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MCQP TO HONOUR MANDELA: The largest gay and lesbian party on the continent will pay tribute to Nelson Mandela this weekend. The 20th Mother City Queer Project (MCQP)
CT PINK MEMORIAL FOR MADIBA: Cape Town’s gay community will have an opportunity to honour the late Nelson Mandela at a candlelight memorial this evening in Greenpoint.
ELTON SLAMS ANTI GAY LAW: Elton John has used this weekend’s concerts in Russia to condemn state homophobia in the country. John is the first major star to perform
HATE CHURCH: MANDELA IN HELL: The notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church says that Nelson Mandela is in hell and that it plans to picket his funeral. The
CT GAY TOURISM INITIATIVE LAUNCHED: The recently launched Pink Summer Passport campaign is aiming to boost gay tourism in the Mother City. The brainchild
OIA CALLS FOR DIRECTORS: Out in Africa (OIA) is calling for film and television directors to apply for the opportunity to direct a new R6 million LGBT feature film.
EFFORTS TO REVIVE GAY DEATH BILL: There are renewed efforts to have Uganda’s dreaded Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by that country’s parliament.
LGBT CELEBS MOURN MANDELA: The Twittersphere was replete with words of sadness, mourning and celebration of an incredible life from people around the world at
NELSON MANDELA DIES: The world – and the global LGBTI community – has lost one of its most influential and loved figures. Nelson Mandela passed away
TOP COURT BACKS ANTI-GAY LAW: In a major blow to Russia’s LGBT community, the country’s Constitutional Court has upheld a local law in the city of St Petersburg