Touring Queer Johannesburg
As a post-pride production the Gay and Lesbian Archives will be staging a tour of queer Johannesburg.
* Click here to find out more.

Slippery when wet
Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Alliance of South Africa is created out of the disbanding of the only South African gay and lesbian swimming club, TOGS Masters Swimming Club. The new club hopes to continue with the work of its predecessor promoting water sports in South Africa.

Granny Lee to get a gravestone
THE coloured man who transformed himself into a white woman first caught national attention on becoming the first "non-white" person to be buried in a white cemetry. South Africa's stately homo grabs media attention again.

Togs to bid for hosting Gay Games meeting
THE local organisation for gay sports has announced they are forwarding a proposal to host the world event's 2001 annual meeting in South Africa. Hosting annual meetings usually improves a city's chances of also hosting the actual Gay Games event.
Support the South African bid

Gay musclemen get organised
Paul Albrecht thinks it is high time gay bodybuilders in South Africa become more visible, and to show how committed he is he is calling on them to join the SA Gay Bodybuilders Organisation. He also wants to organise regular competitions.

Bapala to take place during Pride 2000
Team Johannesburg of Togs, in partnership with Jogs Badminton and PRIDE 2000, are putting on Bapala 2000 from Sunday 22 October 2000 until and including Saturday 28 October 2000. Join online.

NCGLE calls for inquiry into SADF "aversion" therapy
The Archbishop of Cape Town and a cross section of South African organisations and individuals have joined the call for a judicial inquiry into human rights abuses by the apartheid army from the 1970s till as late as 1994. The NCGLE has also released information on the former South African army's programme of "curing" gays allegedly with aversion therapy, gender reassignment surgery and hormone treatments.
See the press statement and the letter to Minister of Defence

COMMUNITY NEWS

The man who survived SAFD experiments on gays
Kevin Man woke up one Friday morning to read a headline in the Mail & Guardian on how the apartheid army had done gender reassignment experiments on people. All the horror memories of his ordeal flashed through his mind. He sees himself as a lucky survivor

"Pink Panthers" and police to patrol parks
The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality are joining forces with Park View Police to make sure the increase in gay bashings in public parks in Johannesburg north is brought under control. Priscilla to serve and protect.

Police give hints on safer cruising
Although the SAPS does not support the practice of cruising in public parks because it is dangerous, they have issued guidelines on how to do it more safely. Safer cruising and safer sex

Bisexuals act as HIV "bridge" to infecting women
Bisexuals can act as a "bridge" to carry the HIV epidemic from a gay population to women, U.S. researchers at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Altanta revealed at the World Aids Conference in Durban recently. Many are returning to unsafe sex