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Good Hope FM presenter in hot water over “homophobic” comment: Good Hope FM radio personality, Celeste Mitchell, has found herself in hot water after a screenshot of a remark that's been seen as homophobic made the rounds on social media.
Ekurhuleni Pride 2018 changes venue to Kwa-Thema: The Ekurhuleni Pride brings to you its 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride event which will take place on September 8.
Joburg LGBT-friendly venue Great Dane fires employee for being transphobic: Great Dane, one of Joburg’s well-known queer-friendly hotspots in Braamfontein, says it has fired an employee for being transphobic to a customer.
Ariana Grande honours Manchester bomb victims: Ariana Grande drops her fourth studio album, Sweetener, and pays tribute to fans who lost their lives after her Manchester Arena concert in May last year.
Gay dating | Young people on age difference in gay relationships: Gay dating culture can be quite difficult to navigate. We recently saw a conversation about age surface on social media when media personality Somizi Mhlongo revealed that he was dating someone almost twice as young as him.
Quick facts on women violence in S.A: August has become a symbolic month for women in South Africa. However, while men (particularly) have painted this month as a month of “celebrating” women’s struggle and referring to them as “rocks” it is becoming evident that the women of this country do not necessarily feel the same.
Online Chatter: The Tyson Beckford and Kim K “gay shade”: In this week’s weird celeb news roundup, reality star and business mogul, Kim Kardashian, allegedly alluded that international super model and fitness trainer, Tyson Beckford, was gay after he body shamed her
Rainbow flag used to link LGBTQ community with pedophilia: Homophobic bigots and trolls are continuing to use 'fake news' and dangerous stereotypes to claim that the LGBTQ community is accepting and promoting pedophilia.
Afropunk Joburg urged to remove allegedly transphobic rapper from line-up: Questions have been asked about the inclusion of allegedly transphobic rapper, YoungstaCPT, in the line-up for the upcoming annual Afropunk Johannesburg 2018 festival.
Twitter homophobia | Somizi and gay men told to stop dressing like clowns: In more news of South African men being homophobic, a Twitter user
Lasizwe accused of stealing content: South African vlogging sensation, Lasizwe, found himself in hot water recently when American vine star, Jay Versace,
FAKA on their Versace fashion show and queer representation in South Africa: South Africa’s international music queer duo, FAKA, saw themselves