History made as Moonlight wins best picture amidst astonishing Oscar bungle
Moonlight has become the first LGBTQ film to win best picture at the Oscars, despite the wrong film being announced as the winner. The bungle happened at the end of the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly read out that the musical La La Land had […]
Gay, lesbian and bi teens half as likely to play sports as straight youth
Canadian researchers have found that fewer gay, lesbian and bisexual (LGB) youth tend to play sports compared to their straight counterparts. This could, they say, be largely based on LGB teenagers not feeling welcome and included on the sports field. The study was conducted by the University of British Columbia (UBC) in collaboration with the youth […]
We do! Finland and Slovenia legalise same-sex marriage
Two European countries have joined almost 30 other nations around the world in allowing lesbian and gay couples to tie the knot. As of 24 February, same-sex marriage became legal in Slovenia. The country’s first same-sex wedding, between two lesbian women, is set to take place on Saturday in Maribor, Slovenia’s second largest city. The […]
Potchefstroom Pride to march for LGBTI equality
The second Potchefstroom Pride will take place in Ikageng on Saturday 25 February, under the theme of “Breaking the Silence”. The event first took place in 2015, but not 2016, and is back this year. Participants are asked to gather at the corner of Moabi and Lekhele streets from 10.30am. The march will start at […]
Married transgender women take Home Affairs to court
Despite repeated promises of change, the Department of Home Affairs appears to be continuing to make life difficult for transgender South Africans. On Thursday, the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) announced that it was representing three transgender women and their spouses in an application in the Western Cape High Court. The women are seeking to compel […]
Triangle Project gets R32,000 boost from Cape Town’s LGBTI community
One of South Africa’s largest and most effective LGBTI organisations received a financial boost through an LGBTI fundraising initiative in the city. Representatives from Triangle Project attended the latest Conversations event at Nasdak on top of the Media24 Centre at Cape Town’s Foreshore on 21 February to take receipt of a cheque for R32,000. Conversations, […]
Transgender woman allegedly thrown out of Johannesburg shelter
A transgender woman, who was the victim of sexual violence, has allegedly been thrown out onto the streets by a women’s shelter in Johannesburg, apparently because of her gender identity. According to queer human right group Iranti-Org, the woman said she overheard staff members at the IKhaya Le Themba Braamfontein shelter discussing whether or not […]
“I’ve received threatening messages”: Nakhane Touré on The Wound
Nakhane Touré has in the past few weeks gone from acclaimed musician and author to rising international film star, thanks to his lead role in the new queer South African film, The Wound. Directed by John Trengove, and co-written with Thando Mgqolozana and Malusi Bengu, it tells the story of Xolani (played by Touré), a […]
Anger as Trump dumps protection for transgender students
As feared, the Trump administration has reversed guidelines issued by the Obama administration barring schools from discriminating against transgender students. On Wednesday, the US departments of education and of justice announced that they had withdrawn the guidelines which said that transgender students must be included among those protected from discrimination on the basis of sex […]
South African-born Mr Gay New Zealand in barebacking furore
There’s been a backlash against newly crowned Mr Gay New Zealand Charlie Tredway after it emerged that he has links to barebacking sites. The 33-year-old South African-born HIV campaigner, who is himself openly HIV positive, was targeted online over claims that his sexual behaviour was irresponsible and dangerous. Tredway, however, has hit back, using the […]