Therapy Love Injection – 20 Year Reunion gallery
Party of the year? Well, we sure think so! Two decades on, Therapy, the iconic Joburg clubbing brand, recently returned for a “Love Injection” 20-year reunion bash. Therapy veterans and newbies alike gathered at Carfax for a night of sublime music, courtesy of DJs such as Roger Goode, Olwee, Groovy Q, Ari and, the ringmaster […]
Priest blocks man from singing at grandmother’s funeral because he attended Pride
An American man has been barred from singing at his grandmother’s funeral because his family’s church believes that he is gay. In a letter, Father Bob J. Lengerich of St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Decatur, Indiana, told Connor Hakes that it was his “same-sex attraction” that led to the decision. The Priest […]
Constitutional Court rules for unmarried gay couple inheritance right
The Constitutional Court has upheld the right of unmarried partners in a same-sex relationship to inherit each other’s estate, even without a will. In a possibly symbolic move, the landmark judgment was issued on Wednesday; the 10th anniversary of the Civil Union Act (which legalised same-sex marriage) coming into force. The court ruled in favour […]
Edwin Cameron 2016 World AIDS Day message: Stigma is the enemy
With four short words, we can sum up all the wisdom we need to deal with HIV and AIDS effectively: prevention, testing, treatment and anti-stigma. But behind these words lies a grief-stricken history of loss and suffering. A history of shame and fear and self-blame. To understand the power of the four words, we have […]
First GaySA Radio Awards a great success
GaySA Radio hosted its first Golden Mic Awards evening on Friday 25 November. The event was held to honour the volunteers at GaySA Radio for a job well done. Hosted at the stylish Hertford Hotel near Lanseria, the event was both an awards ceremony for the station’s unpaid volunteers and a celebration of the first […]
Wits lecturer hospitalised after Equality Court hate speech hearing
A senior Wits lecturer who sued his neighbour for allegedly making anti-LGBTI slurs against him was hospitalised following a strenuous court hearing. Tim Trengove Jones, an English literature lecturer and cultural commentator, took the woman to the Equality Court after an altercation at their Killarney apartment complex in July. Following a dispute about allowing a […]
Marking ten years of same-sex marriage in South Africa
It was ten years ago today that South Africa became the first nation on the continent and the fifth in the world to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. On 30 November 2006, the Civil Union Act came into effect; allowing gay and lesbian couples to either marry or enter into a civil union. Marriage […]
Shocking scale of LGBT discrimination in South Africa revealed
The fear of discrimination is a daily reality for most LGBT South Africans, a groundbreaking new report has revealed. According to the troubling research, more than half (55%) of us live with the fear that we will experience discrimination due to our sexual orientation or gender identity. And that fear is based on lived reality; […]
13 men arrested at “gay sex party”
Indonesian religious extremists have led police to an alleged gay sex party where 13 men were arrested on the weekend. According to The Jakarta Post, around 50 members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) barged into an apartment in South Jakarta late on Saturday night. Police said that a member of the FPI had earlier heard […]
Thousands demand freedom at 9th Delhi Queer Pride Parade
The right of all people to live freely was the focus of Sunday’s ninth annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade. The event saw thousands taking to the street of India’s capital city in the late afternoon clad in colourful outfits and waving rainbow flags and balloons to show their support for the LGBTIQ community. While the […]