know that men and women are both raped – because of their sexual identity.

The board currently includes 4 women and 3 men.

The pride board is open to suggestions and for help from the broader community. Unfortunately – the sad side is that very few people put their hands up to volunteer to help during the course of the year or on Pride Day.

We actively support Soweto Pride and help in funding this day. We also run a community village for other ngo’s, organisations and so on, on the day of Pride. In effect – we provide the platform for LGBTI organisations and activists to get their message out to the greater community.

We did have problems with accessing our info@joburgpride.org email address. Unfortunately we did not receive communication from Robert Hamblin or Tebogo Nkoana ? whether this was sent to this address or not.