Here are a few gay celebri South Ai who are livg openly and happily and provg that love is love
Contents:
- THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR
- SOUTH AI MICIAN NAKHANE TOURE TACKL GAY THEM
- GAY CELEBRI IN SOUTH AI
- MASKED SGER ORVILLE PECK ON BEG OPENLY GAY COUNTRY MIC: ‘WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE’
- PRI MONTH: CELEBRATG GAY SOUTH AIN CELEBRI
- SOUTH AI’S FIRST GAY CHOIR IS SGG WH PRI
- NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR
South Ain mician Nakhane Toure tackl g out as gay his award wng Brave Confn album. * gay south african musician *
Not only is Mzansi the only untry on the Ain ntent to have legalised gay marriage, but the cisn to pass the Civil Unn Act 2006 ma jt the fifth the world to have enacted marriage equaly.
SOUTH AI MICIAN NAKHANE TOURE TACKL GAY THEM
* gay south african musician *
He c Somizi as a drivg force creatg acceptance for celebri who are gay, tellg TshisaLIVE, “People are really more acceptg now bee of Somizi, who is makg a normal thg. The former Hotle member, who really started makg wav when she embarked on a solo mic reer the 80s, was moured to be gay for years.
She told MambaOnle 2014: “I thk gay people know I’m gay and to be perfectly hont I’ve never has an issue wh beg gay wh myself and I’ve never had other people treat me differently.
Mazwai add her voice agast the homophobic backlash agast Inxeba (The Wound) when me out 2017, sayg, “Fact: Gay Ains have stori to tell. Gay Ains don’t have to be visible4U”.
GAY CELEBRI IN SOUTH AI
Orville Peck opens up about beg a gay untry artist, his queer fans and wrg his first love song. * gay south african musician *
As an openly gay actor, choreographer, prenter, sociale, realy star and Idols SA judge, he is one of the most high profile LGBTQ entertaers the untry. His work centr on issu of ethnicy, sexualy, and masculy, as well as also focg on his inty as a gay Xhosa man. And for someone of her libre, beg openly gay Ai, spe all the vlent opposn, was part of the thrill.
The pop star knew she was not like any other gay South Ain.
Fassie, however, refed to be “that gay sger”.
MASKED SGER ORVILLE PECK ON BEG OPENLY GAY COUNTRY MIC: ‘WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE’
Wh due rpect to female ntemporari such as Vicky Sampson, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Margaret Sgana, Fassie’s was not jt misogyny to overe but homophobia too. Whether you are noddg to ntental h Vuli Ndlela or analysg the difficulti Ains have to face overg homophobia; or even if you are not aaid to e good trouble on behalf of the unrprivileged and you stand up agast anti-black discrimatn, would be great to acknowledge the ntributns of the tragic heroe, Fassie. He has also e out as gay, somethg which he has addrsed his BBC's Trai Maduna ught up wh him urty of Jt Mic and Soulistic Mic.
Openly gay and happy.
Although beg gay is not illegal South Ai, a majory of the populatn is still not acceptg of gay people which is why some gay people still choose to hi their beg said, here are some gay celebri South Ai who are livg openly and happily and provg that love is MhlongoSomizi Mhlongo, cred: FacebookSomizi is one of the biggt nam the South Ain entertament dtry and one of the most loved actor/dancer/choreographer is also one of the openly gay celebri South Ai who is not aaid of livg his g out of the closet, Somizi dated women and was once even a stable relatnship wh an actrs lled Pala Madisakwane wh whom he has a dghter lled Bahumi Madisakwane.
PRI MONTH: CELEBRATG GAY SOUTH AIN CELEBRI
Shortly after the birth of her dghter, Somizi me out as gay and parted ways wh his baby a lot of speculatn about who he was datg, Somizi wedd his long-term boyiend Mohale Tebogo Motng a tradnal weddg 2019 which was later followed by a whe weddg marriage, however, did not last for long as the two nfirmed their divorce 2021. Lasizwe who is also an openly gay South Ain celebry revealed that om a young age he knew he was different as he related more wh girls his age than me out as gay when he was 15 years old but was not the greatt day of his life as he lost iends and his mother even refed to talk to him for De LazyToya De Lazy wh wife, cred: InstagramThis award-wng mician, poser and songwrer is another one of the openly gay celebri South De Lazy married his long term partner who also acts as her manager- Allison ‘Ally’ Chaig uple is on a journey to motherhood as Toya De Lazy’s wife is currently LotergStand-up edian Marc Loterg, is also amongst the openly gay celebri South Ai.
Thandizwa Mazwai Thandiswa Mazwai wh her partner, cred: InstagramThandiswa Mazwai is one of the bt micians that have ever been produced South Ai, she has won multiple awards and her mic is thoroughly is also one of the gay celebri South Ai who are openly livg their Tha who has one dghter om her past relatnship has been a long term relatnship wh a woman intified as Anika. Although the two are not legally married, appears that Thandizwa has nothg but love and appreciatn for her partner whom she often gh over on Makhene-PulumoLetoya Makhene-Pulumo wh her wife, cred: InstagramThis Generatns star is another openly and proudly gay celebry South married her girliend Lebo Kwa a betiful Ain-themed weddg and they recently celebrated their weddg ’t you jt love when love ws?
SOUTH AI’S FIRST GAY CHOIR IS SGG WH PRI
Peck, who is on a worldwi tour support of his send album, “Bron, ” is also openly gay. “I started to receive a lot of msag and letters om gay and trans and queer fans, ” Peck says.
NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
“I have fely received my fair share of reluctance, skepticism and aggrsn bee I’m a gay man the untry world, ” he says. I thk if we keep our heads held high and we keep together and we keep dog what we’re dog and beg thentic, I like to believe that will hopefully not only change the landspe of untry mic, but ’ll also help change the cycle of racism and homophobia. “I thk the future is so bright for Orville, ” says openly gay CMT host Cody Alan.
And for the time havg an openly gay man makg mic that foced on queer love opened lots of people, pecially his young dience at the time, to the normalcy of . There’s no homogeneo ia of what masculy is, there never was, and there never will be. For example, the album Brave Confn, the sger-songwrer illtrat that there isn’t a distct meang of beg a man or experiencg manhood – or even of gay masculy.