ANGLES FOAM PARTY
Lemon8 in Joburg was the venue for another recent V2 Angels bash – but this time with a twist: Revellers were treated to a mountain of foam, ensuring a night of wet, sticky and very sexy partying.
BBC DJ’S WILL YOUNG SLUR
A BBC DJ has been reprimanded following his spoof of gay singer Will Young which was ruled “hostile and pejorative” towards gay people.
ZOLISWA WITNESS FAILS TO SHOW
Failure of the key witness to appear in court has led to another postponement of the trial of the men accused of killing lesbian teenager Zoliswa Nkonyane.
OPENING
Despite an annoying police raid, the launch of a new branch of Risqué in Joburg’s East Rand on Saturday night was deemed a roaring success. Around one thousand party-fiends turned out to celebrate in style.
PLAYING NICE WITH SAFE SEX
Dance music pumps from large speakers while a half dozen shirtless young men serve drinks at a bar bathed in pink light. Men of all ages have come to a “fetish party” to launch the “Play Nice” safe-sex campaign.
NEW INSIGHT INTO HI-VIRUS
New research has revealed the extent and speed at which the HI virus can adapt to overcome the body’s own evolving defence systems.
2009 Part I
Hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender marchers, along with family and friends, paraded through the Mother City on a sweltering hot Saturday to celebrate Cape Town Pride 2009.
2009 Part II
Yet more pictures from Cape Town’s annual gay and lesbian Pride Parade which was followed by a carnival near the city’s ‘Pink Block’ where revellers prepared for the night’s partying.
AFTER PARTY
The 2009 Cape Town Pride Festival concluded with a number of parties around the city, including the official ‘Juicy’ after party which saw the dance floor shake until the early hours of the morning.
LAUNCH
The new campaign promoting safe-sex among gay men was recently launched in Cape Town with a Fetish and Underwear party at the Runway, with special guest David Furnish.