While Pride Month is commemorated at different times across South Africa, the month of June carries particular significance as the original Pride Month in the Northern Hemisphere. It is rooted in the commemoration of the Stonewall protests of 1969 in New York, which served as a catalyst for the modern global LGBTQIA+ rights movement
‘Lesbian, gay, bi and trans people are part of the football community across the world’
Buoyed by New York’s legalisation of gay marriage, thousands of LGBT rights supporters have taken to the streets of Paris demanding similar reforms.