GREY’S CREATOR TO HOMOPHOBE: STOP WATCHING MY SHOWS
The creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal has told off a homophobic viewer who complained about her show’s “gay scenes.” Shonda Rhimes, who recently launched her new series, the legal drama How to Get Away With Murder, is major television hit-maker who won’t tolerate bigots. On Sunday, a viewer, Dina Abdel Hakiem (@Dabdelhakiem), complained to […]
MCQP 2014 Royal Navy theme launch gallery
Cape Town’s Mother City Queer Project (MCQP) announced the theme, date and venue for its 2014 edition at Crew Bar in De Waterkant, with special appearances by Lola Fine and Genevieve Le Coq. (Some guests could have sworn that they even saw event director Ian McMahon disguised as the Queen Mother.) The “Royal Navy” themed costume party […]
AFRICAN BISHOPS BLOCK GAY-AFFIRMING VATICAN DOCUMENT
African bishops have been blamed for watering down the final version of what could have been a ground-breaking gay-affirming Catholic document. Last week, a preliminary report from a two-week long meeting on the family by senior Catholic leaders made headlines for stating that gay people have “gifts and qualities” to offer Christianity, and calling for […]
PREP FOR GAY & BI MEN GETS ANOTHER BOOST
The use of anti-HIV medicine to prevent gay and bisexual men from becoming infected with HIV has been given further support. Known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP involves HIV-negative people taking antiretroviral drugs (that are usually used to treat HIV) to reduce their risk of becoming infected. Previous studies have shown that it can dramatically reduce […]
MCQP 2014 NAVAL THEME REVEALED
Calling all seamen and naval queens! Mother City Queer Project (MCQP) has announced the theme, date and venue for its 2014 edition! MCQP revealed that it will be painting Cape Town blue with its “Royal Navy” themed costume party on Saturday 20 December. Organisers also confirmed a venue change away from the Cape Town Stadium. […]