Gay Pride
latest news & developmentsWoolies’s gay pride range: solidarity or profit?
Supporting the LGBTIQA+ community involves more than merely putting rainbows on clothes
Catch Jo’burg Pride before it falls
The founders of the annual march are disillusioned with its commercial flavour
Slice of Life: Red lipstick was the key
‘On my way to that Pride — my first ever — I bought this gorgeous red lipstick’
Mauritius: Paradise for who?
Attacks on queer activists from religious fundamentalists call the island’s tolerance into question as Pride is cancelled
Taking a walk in Princess’s shoes as she preens for the Pretoria Parade
Peer educators from Wits provide a vital service for sex workers and men who have sex with men
Africa’s queer asylum seekers in search of land of milk and honey
Sweden and South Africa are popular destinations for LGBTQ refugees, but both countries are far from perfect
Pride people, ‘wake the fuck up’
Gender and political activist Bev Ditsie talks about how unspoken sexual violence and silenced narratives obscure queer history in South Africa.
LGBTI people in Uganda under threat, but undeterred
Despite the government’s efforts to criminalise them, and the spike in lynchings and violence, people’s spirit hasn’t been broken.
Cape Town Pride must celebrate true diversity
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
The social network’s policy on anonymity is angering people who have taken new names.
Whiteness on the march: An open letter to Cape Town Pride
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
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
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
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
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