Welkom gay bashing caught on tape (Watch)
A man was set to appear in the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday on a charge of assaulting a gay Free State man because of his sexuality. On 11 April, 32-year-old Divan Cross, his partner of three years, and a group of friends went to a local pub for their weekly karaoke night out. “We […]
Leave to appeal granted in Qwelane hate speech case
There’s no end in sight to the Jon Qwelane homophobic hate speech case as he is given leave to appeal the August 2017 judgement against him. On Friday, the high court in Johannesburg allowed the former journalist and columnist to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Judge Seun Moshidi said he believes […]
President of Kenya says LGBT human rights are not important (Watch)
In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, President Uhuru Kenyatta has dismissed the human rights of Kenya’s LGBT citizens as unimportant. Kenyatta was asked by Amanpour if he supported the idea that LGBTQ people should have “the same privacy and equality as all other Kenyans do.” Shaking his head, the president responded that, “I will […]
SA psychologists adopt landmark LGBTQ affirming practice guidelines
The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) has published the country’s first guidelines to help psychologists work with sexually and gender diverse people. The organisation launched the landmark 84-page booklet, an LGBTQ best practice manual for mental health professionals, at a function in Johannesburg on Thursday. The PsySSA is the professional body representing psychology professionals […]
Here’s Southern Africa’s NEW Mr Gay World 2018 representative
Capetonian Karabo Morake will take the place of Juan Pinnick in the Mr. Gay World™ 2018 contest after the latter withdrew from the event due to a knee injury. On Monday, Mr Gay World made the shock announcement that Pinnick, the current Mr. Gay World Southern Africa, will no longer be able to take part […]
South Africa abuzz over interracial gay TV wedding
The latest episode of Our Perfect Wedding, featuring an interracial gay couple and a polygamous bisexual pastor, has both charmed and outraged South Africans. On Sunday night’s Mzansi Magic reality show, viewers were introduced to Simphiwe, 26, and Riaan, 43, an engaged couple who first met on Facebook. “One day we were chatting and chatting […]
Urgent! Cope needs your help to revise the Civil Union Act
The Congress of the People is calling on LGBTQ individuals and allies for their support in ending the discrimination faced by many same-sex couples in South Africa. In January, Cope MP Deidre Carter tabled the Civil Union Amendment Bill in Parliament to repeal the provision in the law allowing Home Affairs marriage officers to refuse […]
Man agrees that painkillers didn’t actually ‘turn him gay’
A British man who claimed that taking pain medication had “made him gay” has admitted he may have misunderstood what happened to him. Scott Purdy, 23, made headlines this week after he said that taking the drug Pregabalin had resulted in him losing interest in his girlfriend and developing an attraction for men. Purdy start […]
Missing gay man Ruan Uys is reported safe
The mother of missing Gauteng man Ruan Uys has confirmed that he has reached out to her and is safe. Ruan disappeared in January after he was last seen with Alberto Dejesus in Boksburg. According to a June 2017 Facebook post, the two were in a relationship. Ruan’s desperate parents, Johan and Hantie Uys, launched […]
Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio heads to South Africa
After sold out performances in the USA, Australia, the UK and Ireland, Bianca Del Rio, the self described ‘clown in a gown’, is heading to Africa! When it comes to insult comics, Bianca is in a class of her own. Fierce, funny, and fabulous – a would-be love child sired by John Waters and birthed […]