JOBURG PRIDE HEAD ATTACKED
Just days ahead of this weekend’s Johannesburg Pride, the event has been plunged into another crisis. The chief organiser of Saturday’s Johannesburg Pride in Newtown has told Mambaonline that she has been repeatedly assaulted and threatened by thugs demanding that she cancel the event. Speaking on Monday, Johannesburg Pride Project Manager Kaye Ally said that […]
GAY THEMES SCORE AT EMMYS
Gay themes, characters and actors scored big at this Sunday’s 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, known as the ‘Oscars for television’, in Los Angeles on Sunday. This year’s awards ceremony was emceed by openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris, who previously hosted the event four years ago. Modern Family, which prominently features a same-sex family, was […]
SCHOOL DENIES LESBIAN MATRIC BAN
A Johannesburg girls’ school has denied claims that it banned pupils from bringing same-sex partners to their matric dance. The mother of a girl who attends Jeppe Girls High School told the Sunday Times that her daughter was informed by a teacher last week that anyone who brought another girl to the dance would be […]