JOBURG PRIDE 2012 GALLERY 2
Pride participants danced on floats to booming music and marched through the streets of Joburg demanding equality for LGBT people while workers, residents and shoppers came out to cheer them on.
JOBURG PRIDE 2012 GALLERY 3
After marching through Rosebank for an hour and a half, Joburg Pride Parade participants returned to Zoo Lake where the event continued into the late afternoon with speeches, live music and drag performances.
GALLERY: SIMPLY BLUE PRIDE AFTER PARTY
Simply Blue nightclub in Booysens, near the city centre, threw a memorable Joburg Pride after party on Saturday 6 October, packed with hunky guys, glam girls and party beasts galore.
GALLERY – FIREMAN’S BALL 2012
After six years, SA’s biggest Pride after party once again saw top DJs and performers entertain a huge crowd in Rivonia, Joburg. David Penney was there to photograph the men, the mayhem and the madness.
MR. GSA 2012 DINNER & AUCTION
The Mr. Gay South Africa team recently hosted a fundraising dinner and auction at Moyo in Melrose Arch, Joburg. The event was also the first time that the 13 finalists for the 2012/2013 competition were revealed to the public.
SOWETO PRIDE 2012 GALLERY 1
Hundreds descended onto the streets of Soweto this past Saturday for the 8th Soweto LGBT Pride March to “give homophobia the red card”. An emotional minute of silence, with dummies representing hate crime victims, brought a busy intersection to a halt.
SOWETO PRIDE 2012 GALLERY 2
Following the Soweto Pride March, participants settled down to an afternoon of celebration at Credo Mutwa Park, with activist speakers calling for an end to hate crimes and entertainers delighting the diverse crowd.
GALLERY: SECRET CIRCLE PRE-PRIDE PARTY
A group of creative party fiends brought sexy back to the Joburg inner-city with the edgy and avant-garde Secret Circle Pre-Pride party on 29 September in the city’s Newtown district. Check it out.
GAY ACTOR RUPERT EVERETT ATTACKS SAME-SEX PARENTS
Openly-gay British actor Rupert Everett has caused a furore by saying that he believes that children should have a mom and a dad.
RODINEY SANTIAGO FOR RUFSKIN
Smoking hot bisexual Brazilian model, actor and reality TV star Rodiney Santiago was the inspiration for the new Ruf.Rod line of swimwear from Rufskin. Check him out in all his glory. A cold shower is optional.