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Orgasmatrons are in,
penises are out?

Jane Fonda in camp 60s sifi fantasy, Barbella

A lot has been written and said about the female orgasm, and should what has been said also apply to queers? Joan Smith asks some penetrating questions.


Queer on TV
There has never before been such interest in queer sexuality in the global media as there is now, and South African stations are also interested in the subject matter. See what you can expect this week on the goggle box

Spanish actor takes US by storm
Among the top stars like Tom Hanks and Michael Douglas vying for Oscar nominations next week, one actor, Javier Bardem, has Hollywood buzzing despite the fact that few U.S. movie fans know who he is.
Find out about the movie

He Died Smiling
March sees the launch of Marc Kwabema Boone's play "He Died Smiling" at the Windybrow theatre in Hillbrow.
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The man who would be Oscar

He takes pictures of the surfaces of South African roads and gets into the grain of the tarmac allowing Meistre to reveal a narrative that is original as it is ironic: the streets reflect the voilence of a nation in transition as we step over the used condoms and boken glass from car accidents. Tim Hopwood reviews photographer Brent A Meistre's works of the parts of roads we never see or notice when we do see them.

King of the road
He takes pictures of the surfaces of South African roads and gets into the grain of the tarmac allowing Meistre to reveal a narrative that is original as it is ironic: the streets reflect the voilence of a nation in transition as we step over the used condoms and boken glass from car accidents. Tim Hopwood reviews photographer Brent A Meistre's works of the parts of roads we never see or notice when we do see them.
* See Story

See you at Cafe "C"
Cafe "C", a stylish experience in queer cuisine in Park Hurst, is taking Johannesburg by storm!
* Thomas Campher

Truth behind the mirror
My lords and ladies of the readership, I bear what one could refer to as good tidings, for the end will vindicate the means (giggle). I suppose one should start with some introduction of sorts. For those of you who do not know me I was spawned to get away with murder. I feel particularly good this season, so click below to see why.
* Leoness von Cleeff

2001 queer film festival
Twenty-one premiéres, three cities, glamour, foreign stars, local movies and the secret to what Tammy Faye and RuPaul have in common other than mascara. We give you a complete A-Z of the annual gay & lesbian film festival.
* Out In Africa Film Festival

Pride 2000 stories

  • Picture gallery
  • Pride should be more than just a party
  • In the name of profit or love?
  • Queer pride for Africa
  • The shame of pride
  • Steven Cohen: Hanging my head in pride


  • QUICK FLICKS
    Films on circuit with a Queer Rating
    * See our mini reviews

    FEATURES
    Risk-taking & anonymous sex? [14/07/00]
    Lesbian hedonism! [20/06/00]
    Gay characters never have sex in Hollywood [11/07/00]
    Are men waxing to attract partners? [24/05/00]
    Gaydar: the art of spotting other queers [08/06/00]

    EATING OUT
    Who Cares for Pretoria cuisine? [30/12/00]
    What's cooking in the Heartland? [20/11/00]
    Great outing to Grand Café in Melville [20/10/00]

    ART & CULTURE
    Clive Van Den Berg: Fatal Attraction

    INTERVIEWS
    Enter LaBruce
    Jude awakening - Jude Law
    Boys Don't Cry
    Drag Kings: women as men
    The tip of the Schenkenberg
    Artist Cohen cries censorship
    Pieter-Dirk Uys "Dekaffirnated"


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