Queen of Nelson Mandela Bay Pride crowned
Ahead of the region’s annual Pride celebrations on 29 November, Nelson Mandela Bay Pride recently crowed its “Queen” for 2014 at Sun International’s Boardwalk Amphitheatre. Now in its third year, organisers said that the pageant was the largest and biggest-budget LGBT event of its kind to be held in Port Elizabeth. Ten contestants strutted their […]
My gay life in Nigeria – Isolation, danger & fear
Ethan Regal* tells his personal story of living in Nigeria as a gay man: When I was a young boy in Lagos, Nigeria, I had a mysterious, unexplainable tingling sensation whenever I saw an attractive guy. The stories I heard regarding romance involved a boy and girl. So I thought to myself: maybe I’m a […]
Gay father fights for equal paternity leave
A gay South African man is fighting for the right to paternity leave equal to the maternity leave granted to biological mothers. The man, who the Cape Times identified only as an IT specialist, became a parent, along with his husband, through surrogacy in 2011. He applied for four months’ maternity leave from his employer. […]
Remembering the world’s transgender murder victims
Today, on the 16th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, the world is marking the murder of 226 transgender people over the last year. The Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project has released its latest tragic report, highlighting the continued brutally faced by transgender people in 28 countries from October 1st 2013 to September 30th 2014. According […]
Music reviews – Maroon 5, La Roux, Prince & more
LA ROUX – TROUBLE IN PARADISE What was two is now one. Sadly, La Roux (an entirely non-South African name so don’t get confused if this is your first exposure to them!) the synthpop duo has turned into a solo act for the second album and the title, Trouble In Paradise, seems to be an appropriate […]