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SABC backs down on
TV license concessions
After months of dithering, the SABC legal department has announced that the TV license concession that applies to married persons will also be extended to include same sex partners. This concession allows families to pay for only one TV license regardless of the number of sets in their home.
Queer classics on TV
You will have seen the disastrous edition of Two Way a few weeks ago in which the SABC thought it a good idea to invite moffies as well as fascist Christians to the same set, but luckily there are more inspiring films on TV this week starting with Priest. You can also look forward to Mona Lisa, Johns and the awesome Bette Davis in All About Eve. See why e.tv and M-Net are your best bets
Sexy in the city
The series and lead actress may have just won Golden Globes, and you may fancy the lifestyle, but the maths of Manhattan chic in Sex and the City just don’t add up. Polly Vernon takes a queer look at Sex in the City
MTV fights homophobia
Last month the popular music station in the US took the unpredidented step of airing a 17-hour, commercial free show on homophobia and discrimination. Paula Martinac watched Anatomy of a Murder
Out on Isidingo
The public broadcaster has over the last two years often featured gays and lesbians on TV and the subject of homosexuality has ranged from tansgender people to the youth, and recently, to the gay white male. Isidingo has however become the first South African soap to feature a coming-out story.
Prime time to be queer
GAY doctors, gay killers, gay students... gay characters are becoming commonplace on American TV. Joe Neumaier reports on the trend's cultural and commercial motives.
* Queer on TV
SABC discriminates against gays, lesbians
THE public broadcaster makes no provision for gay and lesbian families regarding TV licenses and requires both partners in same-gender, cohabitation setups to take out two licences for more than one set, but does not require the same from heterosexual families.
* See the story.
Will & Grace wins Emmy for best comedy
The popular sitcom also won in the categories best supporting actor and acress for the show and NBC, the company that produces the show, claimed 9 Emmys on Sunday, and adding in the 14 it received at the creative Emmy awards in August, it claimed a total 23 awards. Will & Grace is about
gay man living with his straight woman friend.
Granny Lee on teevee
She caused as much trouble in death as she did in life. Now she's back, giving advice on her own web site, but from beyond the grave! Andrew Worsdale thinks Granny Lee has the last laugh, again. [19/07/00]
BBC's answer to Ellen
Britain's first lesbian sitcom, Rhona, invites comparison with Ellen. But co-creator and star Rhona Cameron says her sexuality is 'not the point of the show' which is inspired by classic US TV. Vanessa Thorpe interview Rhona.
Bible belt fury over Queer As Folk in US
the British independent TV station, Channel 4's series that provoked complaints from the British Broadcasting Standards Commission, is to be remade in America - and Christian groups across the country's Bible Belt are not relishing the prospect. [18/04/00]
Will & Grace get political
The US sitcom tackles the very sensitive theme of gays 'becoming' straight theme on prime time TV this season in what the producers call "our most political episode yet". [09/03/00]
Lesbianesque La Femme Nikita
Dykes who like La Femme Nikita babe Peta Wilson are gonna have better fantasy material pretty soon. The blonde babe gets some steamy girl-girl action in her new film Mercy. [09/03/00]
Queer on prime time TV
Will baby-faced Brit Charlie Hunnam, who came to Hollywood's attention in the controversial British TV series Queer as Folk, be the next Anakin Skywalker? Are the networks falling over each other to have queer characters after Ellen and Will & Grace success? [28/02/00]
Prime time to be gay
After the success of Will & Grace and Ellen many TV shows like Spin City now have a gay character in it. In the UK Queerest Folk has also not gone unnoticed and the peripheral gay character appeared in Absolutely Fabulous. Are the networks finally realising that gays are a part of the real world? [28/02/00]
Pieter-Dirk Uys reaches his acme
New local sitcom Going Down Gorgeous reveals South Africa's beloved court jester at the height of his powers. Watch it, urges Robert Kirby [08/05/00]
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Public channels
Weekdays
SABC 3, 18:30, Isidingo: Steve came out recently and there is ongoing discussions on the subject of homosexuality. Great.
Wednesdays
SABC 3, 22:00, Sex and the City: Daring comedy series about love, sex and relationships.
M-Net, 22.40, 'Allo, 'Allo: Camp British comedy making fun of the war - includes a gay German officer making passes at Rene.
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