UPSET OVER PRETORIA PRIDE CLASH WITH PEOPLE’S PRIDE
Many in the LGBT community are angered by news that Pretoria Pride will now be taking place on the same day as the People’s Pride in Johannesburg. The Gauteng Pride season is turning out to be more controversial and fragmented than ever. First there was a furore over the new organising committee behind Johannesburg Pride […]
JOBURG PRIDE EMBROILED IN VODKA BOYCOTT CONTROVERSY
The organisers behind the 28 September Johannesburg Pride event have clarified claims that they have accepted sponsorship from a Russian vodka brand. On Tuesday, local gay site Queerlife slammed the event because, it said, the “main financial sponsor of this year’s Joburg Pride is the controversial Vodka company, Stolichnaya”. The brand was one of the […]
28 SEPT JOBURG PRIDE TO HOST FREE AFTER PARTY
The organisers of the Johannesburg Pride event on 28 September have announced that they will be hosting a free after party at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown. As we edge closer to the Pride season in Gauteng, more information is coming to light about the various Pride events that are set to take place in […]
IT’S LADY GAGA VS KATY PERRY
A chart war is on the cards as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry both debut their new singles after the tracks were leaked on the internet. On Monday, Gaga officially released Applause, the first single from her upcoming album Artpop. The track was supposed to only come out on August 19, but overeager fans and […]
ANGER OVER REGGAE SINGER’S ANTI-GAY RANT
Jamaica’s LGBT community is angry that popular reggae star Queen Ifrica was allowed to make anti-gay comments at a national celebration of Jamaica’s culture. Ifrica appeared on stage during the Grand Gala independence celebrations at the national stadium in Kingston last week, where she asked: “Where are the men who love women? I say woman […]
SPUD ACTOR COMES OUT
Troye Sivan, the 18-year-old star of the popular South African Spud movie series, has come out as gay in a frank YouTube video. Sivan was born in South Africa before emigrating to Australia when he was two. He won the coveted role of Spud in the two films based on the bestselling books. In the […]
LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE: AFTER NINE 2
After six years, After Nine, the groundbreaking South African series about a bisexual man’s love triangle, is finally returning to local television screens. The original four episode mini-series was broadcast on SABC in May 2007 and centred on a love affair between Hector (Aaron Moloisi), who lives a double life with his girlfriend Bokang (Matshepo Maleme), […]
FUNDING INDEPENDENT CINEMA
The film industry in South Africa is increasingly growing in reputation and is now at a point where it can compete nationally. Both local and overseas filmmakers are keen to film in the country’s many beautiful and diverse locations. Add this to much lower production costs and an exchange rate that favours many other countries, […]
GAY AFRIKAANS SINGER SURVIVES SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Controversial openly gay Afrikaans singer Rudi Claase is reported to be recovering at home after a dramatic suicide attempt. According to Beeld, the star was found unconscious in his home on the weekend. It was reported that he had slit one of his wrists and took an overdose of pills. An unconscious Claase was taken […]
TOM DALEY ‘APPRECIATES’ GAY FANS
British Olympic diver Tom Daley has said that he’s chuffed at being recently voted the sexiest man in the world by readers of a gay magazine. Last month, the 19-year-old sports stars was crowned the ‘World’s Sexiest Man’ by Attitude magazine in London. He beat out a host of other male celebrities including David Beckham […]