Huge sports boycott of North Carolina over anti-LGBT law
The organisation that regulates college sports in the US is boycotting the state of North Carolina because of its reviled anti-LGBT law. On Monday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced that it was relocating the seven championship events scheduled to take place in the state during the 2016-17 academic year. The NCAA oversees athletes from […]
1st Pretoria Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
The inaugural two-day Pretoria Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is being held at Kiki Coqtail Lounge in Lyttelton from 27 to 28 September. The organisers have worked with Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Director Jason Fiddler to include a mix of entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking documentaries, short films and feature films sourced […]
Zanele Muholi’s Faces and Phases turns 10
A new exhibition is celebrating Zanele Muholi’s remarkable Faces and Phases series of photographic portraits, spanning 10 years and more than 250 black lesbians and transgender individuals from South Africa and beyond. The exhibition opens at the Stevenson Gallery in Johannesburg on 15 September, two days after South Africa marks a decade since the introduction […]
Alexis Arquette was “a delight” when she visited South Africa
As the world mourns the death of transgender actress, painter and activist Alexis Arquette, we remember her brief visit to South Africa. Arquette was known for her roles in films like Pulp Fiction, Bride of Chucky and The Wedding Singer, as well as for her famous family: She was the sibling of actors Rosanna, Patricia, and David. […]
Religious leaders slam gay hate pastor as Gigaba prepares to announce decision
The Department of Home Affairs says that Minister Malusi Gigaba will announce his decision on banning American pastor Steven Anderson on Tuesday. The news comes in the wake of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane asserting his support for blocking the hate evangelist from coming into the country. “Our Constitution‚ of which we are all immensely […]
Time to boycott Zanzibar as Tanzania threatens to ban groups that support LGBTI equality
Another senior government official has lashed out at groups that lobby for the rights of LGBTI people in Tanzania, a popular holiday location for South Africans. According to Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Deputy Minister for Health, Community, Development and Gender, Hamisi Kigwangala, said that the government was determined to “always protect” so-called traditional values. “I […]
Hollywood equality: all talk, little action
A new report has found that in 800 Hollywood films, representation of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBT status and disability still lags behind population norms in the USA. Authored by Professor Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity & Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the study is the largest intersectional […]
Jozi Cats on their “risky” Free State gay rugby tour
South Africa’s most high profile gay sports team, Jozi Cats, say it’s not trying to be controversial by embarking on a tour of the Free State. The Johannesburg-based rugby club is in the midst of planning the tour of the province, which has a reputation of being deeply conservative, as well as of the Western […]
So, what do you think of Lady Gaga’s new single? Listen here!
Lady Gaga has released her long awaited new single, titled Perfect Illusion, from her upcoming fifth album. Produced by Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Kevin Parker and BloodPop, the track is her first proper pop single in three years. The singer recently broke up with former fiancé Taylor Kinney. And with lyrics like, “It wasn’t love/ It was a perfect […]
South Africans are “progressive prudes” when it comes to homosexuality
A ground-breaking national study has concluded that more than half a million people in South Africa identify as being gay, lesbian, bisexual or gender non-conforming in some way. The report has also found that while most South Africans believe that homosexuality is immoral, gay people should be protected by the law. Alarmingly, violent behaviour against […]