Hundreds brave downpour to celebrate Durban Pride 2016
Despite unseasonably rainy weather, hundreds of LGBTI people and their friends and family took part in the Durban Pride Liberation March and Festival on Saturday. A diverse and enthusiastic crowd gathered in the morning at the Amphitheatre on North Beach under the theme of “Humanity Beyond Identity”. During the speeches and prayers ahead of the […]
Call to stop harassment and bullying of Caster Semenya
A petition has been launched to counter comments made by British athlete Paula Radcliffe against South African LGBT track star Caster Semenya. In an interview with BBC Radio, Radcliffe – the marathon world record-holder – spoke out against her fellow runner ahead of the Rio Olympic Games. Radcliffe suggested that Semenya, who is the favourite […]
Out and proud Ugandan swimmers to take part in LGBT sports event
Five LGBT Ugandan swimmers will participate in the 2016 International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA) Championships in Canada. The event will be held from 8 to 14 August in the city of Edmonton, which will host athletes from around the world to compete in swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and open water swimming competitions. The five […]
Stupidity on a monumental level: Tanzania bans lube to stop gay sex
In move that will only increase the spread of HIV, Tanzania’s so called “health minister” has banned personal lubricants in a bid to stop gay people from having sex. According to reports, minister Ummy Mwalimu announced an end to the import and sale of the products because, she claimed, they encourage homosexuality. Bizarrely, she actually […]
40,000 sign “stop Pastor Anderson” petitions as he vows to come to SA
Two petitions calling on the government to block gay hate pastor Steven Anderson’s trip to South Africa have been signed by almost 40,000 people. It’s an astonishing response to the American preacher’s planned “soul winning” expedition to spread his twisted version of Christianity in Johannesburg on 18 September. In an interview with Ivor Blumenthal on […]
Watch the gay family scene that’s been banned on DSTV
The animated series The Loud House has become the latest show to be censored in South Africa due to gay content. Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, located in Johannesburg, has dropped an episode of the children’s show because it features a bi-racial gay couple and their son, which are not seen as “family” in […]
Dax Martin 2016 men’s swimwear gallery
Dax Martin recently presented its latest swimwear line-up at the fourth South African Menswear Week in Cape Town. We thought you might be rather keen to see all the models… err… swimwear on display. So enjoy and tell us which… um… swimsuit is your favourite.
Unilever lights up in rainbow colours for Durban Pride
It’s a first for South Africa as a major corporation shows its support for a Pride event in a very public and colourful way. To celebrate Durban Pride Week (18 to 24 July), consumer goods giant Unilever South Africa has lit up its head office in the city in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and […]
Hypocritical Pastor Anderson moans that he’s being persecuted
Steven Anderson, the gay hate pastor coming to South Africa, is upset that he’s become the target of a campaign against his church. In a YouTube video, he lashed out at people with a “pro-homo” agenda who have made it their “full time job to harass and persecute us, to mess with us any way possible”. He […]
Elton John: Aids won’t end if we leave LGBT Africans behind
Elton John says that the continued stigma and discrimination against LGBT people in Africa will hamper efforts to end the Aids epidemic. Representing his Aids Foundation, John spoke alongside his husband David Furnish to journalists at the International Aids Conference in Durban on Wednesday. He insisted that LGBT people and other key populations must receive equal […]