CAPE TOWN WELCOMES MR GAY WORLD GALLERY
New Zealand’s Mr Gay World, Andreas Derleth, visited Cape Town recently. The Cape Town Pride team hosted a series of events to welcome him; a cheque handover to the Pride Shelter, a gat party and a Khumbulani pre-Pride bash.
PINK LOERIE 2013 PARADE GALLERY
This year’s Pink Loerie parade was one of the most flamboyant to date and featured Knysna’s Mayor Georglene Wolmarans, Mr Gay World Andreas Derleth and Mr Gay SA Jason Lee Rogers.
DURBAN PRIDE 2013 GALLERY 2
Durban’s annual Pride celebrations reached their climax at The Amphitheatre at North Beach on Saturday. Check out more pictures of the hundreds of colourful and diverse LGBTI people and friends who turned out to show their Pride.
DURBAN PRIDE 2013 GALLERY 1
Durbs by the sea’ was decked out in rainbow colours this past weekend for the conclusion of the city’s annual Pride event. This year there was no parade, replaced instead with a day of speeches, performances and celebration.
GAY CATHOLICS CAUTIOUSLY WELCOME POPE’S STANCE
LGBT groups and gay and lesbian Catholics have welcomed Pope Francis’ conciliatory stance towards gay people, although most say it’s not enough. Francis was recently quoted as saying: “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?” He went on to say that although the Catholic […]
POPE FRANCIS: GAYS SHOULD BE OUR ‘BROTHERS’
In what has been seen as a conciliatory move, Pope Francis has said that while homosexual acts may be sinful, gays and lesbians should not be discriminated against or marginalised. During a discussion with journalists on a plane returning to the Vatican from his trip to Brazil, Francis said: “If a person is gay and […]
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NOT 2ND BEST: STEVE WILLIAMS
Steve Williams’ journey to become Mr Gay South Africa has been nothing but controversial. (There’s probably an allegory in the story about youth versus maturity.) Meet the man who’s taken up the challenge with humility and determination.
NEW EU RULES A BOOST FOR LGBTI RIGHTS
In what could be an important blow in the culture wars raging across Africa, the European Union has instructed its diplomats around the globe to defend the human rights of LGBTI people.
OBAMA SHOULD ADDRESS GAY RIGHTS DURING AFRICAN TOUR
Nigerian human rights activist and academic Leo Igwe writes that President Obama’s historic three nation tour to Africa is an opportunity for him to urge African leaders to side with civilisation, not barbarism.