SA Fashion Week 2015 Spring/Summer Menswear
SA Fashion Week presented its 2015 Spring/Summer collections last month, indicating what’s likely to be on-trend and in stores later this year. There was a relatively limited number of menswear collections on offer but some striking designs caught our eye. Here’s our select look at the clothes (and models, of course) that recently took to […]
Music reviews – RuPaul, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez & more
RUPAUL – REALNESS The (drag) queen of unashamed self-promotion is back, rocking her seventh studio album just in time to celebrate the start of season 7 of the world’s campest, most fabulous (sorry Tyra!) reality show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. Any just where can you get it? Well, not Musica. Realness is…say it with me Drag […]
The Black Swan on the streets of Soweto and PTA
Over the last week passersby in Johannesburg and Pretoria have been shocked, amazed and possibly disturbed by the unlikely scenario of a muscular gay man performing ballet on the streets. Former Mr Gay World Chris Olwage, who is South African-born but now lives in New Zealand, has donned his black tutu, pointe shoes and little […]
Cape Town court: religion no excuse to discriminate
In a groundbreaking settlement the Equality Court in Cape Town has agreed that owners of a guesthouse cannot use their religious beliefs to turn away gay customers. Neil Coulson and his husband Jonathan Sedgwick were denied accommodation in November 2013 by the House of Bread in the town of Wolseley, near Ceres, because their sexual […]
Meet the men of Mr Gay World 2015
Here they are! The 21 gorgeous men from around the world who’ll be travelling to Cape Town and Knysna in South Africa to compete in the Mr Gay World 2015 contest. They’re a diverse mix – from their twenties to their forties, from technicians to models, hailing from progressive and oppressive nations – all determined […]
Health: Getting testy
Standing on Seapoint Main road in Cape Town has many connotations. More than a decade ago, my friend and I were doing just that, but it was daytime and the sex workers we’d come to know quite well had long since gone home for the day. We were there to get HIV tests. We’d heard […]
Motoring: A splash of Suzuki?
Suzuki might seem to be a relatively small player in the South African car market, selling around 500 units a month; roughly half that of Japanese compatriot Honda. To be honest, that’s not too bad when you consider it outsells the likes of Subaru, Peugeot / Citroën, Fiat/Alfa and Volvo. The thing with Suzuki, though, […]
Interview: Madonna’s Rebel Heart beats true
Madonna’s new studio album Rebel Heart is her best in a decade. It’s an eclectic mix of classic pop and folk, along with edgier, more progressive dance and hip-hop sounds. While the 19 track version available in South Africa may at first appear to lack cohesion, Rebel Heart is held together by the iconic singer/songwriter’s […]
Books: SA’s first transgender teen novel published
A local novel about a transgender teen coming to grips with his true identity has been released in South Africa. It’s believed to be a first. Miscast, written by Charmaine Kendal, is published by Junkets Publisher. In it, Kendal tells the story of Cathryn, a teenager born as a biological girl, who has always felt that […]
Anti-gay attacks on the rise in Swaziland
Kaylo Glover a young lesbian from Nhlangano, Swaziland, stepped into a bar with her friends on the early hours of Sunday morning. She was killed by an enraged man who did not want to be in the presence of lesbians. He left the bar, fetched an axe from his car, returned and killed Kaylo. Kaylo […]