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KENYAN SEX WORKERS TO MARCH IN BID TO END VIOLENCE

This year the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers will be marked on Saturday, December 17. Read the rest of this entry »

JOHANNESBURG LGBTI COMMUNITY INVITED TO CITY’S SPECIAL 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM EVENT

Johannesburg’s LGBTI community has been invited to participate the City of Johannesburg‘s 16 Days of Activism: No Violence and Abuse against Women and Children event to be held on December 5.  Read the rest of this entry »

KENYAN LGBTI CLAIMING SPACE AS Q-EVENTS COMMUNITY PAGE LAUNCHED

A new Kenyan community page has been started on the popular social forum Facebook, dubbed Q-Events Kenya (recently changed from Q –Events Nairobi) to provide a noticeboard for LGBTI events. Read the rest of this entry »

KENYA: ALL ROADS LEAD TO KISUMU CITY FOR 2011 WORLD AIDS DAY COMMEMORATION

World Aids Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the Aids pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Read the rest of this entry »

MISS GAY EARTH SOUTH AFRICA 2012 SET TO PUT EAST LONDON PINK CULTURE ON THE MAP

The first annual Miss Gay Earth South Africa (SA) pageant is set to rock East London and put the pink magic of East London on the map while celebrating beauty with responsibility on March 3, 2012.  Read the rest of this entry »

SOUTH AFRICA: EASTERN CAPE COUNCILLOR WINS MR GAY SA COMPETITION

Lance Weyer, an elected councillor on the Buffalo City metropolitan municipality in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province has been crowned Mr Gay SA 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THEME AT OPENING NIGHT OF GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

 The third and final leg of the 2011 South African gay and lesbian film festival, Out in Africa opened in Johannesburg with a screening of the award winning 2010 experimental US film, Howl.  Read the rest of this entry »

HOME OF SOUTH AFRICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO HOST QUEER LOVE HUMAN RIGHTS EVENT

Constitution Hill, probably South Africa’s most important heritage site, wants to pay homage to the LGBTI community with an event themed Ensure That Queer Love Is a Human Right. Read the rest of this entry »

SOUTH AFRICA: GAY PAGEANT AND NORTH WEST PRIDE SET FOR DECEMBER

Gay Umbrella is hosting the fifth annual Mr and Miss Gay competition, as well as a Pride Parade, in Klerksdorp on 10 December. Read the rest of this entry »

OUT IN AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL SAYS,“COME, BE VISIBLE, AND PLAY WITH US”

The annual Out in Africa (OIA) film festival in its 18th outing, is set to be held both in Johannesburg and Cape Town from 21-30 October 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

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