Safari planning 101
Whether it’s your first safari or your 15th, a little planning goes a long way.
May 13, 2022
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For many years, prominent South African writer and film critic, Leon van Nierop has been reviewing gay movies for the magazine. And now his recommendations and critiques will be made available to you right here! Perfect for that Sunday afternoon when you are looking for something to watch. Check in from time to time for new reviews! Happy chilling, boys.
Whether it’s your first safari or your 15th, a little planning goes a long way.
Reporters say they contacted 69 hotels on FIFA’s official list of recommended accommodations – posing as a newly wed gay couple – and found three refused to accept reservations. Twenty others said they would accommodate them as long as they did not publicly show that they were gay.
In They/Them, Kevin Bacon and Carrie Preston play a couple who runs Whistler Camp, a conversion therapy camp for LGBTQ teens, where a killer starts picking off victims.
mFulaWozi Wilderness Private Game Reserve is back under owner-management of the founders, Barry and Sonya Theunissen.
Apple just dealt a new blow to Facebook with the release of some surprising information about iPhone ad targeting.
Grindr, a dating app for the LGBTQ community, announced on Monday that it will become a public company.
Ncuti Gatwa, who is best known for his performance in Netflix’s “Sex Education,” will replace Jodie Whittaker as the next lead in “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday.
The newest queer inns in LGBTQ+ vacation spot, Provincetown, Massachusetts are the perfect canvas for renowned photographer Ron Amato.
Social media stars could profit from more posts.
Dr. Martens has unveiled its Pride collection for 2022 – and its pledge to LGBT+ charities.
Precise location data for millions of Grindr users was collected from a digital advertising network and sold to third parties.
To celebrate the 80th birthday of renowned and versatile Pretoria artist Isa Steynberg, the Association of Arts Pretoria will be exhibiting several works of art in different media.
Superman gets a new cape from his boyfriend, Jay Nakamura, in a preview for an upcoming DC Pride 2022 story shared by colorist Tríona Tree Farrell.
Disney restored the gay kiss between Lightyear character Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by actress Uzo Aduba) and another female character.
This week is Lesbian Visibility Week, a time to increase awareness of all LGBTIQ+ women and non binary people, as well as celebrate lesbian culture.
Australia: Early risers on Sunday will be treated to a rare planetary phenomenon – if the skies are clear.
This August the Festival of Motoring returns to the delight of the motoring public who have been waiting patiently to get into the driving seat of their favourite cars and experience the thrill and excitement that the event provides.
Marvel Studios has worked hard to prove its commitment to the inclusion of characters that represent all walks of life, especially people of color and those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Though Elon Musk has said that his goal is to promote free speech on Twitter, many feel it can have repercussions.
Roskomnadzor drew up a protocol against TikTok for an administrative offense, the reason being the publication of videos dedicated to the LGBT community on the social network.
At first glance, Alice Oseman’s beautifully heartwarming Heartstopper which launches today on Netflix, based on her hit graphic novels, feels like a throwback to much-loved 90s British films about gay teens like Beautiful Thing and Get Real.
Rainbow made the nation laugh by setting witty political commentary to Broadway tunes. Now he has a memoir on his rise from theater kid lip-syncing in his bedroom to social media star.
Toymaker Mattel have unveiled a limited-edition Queen Barbie doll.
Streaming service Netflix is dealing with a sharp drop in subscribers by considering changes to its service that it has long resisted.
Nyle DiMarco tells GAY TIMES about the “unique” stories that shaped his new memoir and why he “wrestled” with what to include in the final draft.
Schitt’s Creek star Noah Reid has slammed the “anti-human” rise in anti-LGBT+ legislation across the Americas.
Is Thor bisexual? Marvel fans are living for the Thor and Peter Quill scene in new Love and Thunder teaser trailer.
On an early morning in 2008, before the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the day, the artist Yuki Kihara sat down across from two paintings by the French artist Paul Gauguin and inspected them in the hushed, empty gallery.
(CNN)Actor Ezra Miller, who stars in the upcoming DC film “The Flash,” was arrested Tuesday on the island of Hawaii for the second time this year.
A new comedy set in a Palm Springs Airbnb tackles white gay male privilege.
Warner Brothers accepted China’s request to remove a gay romance from the new Harry Potter universe film.
Australia’s out gay hockey player Davis Atkin has been named to the Burras – the national men’s under-21 squad. Canberra-based Western Districts player Atkin (21) is currently Australia’s only out gay hockey player at the national level.
Some time in March, I was invited to a concert with a difference held at a venue called Causeseries in memory of David de Pinna, the late father of well known entertainer Michael de Pinna. His father was an equally well known London stage actor.
John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Hedwig And The Angry Inch, has casually come out as non-binary in a recent interview.
William Hurt, actor known for ‘Body Heat’ and ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ dies.
A poignant rendition of the Maroon 5 smash hit Memories; across all digital platforms on Friday, March 11th, that’s sure to tug at your heartstrings.
Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang Star in a Jane Austen-Inspired Gay Rom-Com.
Parent company Meta makes temporary change to hate speech policy for users in eastern Europe and Caucasus.
Bridgerton ladies’ man Jonathan Bailey reveals he felt pressured to hide his sexuality after being warned it could harm his career.
The maker of Stolichnaya vodka announced a major rebrand Friday, in direct response to its founder’s “vehement position” against the Putin regime and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Andy Warhol has always been an enigma, but that’s part of the charm. But the new Netflix series The Andy Warhol Diaries sets out to illuminate the man behind the mystery through interviews with friends, collaborators, fans, and by means of his own words from his diaries.
Parading around Sydney Cricket Ground, about 40 Australian Defence Force personnel and Defence public servants will march in full ceremonials in front of tens of thousands of cheering members of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies this weekend, during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
Cover pic: ‘Die Boy van George’ designed by Nicholas de Klerk was banned in 1985!
LGBT people, gender fluidity, feminism and female sexuality are increasingly in the sights of China’s censors as much as political dissent.
Elton John was in his private jet when it experienced a technical failure at 10,000 feet, on February 21.
Long before RuPaul made drag queens into celebrities, Harvey Fierstein made them visible. His Broadway debut was as the playwright and star of “Torch Song Trilogy,” about a gay drag performer in search of love and acceptance.
“It’s only looking back you realise that was really special. To have over 30 people in one year group identifying somewhere on the spectrum in this tiny town”.
The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA) unveiled on Tuesday its 2022 Dorian Award nominations, which recognize the best in mainstream and independent movies. Winners will be revealed March 17.
Sydney Fringe Sideshow is a new event making its debut this year.
Good news: more and more characters in TV series are part of the LGBTQ community.
In 1985, calls for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to be cancelled in response to concerns about HIV/AIDS were successfully countered by the organisers.
It Gets Better Project cofounder and Tom of Finland Store ambassador Terry Miller demands LGBTQ+ orgs like It Gets Better, HRC, and
to call out Instagram, Facebook, and other Meta brands.
While the nasty, spiky little protein continues to crash parties and ruin the vibe, it seems the safest place to be is outside. And hey, it’s summer in Sydney – why wouldn’t you be out in the fresh air and sunshine?
Amazing progress but ‘issues still remain’ for LGBTQ actors in Hollywood, says George Takei.
Since the onset of the Corona Virus Pandemic, iconic gay clubs, and bars, such as Crew bar and Versatile in Cape Town closed their doors, leaving a previously trendy and lively De Waterkant village eerie and quiet at night.
Ben Whishaw’s role in This Is Going To Hurt made him reflect on the “blatant homophobia” he faced as a young, gay man.
When French fashion designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus, shared a photo [above] of himself kissing his husband on Monday, he probably thought it would be little more than a sweet Valentine’s gesture.
Get excited, DIVAs! London’s LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, BFI Flare, has just launched its 2022 programme.
Mysterious Ways tells the story of a vicar who decides to have a wedding with his Samoan boyfriend, Jason. A church marriage for gay Anglicans is prohibited. God is forced to step in.
Themed as “Live Out Proud,” the North Texas LGBTQ celebration is set for June 4-5
TikTok Bans Misgendering, Deadnaming And Promoting Conversion Therapy; First Platform to Attempt Difficult Enforcement; GLAAD Takes Credit
GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is speaking out about a live TV moment featuring two men kissing during coverage of the Winter Olympics in Beijing last Friday.
Athlete, performer and storyteller Alex Archer effortlessly weaves in and out of these roles as a full-time pole fitness instructor and revels in the beauty of teaching, noting that the student-teacher relationship is symbiotic where there is always more to learn. “You never stop being a student,” he says.
On Thursday, HBO Max subscribers were treated to the seventh episode of Peacemaker, the penultimate installment of the series’ first (but hopefully not last) season.
Badhaai Do is a complete family entertainer that also bravely addresses a social issue
The US version is about to rebooted, but I’m not sure we need a new version when the original is still so educational.
Excitement was palpable in the packed out auditorium of the New Theatre Oxford as the crowd waited in anticipation for The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series Two Tour to start.
Soccer jerseys are everywhere in football-mad Brazil, often with the numbers of the country’s all-time legends: Ronaldo’s 9, Pele’s 10, Romario’s 11. But one number is off-limits: 24, the focus of a homophobic taboo whose origin story is a wacky roller-coaster ride through more than a century of Brazilian history, winding up with the present — but slowly shifting — anti-gay attitudes that loom large in football today.
In 1971, director Roy Ward Baker adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary 1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” with a gender subversion twist, giving the world the queer horror classic, “Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde.”
The Melbourne Pride Street party is the final Midsumma Festival event for the year that will take place on Smith and Gertrude Streets in Fitzroy on Sunday, February 13.
Johannesburg, 3 February 2021 The Dutch government has eased restrictions previously placed on Southern African countries due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant making it easier for tourists from South Africa to travel to The Netherlands. It is now possible for fully vaccinated travellers from South Africa to enter The Netherlands with no quarantine restrictions.
The announcement coincides with the establishment of Optus’ new LGBTQIA+ employee network called Express Yourself – part of Optus’ Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy.
In this day and age, no actor, model or musician fits into a particular box. Gone are the days of stereotypes, these are the times of diverse and successful people.
The internationally recognised Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI) has ranked four tourism destinations in the DA-governed Western Cape as their top 100 Most Loved Destinations in the World list. TSI ranked Knysna as 19, Stellenbosch as 23, Hermanus as 41 and Cape Town as 54.
Two best mates who quit their jobs to pursue a men’s swimwear brand have turned over more than $1million in sales thanks to the rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
Nyle DiMarco is booking a trip to the Big Easy. The actor will appear in Peacock’s upcoming Queer as Folk reimagining as a charming grad student, TVLine has learned exclusively.
For Valentine’s Day, Pride Month or any other time of the year, it’s always good to know where you can find great romantic movies that celebrate love, LGBTQ+ style.
A gay Bollywood’s director has blasted the Indian government’s decision to ban his film about a gay army officer.
From a sapphic alien thriller to the new Sally Rooney adaptation, here’s some of the most anticipated queer content coming to our screens this year.
Because we desperately need something to look forward to right now
This Saturday, the members of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will vote on a number of motions relating to the behaviour of activist group Pride In Protest.
‘This experience has taught me that it’s worth trying out looking at the sky in entirely new ways’.
Darren Hayes will return to Australia to headline the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in March.
The CW is a network infamous for its sexy young actors and shows brimming with sexual tension, whether it’s Gossip Girl or Smallville or…well…DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Euphoria played with fans’ emotions as Cal got a queer, romantic origin story.
We’ll have to wait just a tiny bit longer for the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio.
“Try not to care what the world thinks about us. Because this is real for me.”
Queer Britain will create an inclusive museum space that celebrates the queer community‘s stories, people and places.
Netflix’ first Arabic original feature film, Perfect Strangers, has come under fire from conservatives across the Middle East due to a lead character being gay, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Transgender actor Ivory Aquino has joined the cast of Batgirl, marking a landmark moment for the DC Universe.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British poet Joelle Taylor, winner of this year’s prestigious T.S. Eliot prize for a collection exploring lesbian identity, says it is time the mainstream media gave a voice to “butch dykes” like herself.
Starring Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood the film is an adaptation of the 1952 Japanese drama Ikiru.
Dozens of trans advocates, including Page and Wachowski, filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit against Arkansas’s first-in-the-nation law.
The BEARsBURG society brings together men who reject effeminate stereotypes of queerness for trips to the banya, café meet-ups, walking tours and film nights.
A key differentiator setting it apart is its manual verification of profiles, to ensure that all profiles on the app are genuine. Besides matchmaking, users can try new features like ‘Group Chat’ and ‘WE, As You Are Community’ to connect with other queer users.
The popular dating app Tinder is under fire this morning after it emerged the platform is charging young gay and lesbian users and people over 30 more for its premium service.
The White Lotus star Lukas Gage sent the internet into a spin when he featured in a rimming scene on the hit show, and the actor wants to see way more anilingus on screens.
Netflix and Shondaland dropped the first look at eight new photos teasing what many different characters in the ton will be up to this season.
Christin Byrdsong has outed himself as the lucky Euphoria actor who filmed a rimming scene with Eric Dane, who plays Cal Jacobs.
Durban based artist, Corné Eksteen dissects the visual world through a scientific lens and presents a new body of work exploring the vibrational nature of matter through traditional genres like still life and portraiture.