Must watch! Will & Grace cast reunite to take on Donald Trump
After ten years, the amazing cast of Will & Grace have come together to shoot a hilarious new short episode sending up the American presidential race. Donald Trump and his almost unbelievable campaign to become president provide fertile ground for comedy in the 10 minute scene posted on YouTube. Remarkably, the cast – Eric McCormack, […]
Minister Gigaba to be awarded LGBTI human rights award
The Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, has been announced as the first recipient of the Pretoria LGBTI Pride/GaySA Radio Human Rights Award. Gigaba has been applauded for his recent decision to bar American gay-hate pastor Steven Anderson and his followers from South Africa. Anderson calls for the death penalty for LGBTI persons and has […]
SA’s Film & Publication Board refuses to reveal Kenyan censors agreement
Despite an official Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request made almost five months ago the Film & Publications Board (FBP) has continued to refuse to reveal the agreement it signed with anti-LGBT Kenyan censors. In March, we reported that the FPB had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kenya Film Classification Board […]
Home Affairs shame: Forced by court to recognise trans man after 26 years!
A Boksburg transgender man has been subjected to 26 years of nightmarish and life-altering abuse by the Department of Home Affairs. The Pretoria News reported that the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria last week gave the department 20 days to accurately reflect Stephen Lombard’s gender on a new ID document, including an updated picture. Lombard, who […]
Nelson Mandela Foundation: “Madiba not opposed to same-sex marriage”
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has lashed out at an Australian group that has used Mandela’s image and words to campaign against same-sex marriage. The group, called “Children’s Future”, which is said to have strong Catholic links, distributed a pamphlet in Sydney that features a picture of the late human rights icon, along with his quote: […]
Police block Uganda Pride for second time this year
The Ugandan authorities have, as threatened, stopped a second attempt to hold an LGBT Uganda Pride celebration. On Saturday, armed officers ordered participants, who had driven or been bussed to a beach in Munyonyo, outside of Kampala, to mark the fifth annual event, to disperse. There were reports on social media of arrests, of a person […]
Would you go live in an LGBT homeland?
Believe it or not, there are genuine attempts to create a homeland or country for LGBT people. Would you move there? According to Viktor Zimmerman, head of the German-based Gay Homeland Foundation, a separate LGBT state is the only realistic way that LGBT people will find true liberty and happiness. In an interview with Vice, […]
End of the bromance? SA’s own gay hate pastor miffed by Anderson’s deportation
South African anti-LGBT preacher Oscar Bougardt has complained about the deportation of Steven Anderson after he travelling all the way to Botswana to share their hateful views. Before he left for Gaborone, an excited Bougardt told Daily Voice at the airport that South Africa’s ban on Anderson was “an attempt of the Devil to stop […]
Opinion: Why we won’t debate bigots
In the lead up and aftermath of Minister Malusi Gigaba’s decision to prohibit homophobic pastor Steven Anderson and others to enter the country Triangle Project received considerable media attention. One of these invites included a chance to take part in a panel discussion with a notably homophobic preacher based in Cape Town, but not necessarily […]
Raise your flag at Pretoria Pride 2016 – All the details
Now in its fourth year, Pretoria Pride 2016 returns to the Centurion Rugby Club on Saturday 1 October, under the theme of: “Come raise your flag in unity.” The gates open at 9am, followed by the bar and the start of entertainment, both at 10am. The march will kick off at 12pm and will return to the […]