UJ’S THATSOQUEER FESTIVAL TO ‘GENDERQUERY’ THE ARTS
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is hosting its fourth annual LGBTI arts festival, dubbed THATSOQUEER, this October. According to the Artistic Director of the festival, Alby Michaels who was also responsible for “Reading Gay” in 2011 as well as the 2012 and 2013 instalments of “THATSOGAY”, the initial plan was to evolve the name of […]
MUSEVENI CALLS FOR RETHINK ON ANTI-GAY LAW
Uganda’s President Museveni has warned that a new anti-homosexuality law could damage the country’s economy. In an editorial for the New Vision newspaper published on Friday, Museveni wrote that lawmakers need to consider the impact on Uganda’s economy of passing a new version of the annulled legislation. In August, the country’s Constitutional Court struck down […]
25 YEARS LATER WORLD CELEBRATES FIRST GAY CIVIL UNION
This week marked 25 years since a gay couple’s relationship was legally recognised by a country for the very first time. On 1 October 1989, Denmark became the first nation in the world to allow gay couples to enter into registered partnerships, with almost all the same rights and responsibilities as marriage. That day, Ivan […]