NEW JERSEY BANS EX-GAY THERAPY FOR MINORS
New Jersey has become the second US state after California to ban gay conversion therapy for minors as a harmful practice. On Monday, Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law that bars professional counsellors from attempting to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression. The bill passed both houses of the legislature […]
PEOPLE’S PRIDE MASS MEETING
The planning team behind the People’s Pride event in Johannesburg set for 5 October invite you to a mass meeting on Saturday 17 August to update the community on their progress. The volunteer team has been working hard to put together a Pride march that “is conscientised and rooted in the continued fight for social […]
SA’S GAVIN HOOD SPEAKS ON ENDER’S GAME BOYCOTT
South African director Gavin Hood has spoken out about a planned boycott of his new Hollywood film based on a book by anti-gay author Orson Scott Card. The Johannesburg-born Hood rose to fame after he helmed the Oscar-winning Tsotsi (Best Foreign Language Film, 2005) as well as X-Men Origins: Wolverine. His new project is the […]
Voice Test
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. […]