INTRODUCING THE MR GSA 2014 FINALISTS
Here they are! In no particular order, we present the ten finalists in the Mr Gay South Africa 2014 competition. The winner will score R50,000 in cash and will represent South Africa at the Mr Gay World contest in Rome next year. We’ll soon let you know how you’ll be able to vote for your […]
GAY WAR VETERANS MARRY
True love really knows no boundaries. John Banvard, a 95-year-old gay veteran of World War II, has tied the knot at a senior veteran’s home in California. He married his boyfriend of 20 years, 67-year-old Gerard Nadeau, who served in Vietnam, on Thursday last week. Fox 5 San Diego reported that the two lovebirds decided […]
VAAL LGBTIS & WITS CELEBRATE PRIDE
The past two weeks have seen two Pride events taking place in Gauteng, ahead of a number of larger Pride marches planned for the province in the coming days. On Saturday 7 September, the first-ever Vaal Pride took place in Shakespeare, Vanderbijlpark under the theme “Be Proud to be me”. Around 30 people took part […]
SA GAY ARTISTS MAKE A SPLASH OVERSEAS
Two South African gay artists are making waves internationally, but for very different reasons; one won a prestigious award while the other was arrested for public indecency in Paris. On 6 September, lesbian photographer Zanele Muholi added yet another award to her expansive list, this time receiving a Dutch Prince Claus Fund Award. She was awarded […]
LISTEN: BRITNEY’S NEW SINGLE LEAKS
Britney Spears’ new single Work Bitch has apparently been leaked a day before it was expected to be released The song, written by Willi.i.am and Sebastian Ingorsso protégé DJ Otto Jettman, among others, is a full-on club banger with Spears giving fans the secret to her success. “You want a hot body? You want a […]
ZAMBIAN TV ACTIVIST TRIAL TO GO AHEAD
A High Court Judge has ruled that the charges against Paul Kasonkomona – a well-known human rights and HIV/AIDS activist – are not in conflict with his constitutional rights. Kasonkomona (38) was arrested in April as he left a Lusaka television studio after making comments on live television supporting the rights of LGBT individuals and […]
SOWETO SET FOR 9TH LGBTIA PRIDE
First held in 2004, the 9th Annual Soweto Pride March will be taking place on 28 September in the Johannesburg township. The organisers, the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), say that the march is a platform for LGBTIA people from Soweto and the surrounding townships and cities to reclaim public spaces. “This space will […]