Cape Town Pride 2015 to “Return to the Rainbow”
The Cape Town Pride Festival has announced the theme for its 2015 edition, set to take place later this month. Festival Director Matthew Van As said that the theme ‘Return to the Rainbow’ was chosen “to remind all Capetonians of their very special role in, and the contribution they can make towards, the Rainbow Nation […]
John Legend pulls out of Hollywood party over gay rights
Musician John Legend has pulled out of a pre-Grammy entertainment industry party in his honour because the venue is owned by the anti-gay Sultan of Brunei. Legend was to be the guest of honour at Los Angeles Confidential magazine’s bash at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday night to celebrate him as its latest cover […]
Things I’ve learned in my thirties
I am now closer to my forties than what I am to my twenties. It’s kind of depressing because I still don’t always feel or act like an adult. In just a few years I’ll be forty and be expected to have gotten my shit together. To a certain degree I am ready for it […]
“Not a moffie” cannibal killer pleads guilty to murder
A man who said he ate another man’s heart to prove he isn’t gay has pleaded guilty to murder. At the start of his trial on Monday, Zimbabwean Andrew Chimboza, 35, admitted to killing Mbuyiselo Manona, 62, in Gugulethu in June 2014, as part of a plea agreement in the Western Cape High Court. The […]
Zuma urged to condemn homophobia in State of the Nation address
A campaign has been launched calling on President Jacob Zuma to condemn homophobia in his upcoming seventh State of the Nation address. Created by the African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC), the campaign urges supporters to use twitter to pressure Zuma to address the matter in his 12 February speech in Parliament. “South Africa still suffers […]