MEET MEN WITHOUT HATS
Canadian 80s pop sensation Men Without Hats are the headline performers at this weekend’s Mieliepop festival in Mpumalanga. Music fans will fondly remember this quirky and innovative band and their huge hits Safety Dance and Pop Goes the World. Their high-energy show features these favourites as well as material from their 2012 album Love in […]
JOHANNESBURG PRIDE 2013 GALLERY
Despite numerous controversies and delays, Johannesburg Pride finally went ahead in Sandton on Saturday 26 October. While numbers were down compared to previous years, participants were as enthusiastic as ever. The new organisers said that the day was a good start to begin to rebuild the event – the oldest and largest Pride in Africa. […]
SITE ENDANGERS GAY ACTIVISTS
A Zambian LGBT rights group has accused a news website of inciting anti-gay sentiment through a homophobic and inaccurate article. Last week, Tumfweko.com claimed that three Zambian human rights defenders had travelled to Sweden to raise money to “implement their projects and activities in Zambia of promoting gay rights”. The article also alleged that activists use […]
LOSING GAY VIRGINITY TO BE ART
A British art student is planning to lose his anal virginity in front of an audience in central London as part of a private art show, reports The Mirror. Nineteen-year-old Clayton Pettet, from Central Saint Martins art school, will have gay anal sex for the first time on January 25 next year for a performance […]
GAGA PERFORMS AT GAY CLUB
Gay clubbers at London’s G-A-Y nightclub were surprised by an unannounced – and as usual outrageous – performance by Lady Gaga on Friday night. The pop star unexpectedly appeared on the stage dressed in a ghost-like outfit, complete with ghoulish pale makeup and an almost white-blonde wig – presumably in a nod to Halloween at […]
JOBURG PRIDE ROCKS SANDTON
Despite a lower turnout compared to previous years and numerous controversies, Saturday’s Johannesburg Pride went ahead in Sandton without incident. A few hundred people took part in the morning parade, which was a relatively low key affair. A number of participants held up placards with messages such as “I’m gay, get over it” and others held […]