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Catch Jo’burg Pride before it falls

Article Carl Collison - 2 Nov 2018

The founders of the annual march are disillusioned with its commercial flavour

Slice of Life: Red lipstick was the key

Article Carl Collison - 5 Oct 2018

'On my way to that Pride — my first ever — I bought this gorgeous red lipstick'

Mauritius: Paradise for who?

Africa Carl Collison - 15 Jun 2018

Attacks on queer activists from religious fundamentalists call the island’s tolerance into question as Pride is cancelled

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Taking a walk in Princess’s shoes as she preens for the Pretoria Parade

Article Carl Collison - 11 Oct 2017

Peer educators from Wits provide a vital service for sex workers and men who have sex with men

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Africa’s queer asylum seekers in search of land of milk and honey

Article Carl Collison - 15 Aug 2017

Sweden and South Africa are popular destinations for LGBTQ refugees, but both countries are far from perfect

Pride people, ‘wake the fuck up’

Article Carl Collison - 24 Nov 2016

Gender and political activist Bev Ditsie talks about how unspoken sexual violence and silenced narratives obscure queer history in South Africa.

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LGBTI people in Uganda under threat, but undeterred

Africa Carl Collison - 8 Aug 2016

Despite the government’s efforts to criminalise them, and the spike in lynchings and violence, people’s spirit hasn’t been broken.

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Cape Town Pride must celebrate true diversity

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Dec 2015

The annual parade in the Mother City misses the point: it should be inclusive of all persuasions, classes and races, writes Nyx McLean.

Furious Faeries flay Facebook

Article Rory Carroll - 2 Jul 2015

The social network's policy on anonymity is angering people who have taken new names.

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Whiteness on the march: An open letter to Cape Town Pride

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Feb 2015

Cape Town Pride can't claim to be returning to the rainbow if it is only taking a few community members along. Charging for events is prohibitive.

Cyprus holds first gay pride parade

Article Staff Reporter - 31 May 2014

Thousands marched for gay rights in the capital of Nicosia despite a counter-demonstration by conservative Christians and clerics.

Olympians march in Pride parade as Sochi outrage mounts

Article Reuters - 13 Aug 2013

Canadian Olympians will march in a pride parade in solidarity with the gay community that could land them in jail or kicked out of the Sochi Olympics.

Weekend 101: Kisses and sweeties in the CAR

Videos Staff Reporter - 4 Apr 2013

VIDEO Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's controversial CAR comments, North Korea threatens nuclear action and Jo'burg Pride is no more.

‘Queer is my power’, say Hong Kong gay pride marchers

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Nov 2011

More than 2 000 people have marched in Hong Kong's gay pride parade, as campaigners called for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against hom

Prejudice peddled as tradition

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Oct 2011

Very few of the LGBT people and their supporters who celebrated Pride month recently could have known of an attack on their constitutional freedoms.

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