Last Conversations event funds Cape Town transgender group
After contributing almost R130,000 towards the community over the years, the monthly Conversations LGBTI+ networking events have come to an end. Earlier this month, representatives from Gender Dynamix attended the final Conversations event at Gate69 on Bree Street in the Cape Town CBD to take receipt of a cheque for R10,000. Gender Dynamix, founded in 2005 […]
This year’s Emmys were pretty damn gay
Sunday’s 69th Emmy television awards saw big wins for several LGBTQ actors, creators, and affirming series. Out actress writer and producer Lena Waithe, in particular, broke new ground after she, alongside Aziz Ansari, won the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series award for an episode of the Netflix series Master of None. This made her […]
Tragic mystery as LGBTI student police shooting protests turn violent
There are reports that American LGBTI student and activist Scout Schultz, who was shot by campus police on the weekend, was the one who called officers to the scene. Schultz, 21, was studying computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and identified as bisexual, nonbinary, and intersex. After being alerted to a suspicious […]
Pretoria Anglicans add to debate on recognising same-sex unions
Members of the Diocese of Pretoria have controversially called for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa to consider blessing same-sex unions. According to the Saturday Star, clergy from the Pretoria diocese spoke out against the church’s continued gay relationship ban at a three day synod last week. The diocese is one of the largest in the country, […]
Lost Gay South Africa: Herb Klein on his new photo book
Many South African men over the age of 40 will fondly associate Herb Klein with their sexual awakening back in the dark, pre-internet days of the 1980s. At the time, the Zimbabwe-born photographer caused a stir with his Flash magazine; an independent underground publication that featured images of the male form and openly celebrated gay sexuality. […]
Overcoming hate in the wake of the Nonki Smous horror murder
Following the hate murder of Nonki Smous earlier this year, an organisation has stepped up to help build much-needed bridges between Kroonstad’s LGBTI community and police, health and social services. In April, members of the LGBTI community in the area were shaken when the burned body of the 28-year-old openly lesbian Smous was found in the township […]
Serbia | A first as lesbian prime minister attends Belgrade Pride
Serbia’s lesbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic joined the LGBTQ community at Sunday’s Belgrade Pride, an event that was banned by the authorities just a few years ago. Brnabic was seen talking to the media and members of the public and posing for selfies with participants during the parade, making her the first national leader to […]
Tanzania | 20 arrested for homosexuality in Zanzibar
Twenty individuals have been arrested simply for “suspicion” of homosexuality during an HIV workshop in Zanzibar. According to the BBC, the 12 women and eight men were detained last week while they were receiving training in HIV/Aids education at a hotel. “Yes, we rounded them up because we suspect that they were engaged in homosexuality […]
Facebook South Africa meets with LGBTQ community
Issues of online safety were at the centre of a unique discussion between Facebook and the LGBTQ community in Johannesburg. On Thursday, activists and other members of the community were invited to attend a roundtable discussion at the social media giant’s offices in Bryanston. Organised together with The Other Foundation, the event’s theme was “Empowering […]
Hollywood | LGBTQ people “practically invisible” at the box office
Only two of the 25 major Hollywood studio films released during America’s traditional big box office season include any LGBTQ characters. “LGBTQ people are still nearly invisible in the films released by the seven major studios over this summer,” said Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis at the LGBTQ media group, GLAAD. The […]