Equality Court gay hate speech victory for Wits lecturer
A gay Wits lecturer has been vindicated after he doggedly pursued a homophobic hate speech case against a neighbour in the Johannesburg Equality Court. On Monday, Magistrate P J Stanford ruled in favour of Tim Trengove Jones, an English literature lecturer and cultural commentator, who last year sued his neighbour, Elvira Oelofse, for making an […]
This Cape Town trans woman is crowdfunding her gender affirming surgery
A 22-year-old transgender woman is asking members of the community to help make her gender affirming surgery a reality. Make-up artist Robyn Botha from Cape Town has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise R200,000 so that she’ll be able to feel like she’s physically “complete”. At birth, Botha was named Dewald and assigned “male” as […]
Exhibition: Celebrating visual activism
A group exhibition, initiated by Zanele Muholi, that celebrates the work of women activist photographers, is on this month in Johannesburg. The On Visual Activism exhibition features the works of young South African visual activists who have been working with the internationally acclaimed Muholi under the banner of the XP Project. The XP Project, which […]
Here are the 13 Mr Gay World Southern Africa 2017 finalists
Thirteen finalists have been shortlisted for the inaugural Mr Gay World Southern Africa 2017 contest; one of whom will take part in Mr Gay World 2018. Twelve of the delegates were selected from entries received from the public while a 13th is Mr Gay Mardi Gras, Juan Pinnick. He was crowned at the annual Pink […]
Heartbreak and anger as Australia again delays same-sex marriage
In a move that will infuriate LGBT Australians, the country’s ruling party has again chosen to not allow its MPs to vote for same-sex marriage. On Monday, a crisis meeting was called by the leaders of the Liberal Party-led coalition in response to the release of a bill to legalise same-sex civil marriage. Despite polls showing […]
ANC calls for boycott of Beloftebos homophobic wedding venue
As Beloftebos threatens to take legal action against a “vicious public attack” against it, the ANC in the Western Cape has lashed out at the wedding venue’s homophobic policy. On Monday, ANC Western Cape Provincial Secretary Faiez Jacobs lodged a formal complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against Beloftebos. Jacobs posted photos on […]
Mr Gay England wins Mr Gay Europe 2017
Matt Rood, a professional dog walker and dog trainer from England, has won the title of Mr Gay Europe 2017. The result was revealed at Pride Park in Stockholm, Sweden, during Stockholm Pride on Saturday. Rood, 37, said he hopes to use the platform of Mr Gay Europe (MGE) to help promote equality in adoption […]
Transgender woman fights for her rights in Botswana court
The Botswana High Court will on Friday hear a groundbreaking case of a transgender woman who’s been refused to be legally recognised as a woman. Tshepo Ricki Kgositau says that the Registrar of National Registration has violated her rights through its refusal to change the gender marker on her identity document. According to Legabibo, the […]
“She called me gay”: Deputy minister in “gay insult” assault
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mduduzi Manana has reportedly confessed to assaulting a woman because she called him gay. The incident, which reflects the continued stigma in South African society associated with being identified as LGBT, ironically took place just days before the country marks Women’s Day this week. According to various report, […]
Stanford tourism association suspends homophobic Beloftebos wedding venue
The Western Cape town of Stanford has condemned the Beloftebos wedding venue’s discriminatory policy of refusing to host same-sex weddings. On Friday, the Stanford Association of Tourism and Business told its members that its Management Committee had decided “to suspend the membership of Beloftebos Wedding Venue, and remove all marketing of this wedding venue from our office […]