Is Love, Simon the next big gay film?
After the critical success of Moonlight, Call Me By Your Name and Inxeba, there’s a new gay-themed film on the horizon: Love, Simon is aiming to capture the hearts of audiences around the world. Love, Simon is a romantic comedy-drama film about gay middle class teen Simon Spierl, who’s still in the closet to his friends and family. […]
Ellen boycotts Bermuda over same-sex marriage reversal
Ellen DeGeneres has called for a boycott of Bermuda after it became the first territory in the world to reverse marriage equality. Last week, the openly lesbian talk show host tweeted: “Bermuda just banned marriage equality. I guess I’m canceling my trip. Anybody else?” DeGeneres, who married her wife Portia de Rossi in August 2008, included […]
Last minute bid to stop Inxeba screenings fails
A last minute attempt by traditional leaders to stop the return of the controversial movie Inxeba (The Wound) to cinemas failed in the early hours of this morning. The National House of Traditional Leaders made an urgent late-night application before the Pretoria High Court on Thursday to prevent the film from being screened in cinemas […]
Niza Jay – Beyond Inxeba (spoilers)
To say that Inxeba (The Wound) is a cultural phenomenon is something of an understatement. The film has simultaneously been hailed as a groundbreaking artistic achievement and also become the subject of protests, death threats and censorship. In the middle of this cultural, political and social maelstrom are the film’s actors, whose powerful performances have […]
RuPaul under fire over transgender drag comments
Drag icon RuPaul has been forced to issue an apology over comments stating that transgender contestants should not be allowed on his award-winning drag show. The controversy started when RuPaul addressed the issue of gender and drag in an interview with The Guardian. In it he was asked if a transgender woman can be a […]
Inxeba ‘unbanned’ and to return to cinemas (for now)
Inxeba (The Wound) has been temporarily ‘unbanned’ by the Pretoria High Court and will be back on South African cinema screens from this Friday, although only for those older than 18. Tuesday’s court decision followed an urgent application brought by Webber Wentzel on behalf of the film’s producers and distributor to have its controversial X18 rating […]
Here are the LGBTQ highlights of the 2018 Oscars
While Call Me By Your Name sadly didn’t score the Best Picture statue at the 2018 Academy Awards on Sunday, there were plenty of memorable LGBTQ moments. Call Me By Your Name, a gay coming of age love story, had four nominations, but ultimately only won one; for best Adapted Screenplay by James Ivory. As he took […]
Oscar nominated gay film banned in Tunisia
The distributor of the Oscar nominated Call Me By Your Name says that the acclaimed film has been banned in Tunisia because of its gay storyline. According to AFP, Lassaad Goubantini – who distributes major titles in the country – claims that the culture ministry has refused to give him a permit to screen the […]
Free new lesbian series content added to PrideTV
PrideTV’s mission to offer Africa’s LGBTQ communities the very best video-on-demand (VOD) programming continues with almost 120 new series episodes added to Africa’s only LGBTQ VOD channel. “All of the dozens of new episodes added are entirely free to stream on PrideTV Freemium,” says PrideTV spokesperson, Joanne Raphael-Katz. From Carmilla to First Person to Out […]
Aluta Humbane is breaking down barriers with music
LGBTQ artist and activist Aluta Humbane has released a new single, Nami Ngithanda Indoda (I also love a man), affirming that we all deserve to love and be loved. Humbane, 30, began her career at the Playhouse Company in Durban as a resident vocalist for six years and went on to sing with the likes […]