LESBIAN HOSEPIPE HATE MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED
The trial of the man accused of murdering lesbian Disebo “Gift” Makau in August in Ventersdorp, in the North West province, has been postponed to December. Pule Botlhokwane, 24, has been charged with the horror attack in which Makau was raped and strangled to death with a wire and had a running hosepipe shoved down […]
2014 MISS BLACK PRIDE PARTY GALLERY
The annual 2014 Miss Black Pride drag and transgender pageant and after-party was recently held at club Simply Blue in Johannesburg. The winner was 30-year-old Elliot Mohibedi Monale, also known as Thibi, a mining and exploration geologist who hails from Rhenosterkraal, Rustenburg. Lauren Hassiem took these pictures of the event, now in its ninth year.
HOME AFFAIRS DRIVES TRANS WOMAN TO HUNGER STRIKE
Alleged incompetence and discrimination by the Department of Home Affairs has pushed a transgender Gauteng woman to the point of being prepared to end her life. Nadia Swanepoel from Florida, who began her transition four years ago, has embarked on a food and liquid hunger strike to protest the department’s alleged continued refusal to change […]
BOTSWANA: COURT TO RULE ON GAY GROUP’S REGISTRATION
The Gaborone High Court is expected to rule next week on whether the Botswana government will be forced to register a gay rights group. In February 2012, LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana) applied for registration under the terms of the Societies Act. A month later, the Department of Civil and National Registration rejected the application, […]
DEWANI WAS ON GAYDAR 2 DAYS AFTER WIFE’S MURDER
Shrien Dewani’s sexuality appears set to become a major focus of his murder trial, at least according to the world’s media. It was reported on Wednesday that Dewani had revealed in court documents that he visited the Gaydar dating site just two days after the murder of his wife Anni, using the name ASIANSUBGUY. It’s […]