From the violin to the electric guitar, classical to country, yesteryears and today, the gay musician has always made a profound input into the musical industry. Having grown up with the obvious ones like Boy George and RuPaul, I have always been intrigued by sexuality in music and how the thread gets pulled through lyrics and music. It is only after discovering a recent import CD release called Queer Noises (1961 – ...

Manfields: Fields of men, fields of dreams, fields of passion or fields of pleasure?? Perhaps a little of each!! We were invited to the 2nd Birthday party celebrations which took place on the weekend of the 24th to 27th September, so Petros and I hopped in his gleaming black Merc (the Rolls got the weekend off!!) and headed up to Bela Bela on the Friday afternoon: it was just an easy ...

PINK LOERIE MARDI GRAS 2010 - Knysna “I am…” 27 April to 2 May 2010 10th Birthday celebration! It is that time of the year again! The first and only Mardi Gras on the African Continent, the Pink Loerie! Yes boys, boys and wannabe boys, lipstick lesbians and all of you not afraid of homosexuals – time to let your hair down again, time to party, time to celebrate your sexuality, your sexual freedom, ...

Little Poof is a lot more than one faery on a stage. There is Bruce J Little singing, strutting and vamping on stage with pianist, Cath, and he portrays multiple characters. Of course there's drag – notably a pitiable, if perceptive, fag hag, numerous memorable lines - “sticks and stones may break my bones, but leather straps excite me”, and something for the lesbians. Shanaaz is like so many hairdressers from the Cape ...

Buckle up - because South Africa's favourite flight attendant, Cathy Specific, is back with a bang and ready for comedy lift-off in Pretoria and Johannesburg during April and May. Having recently jetted around the country with Mile High With Cathy Specific, touching down in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town to rave reviews and appreciative audiences, Brendan van Rhyn and company return to Gauteng with this hilarious musical comedy revue for the ...

Daring, fabulous, friendly, outspoken are some of the few words one can use to describe Brendan Van Rhyn, the man who is better known as Cathy Specific to the public. When I first saw him on stage at Mile High as Cathy I seriously thought he was a woman, until my editor Gavin Hayward told me otherwise. He has starred in many shows in including the critically acclaimed Rocky Horror Show ...

You know Spring is more than in the air when Voëlkop hold their annual gay games (oops that name is copyrighted) Spring Games. Participants are divided into teams. One year when I went to observe the spectacle the teams were designated by colours. The participants then have to get together some sort of outfit in their colour – I remember one guy from the blue team had only a blue ...

FRICTION CRUISE BAR opened its doors during October 2009 as the back section of DETOUR SHOW BAR when we identified a need for men who prefer to be separated from the general gay clientele and lesbians partying in the general club area. At first a tiny little bar with a pool table and a small private area, it soon became very popular and overcrowded with men, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights. We decided to ...