Law firm in Joburg promotes Pride in the corporate workplace
In an industry-first, a top law firm has held an event in Johannesburg about LGBT diversity and inclusion in the workplace, along with other leading companies. The function was hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright’s Pride network on Tuesday, September 29. It was attended by 51 members of LGBT networks representing 20 of South Africa’s largest […]
Gay prisoner’s lawyer defies death threats
The lawyer of a man jailed for homosexuality in Cameroon has had to face death threats simply for defending his client. Cornelius Fonya, 35, was convicted of having sex with a young man in 2013 and sentenced to nine years in prison. He was also disowned by his family. Erasing 76 Crimes reports that his […]
Yoko Ono: John Lennon wanted to have sex with men
Yoko Ono has revealed that her iconic late husband, John Lennon, was interested in the idea of sleeping with other men. In an interview with The Daily Beast, the performer and artist said that she and Lennon, who was gunned down in 1980, believed that, “basically, all of us must be bisexual.” She explained that […]
While You Weren’t Looking première
South Africa’s newest gay and lesbian big screen drama, While You Weren’t Looking, premièred at Maponya Mall in Soweto on 29 September. Described as a complex interweaving tale, it begins twenty years into the new South Africa. It tells the story of an ageing academic and the now ‘straight’ freedom fighter he once loved, while a seemingly […]
Simon Nkoli to be honoured in 2nd memorial lecture
The life and work of one of South Africa’s most influential LGBTI activists will be remembered in the second Simon Nkoli Memorial Lecture on 22 October at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. The inaugural Simon Nkoli Memorial Lecture took place last year as an initiative of the University of Johannesburg’s LGBTI student group, Liberati. It aims […]