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Contents:

• LIST OF SOUTH AIN GAY ACTORS – PICTUR
• NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
• A GAY WHE TEEN STGGL TO EXIST IN APARTHEID SOUTH AI IN 'MOFFIE'
• WHAT SOUTH AINS REALLY THK ABOUT GAY RIGHTS AND HOMOSEXUALY
• GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN SOUTH AI
• A WHE, GAY, ZULU-SPEAKG MAYOR IS SHAKG UP SOUTH AIN POLICS
• GAY DATG SOUTH AI
• GAY SOUTH AI

LIST OF SOUTH AIN GAY ACTORS – PICTUR

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. 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.

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. What mak an tense matter that requir attentn is the numbers of gay actors that has nstantly been on the rise. If you did not know that gay actors existed, this list of celebri who me out will make you thk otherwise.

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While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene. The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town. Gay bars and clubs are found the suburbs of Sandton, Melville, Parkhurst and Illovo.

Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October. We packed our bags and left the UK January 2018 and set up our gay travel blog, The Globetrotter Guys.

We are currently travellg the globe, documentg the bt luxury gay travel, adventure and liftyle. In South Ai, televisn shows have often been at the foreont of makg gays and lbians a ltle more visible and human the hom of lns of viewers.

A GAY WHE TEEN STGGL TO EXIST IN APARTHEID SOUTH AI IN 'MOFFIE'

Before Hannelie and Sedika’s on-screen relatnship, another SABC 2 drama seri, 37 Honey Street, broke barriers for the gay muny when featured an on-screen kiss between Juliana Venter and Casey B. Wrg about the history of gay kiss on South Ain televisn, Cameron Modisane pots out the repercsns that a prison rape scene featured the send season of the tnal youth drama, Yizo Yizo, had: the scene set tongu waggg parliament, where a number of MPs lled for the programme to be banned due to the homosexual nature of the episo. Yizo Yizo 3 elaborated on that theme, and will forever be the first prime-time reprentatn of a lovg relatnship – and a kiss – between two gay men, as more than 5 ln viewers watched the episo qutn on SABC 1 June 2004.

After 21 years, Isidgo still grac the screens of lol soapie buffs, and this seri has been stmental brgg gay characters to the livg rooms of s viewers. Sce then, Isidgo has featured a number of gay and bisexual characters, cludg Prada Naicker (Ashish Gangapersad), Dennis M (Ashley Dowds), Len Cooper (Chris Beasly), Pl McPherson (Carl Bk) and, more recently, the character Thabang, played by Pholoso Mohlala.

WHAT SOUTH AINS REALLY THK ABOUT GAY RIGHTS AND HOMOSEXUALY

Gay characters on popular lol TV shows seem to always rtart nversatns about homosexualy the ntext of a maturg rabow natn. The backlash to Generatns’ cln of a black gay uple, Senzo (Thami Mngqolo) and Jason (Zolisa Xaluva) showed that the ia of two black men love still didn’t s easily wh viewers of South Ai’s most popular soap 2009. Zabalaza (2015) and Umlilo (2016) touched on lbian relatnships, while Igazi (2016) looked at a gay relatnship as pertas to a Xhosa royal fay’s nflict over the throne – the social media furore over Oros Mampofu’s character would prece downright outrage about Inxeba’s portrayal of gay affectn specific cultural ntexts a year later.

GAY AND LESBIAN HOTELS IN SOUTH AI

Rercg tradnal ias about Aikaans-speakg viewers and their attus towards homosexualy, Aikaans soaps were a ltle more wary of upsettg viewers, would seem, and close to two s after first aired, 7 Laan did e que a r by featurg a same-sex kiss between mor characters Logan (Simon Tu) and Divan (Arnu Villiers) 2017. Speakg to Sowetan about his character on Mzansi Magic’s iKhaya (2018), Sphamandla Dhludhlu emphasised the urgency of havg gay characters portrayed on the small screen. “I am jt an actor who is playg a gay character yet that alone has attracted some hate, so I n only image what gay people go through on a daily basis.

A WHE, GAY, ZULU-SPEAKG MAYOR IS SHAKG UP SOUTH AIN POLICS

“As an openly gay man, I’m fortunate to have the support of my fay and my fiancé, Somizi, but not all South Ain youth, pecially those growg up nservative and tradnal hoeholds, experience the same level of acceptance. The history of homosexualy on lol televisn didn’t start wh Hannelie Kock, but did crack the closet door jt a ltle more open for me. I would only be totally fortable wh intifyg as a gay woman about a after Zero Tolerance aired, but the fact that Hannelie’s character existed was important to me as a teenager g to terms wh her sexualy.

Even if gay characters on popular TV shows still draw the ire of some nservative viewers, the importance of their existence popular culture n never be overstated. On April 22, Them, an onle publitn, reported that four gay men had been murred South Ai ls than a month.

Ngobe’s tweet received natnwi attentn not only bee revealed a ernment official’s unapologetic homophobia, but also bee was emblematic of the wispread and stubborn ristance to the tablishment of LGBTQ rights South Ai. South Ai’s nstutn prohibs unfair discrimatn on the grounds of sexual orientatn and guarante equaly for gay and lbian people.

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It is time for South Ai to rpond cisively to this growg problem by adoptg preventive measur agast homophobic hate speech and hate crim.

The Gay and Lbian Alliance of South Ai has urged the parliament to pass a proposed hate crim law. In Uganda, where LGBTQ people face wispread persecutn, Print Yoweri Meveni claimed that the protts agast his 35-year le were fund by “foreign homosexuals” January. In Ghana, church groups, policians and anti-gay rights anisatns held monstratns agast the openg of Ghana’s first LGBTQ muny centre Febary.

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The Ghana Mlim Missn, for example, attributed the COVID-19 panmic to “homosexualy, lbianism, transgenrism” a munique issued March 2020.

The endls stigmatisatn of homosexuals and the prentatn of unfound lks between LGBTQ muni and public health or socenomic cris are plorable and humane. In South Ai, for stance, the monthly earngs of genr nonnformg, gay or bisexual men are, on average, 30 percent lower than that of genr nformg heterosexual men.

Gay World pageant has officially crowned s latt champn, and is none other than South Ain heartthrob Louw Breytenbach! Jo here and take actn to ensure that everyone gets to have the right to too many Ain untri ntue to monize and crimalise homosexualy to this the world ntu to try and be more acceptg of people om all walks of life, there are still 69 untri where same-sex relatnships are still nsired to be crime. In this year alone, at least six LGBTQ+ South Ains have been killed btal homophobic attacks.