A Timele of LGBT South Ai – Boston Gay Men's Chos

Contents:

• THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR
• JOHANNBURG GAY BARS
• A GAY WHE TEEN STGGL TO EXIST IN APARTHEID SOUTH AI IN 'MOFFIE'
• THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR

THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR

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.

Gay Ains don’t have to be visible4U”. 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.

JOHANNBURG GAY BARS

Front-man, Kele Okereke is an openly gay man who has spired many to e out. As an openly gay rapper, Le1F is well know for his mil and performance styl.

If you haven't heard, Moonlight is a tly remarkable portrayal of black gay inty. Jim Chuchu, Kenya, 2014Kenyan filmmaker Jim Chuchu and the Nairobi-based Nt Collective's anthology, one of Okayai's Top Films of 2014, picts queer life Kenya through a seri of five black-and-whe vigte is based off of a te story om a larger photo project, also tled Stori of Our Liv, which The Nt Collective archived the ttimoni of persons intifyg as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and tersex om Kenya begng June 2013. Roger Ross Williams, USA, 2013Amy Award-wng filmmaker Roger Ross Williams' 2013 documentary is a powerful exposé on how Amerin evangelils are brgg vlent homophobia to Uganda.

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

Prev s of mic that clud groundbreakg pneers like David Bowie, the Village People, Gee Michael, Joan Jett, Elton John, and Freddie Mercury have given way to today's young, openly gay micians like Le1f, Troye Sivan, Adam Lambert, Sam Smh, and Years and Years ontman Olly Alexanr. Out tracks trendg gay mic and out artists across genr so you never miss a beat. 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 .

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THE TRAGIC HEROISM OF BRENDA FASSIE: AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY POP STAR

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”.