Kenya | Lesbian woman’s mother pleads for equality
The mother of a lesbian woman in Kenya has called for an end to the stigma and discrimination her daughter is forced to endure simply because she loves women. Published in The Star newspaper, the letter by “concerned parent” comes in the wake of recent court hearings challenging the constitutionality of the county’s colonial era criminalisation […]
US town that tried to ban Pride gives in after global outrage
Pride celebrations are back on track in the Mississippi student town of Starkville, USA, after city officials reversed their outrageous ban on the event. Last month two university students who founded Starkville Pride sued the city in a bid to force it to to grant them permission to hold the town’s first LGBTQ Pride parade. […]
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 […]
Anger and celebration mark Cape Town Pride 2018
The 16th annual Cape Town Pride parade made its way through the city on Saturday under the theme of “Love Happens Here”. The march, the climax of the 10-day LGBTQ festival, started at noon at the Fan Walk, at the beginning of Somerset Road. The crowds braved the heat wearing colorful outfits, waving rainbow flags […]
Gallery: 2018 Cape Town Pride Mardi Gras
After the parade through the city, Saturday’s 2018 Cape Town Pride celebrations really kicked off at Reddam Field at Green Point Urban Park. Thousands came out to meet, mingle and have a rainbow-coloured party in the heat of the Summer sun. The festivities continued into the early evening accompanied by the sights and sounds of […]
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 […]
Opinion | LGBTQ Rights as Human Rights – The Sisulu Factor
The recent Cabinet reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa has been marked with both positive and negative reactions. There is, however, broad consensus over the appalling appointment of Bathabile Dlamini as Minister of Women in the Presidency, calling to question whether the new administration is truly committed to promoting gender and sexual equity in South Africa. […]
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 […]
Gallery: 2018 Cape Town Pride Parade
Thousands turned out for the 2018 Cape Town Pride parade on Saturday, under the theme of ‘Love Happens Here’. Members of the LGBTQ community and their friends, families and allies braved the noon heat for the 16th annual outing. They marched to speak out against anti-LGBTQ hate, affirm their identity and their right to full […]
Trump slammed for using Pulse massacre to support guns
Donald Trump has once again been accused of making up facts, this time about the Pulse nightclub massacre. In recent days, Trump has been defending gun laws in the US in the wake of the recent horrific Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. He has even suggested that teachers […]