Coming out the high school closet: ‘Love, Simon’
Trying to find love while hiding your sexual orientation can be quite complicated. Like for 17-year-old Simon Spier (played by Nick Robinson), who is yet to tell his family and friends that he is gay and finds himself falling in love online with a classmate whose identity he doesn’t know, in gay romcom, Love, Simon. […]
Nakhane stuns with debut UK live TV performance (Watch)
South African musician and actor Nakhane made his debut UK live TV performance on one of Britain’s biggest music shows, Later… with Jools Holland, on the BBC this past Tuesday. Nakhane performed Clairvoyant, from his latest Indie genre studio album, You Will Not Die, which was released in March this year. Wearing a rich red suit with a […]
Kenya’s banned ‘Rafiki’ to close off Durban International Film Fest
Kenyan LGBT love story, Rafiki, has been announced as the closing film at the 2018 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) in July. Rafiki is a movie based on the award-winning short story, Jambula Tree by Monica Arac de Nyeko. It is a coming of age film about two Kenyan girls who fall in love and […]
The 2018 KU33R$ Event (In Pictures)
Kitcheners Bar, in Braamfontein Johannesburg, hosted a Ku33R$ (pronounced “queers”) event on Thursday, June 7, for womxn, queer, gender-queer and transgender bodies to exist comfortably. Young queer people came out to support the inaugural event by arts creative Khanya Kemami, in the spirit of celebrating International Pride Month. Kemami said the event was aimed at […]
Pretoria Pride to commemorate African LGBTIQ+ heroes
The 2018 Pretoria Pride theme has been announced and this year it is all about “Pride for Purpose”. The theme aims to raise awareness on what has been done by African LGBTIQ+ activists within the community and also raise awareness on the work that is still yet to be done. Each week, the Pretoria Pride […]
LGBT Movie, Love Simon, banned in India
India has banned the new American LGBT teen movie, Love Simon, on the day of its release. Gay Star News reported that the Indian Central Board of Film Certification banned the film because of its gay content. The film was meant to premier in the country on June first, but those looking forward to seeing it were […]
Did Ellen DeGeneres’ visit to Kenya and Tanzania go against her LGBT activism?
American television host Ellen DeGeneres recently visited Kenya and Tanzania to celebrate her 60th birthday, with wife Portia De Rossi. Although the couple no doubt had the intention of enjoying the stunning scenery and wildlife that Africa has to offer, should we be concerned that such an influential member of the global LGBT community has traveled to […]
Durban Pride to take place on June 30th
The City of Durban will be hosting its annual LGBTQ+ Durban Pride on Saturday, June 30 2018. Organised by the Durban LGBTI Community and Health Care Centre in partnership with Aids Health Foundation, this year’s pride will take place at the Gugu Dlamini Park Extension, situated in the Durban CBD. In a press statement released […]
Newly crowned Miss Gay Jozi 2018 to focus on LGBT bullying
Following a fierce and glamorous stage battle, Crystal Gunz, a 21-year-old graphic design student from Alexandra was crowned Miss Gay Jozi 2018 at Club Simply Blue; one of Johannesburg’s longest running LGBT nightclubs. Crystal, who identifies as gender fluid, wowed the audience and the judges on Saturday night with her beauty, poise, spectacular outfits and […]
Jordan Bruno, Mr Gay World 2018 winner: “We’re all in this together”
Australian reality TV star Jordan Bruno was crowned Mr Gay World 2018 at a glittering ceremony on Saturday in Knysna, South Africa. Bruno, who competed in the TV cooking show My Kitchen Rules in 2016 with his mom, was chosen from a group of 19 contestants from around the world. “I’m really overwhelmed,” the 25-year-old […]