Three lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the U.S. to promote LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad through its public policy.
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OUT LGBT Well-being and MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of reported LGBTIQ+ rights violations, including hate speech, in South Africa. We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system. Here is our summary for February 2023.
In early February, LGBTIQ+ residents of Johannesburg learned that the man sworn into the position of the city’s mayor is a representative of the fervently queerphobic Al Jama-ah political party.Alarmingly, Mayor Thapelo Amad was voted into power by councillors from the ANC and EFF, parties that claim to be supporters of the rights of the LGBTIQ+ community. Amad was also personally congratulated by ANC Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi at his swearing-in ceremony. It was revealed that transgender people in the North West province are having to travel long distances to access hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
The North West Department of Health (NWDOH) confirmed it does not have facilities that provide HRT for transgender people. The organisation AFSJI said its transgender members in the province, many with limited resources, are forced to travel to Soweto in neighbouring Gauteng to receive the service; a distance of 267km from the North West capital, Mahikeng. The NWDOH Head of Department said that any plans to remedy the situation “are resource dependent and will require appropriate funding”.
Three lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the U.S. to promote LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad through its public policy.
The Great Escape festival has today (March 28) added more than 100 new artists to its 2023 line-up, including Yonaka and Coach Party.The three-day festival is set to take place between May 10 and May 13 and will be based across over 35 venues across Brighton.In a new update, the festival organisers have today confirmed that 140 new artists will attend the mammoth event. The new additions will join over 250 musicians that have already been announced.Alt-rock band Coach Party are among the newly announced acts, as is the British rock four-piece, Yonaka.Other acts from across all genres are also now set to perform at the Brighton-based event – which provides a platform for emerging artists and underground acts.
Madonna is making a statement with her Celebration Tour.
injected itself into culture-war battles over curriculum content, student privacy policies, special accommodations for LGBTQ students, and what books or materials are accessible in school libraries.The House approved the bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep.
They have played for bragging rights around home course Blairgowrie on countless occasions over the years.
President Museveni has called for doctors to explain why gay people are deviants (Photo: GODL-India)
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Elizabeth Olsen has no idea when she will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, but she’s hoping her character finds humor and redemption whenever that time comes. Scarlet Witch was the villain of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” which ended with the character being crushed under a collapsing building after she sacrificed herself to destroy the Darkhold, the evil book of sorcery that had corrupted her. “We can do anything with her now!” Olsen recently told ScreenRant about Scarlet Witch’s next appearance. “I feel like we’ve done so much. Now, we can really have fun; I feel like there’s a lot more humor to be had with her. She’s often the emotion of a story, and I’m curious to see what we can explore. And hopefully [we can] give her some redemption.”
Another season of Love Island came to a close on Monday 13 January, with Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan announced as the winners of the winter 2023 series. The series, which was the second ever winter edition of the ITV2 dating show, ended on Monday with Maya Jama presenting the grand finale live from the iconic villa in South Africa. The final episode included the finalists' heartwarming declarations of love as well as clips from their last ever day in the villa, and each couple got to look back at their highlights as they sat down with Maya, 28, for a live interview.
Despite the fact Love Island contestants spend a vast amount of time in the villa in swimwear, that hasn’t stopped the girls from turning out some seriously enviable looks this season. From bombshell episodes to dramatic recouplings, the drama has been high this season, and if one thing is for sure, it’s that the Islanders aren’t missing an opportunity to pull out some show stopping outfits as they try to find love in the villa.
Another season of Love Island is set to soon draw to a close, with the final of the winter 2023 series scheduled to air on Monday 13 January. Just four couples are left in the villa and one pairing will be crowned the winners of the series, with viewers asking to vote for either Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, Tom Clare and Samie Elishi or Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad.
fill out your brackets because the full 2023 men’s NCAA tournament bracket is out now. On Tuesday, March 14, March Madness tips off with 68 teams all vying to become the 2022-23 national champion. Like last year, the NCAA tournament is being broadcast across multiple networks and we've got you covered on how to watch 2023 March Madness from anywhere. From the First Four games taking center stage in Dayton, Ohio, this week to the Final Four and the National Championship game, the NCAA has set the times and channels for each game during this year’s tournament.The men’s NCAA tournament games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV.If you want access to allthe March Madness games online, that's happening on Sling TV and Hulu with Live TV.
If there was one character that seems to have gone through a hell of a lot in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s Scarlet Witch, played by Elizabeth Olsen. Heartbroken after ‘Infinity War’ and the death of her love, Vision, Scarlet Witch created a new reality in “WandaVision” and then went on a massive, multiversal killing spree in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” seemingly dying at the end.
SAHRC Commissioner Andre Gaum, OUT Human Rights Coordinator Sibonelo Ncanana, and SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Manager Dr Eileen Carter after the Steve Hofmeyr settlement was made a court order in Gqeberha on Monday
They have been dedicating their viewing time to the show for the last two months but some Love Island fans have said they refuse to watch the final following the last dumping of the winter series. The South African villa has seen plenty of arrivals and exits, arguments and love-ins after the past several weeks but it's all set to come to an end.
“Triangle of Sadness,” paid tribute to the late actress Charlbi Dean ahead of the 2023 award show.Dean died last August at a New York City hospital after getting bacterial sepsis. She was 32.The South African actress starred as the lead character, a spoiled influencer named Yaya, in “Triangle of Sadness,” which is up for awards in three categories tonight.“She was a trouper, a very easygoing, cool person,” Hemmendorff told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview ahead of the ceremony.Reflecting back on making the Ruben Östlund-directed movie, Hemmendorff said that Dean immediately came to his mind when they were casting the film. “So we got a hold of her and asked her, ‘Would you come to Sweden for two days because we are not going to give you a role if you don’t do a real casting with Ruben at our office,'” the producer explained.
Oscars are upon us.The competition between “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Tár,” “Elvis,” “The Fabelmans,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking” and more in categories other than Best Picture nominees will come to a head almost a year after the theatrical release of frontrunner “Everything Everywhere.” Actors and actresses from these films as well as “Causeway,” “Blonde,” “To Leslie,” “The Whale,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Living” will compete in the acting categories, and many of those titles have nods in other categories as well.Host Jimmy Kimmel will follow up the 2022 trio of Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and and Regina Hall, who guided last year’s ceremony through “The Slap” and more. Film fans around the world are no doubt eager to tune in to see how this awards season comes to a close.Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the 2023 Oscars.The 95th Oscars Ceremony takes place Sunday, March 12 starting at 8 p.m.
Oscars ceremony takes place this weekend, and there are a number of ways viewers in the UK can watch it live.The 95th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday (March 12). Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the event once again, having previously done so in 2017 and 2018.Films such as Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees Of Inisherin, All Quiet On The Western Front and Elvis will all be competing for the top prize on the night, while the likes of Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler, Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh are all up for acting awards.You can watch this year’s Oscars ceremony live on Sky Showcase and streaming service NOW from 12am to 3am GMT on Monday (March 13).Live coverage will also be available on the Sky Cinema Oscars channel, which comes as part of the Sky Cinema package.
The annual Cape Town Pride Parade took to the streets of the Mother City to celebrate the LGBTIQ+ community and the freedom to be our authentic selves.
Metro Weekly. The audience likely identifies as part of the acronym. Or Same-Gender-Loving (SGL).