Jhbpride was never the same since they moved the march out of the inner city or central areas. There were political reason for having it there, socio-economic reasons. Right now there are very deep ideological differences between this pride and the radical, jubilant space it was
There’s nothing to discourse here people—
An organising member of South Africa’s first ever Pride March is saying boycott Joburg Pride.
So boycott Joburg Pride.
This, pride (especially South African pride, given our history) has ALWAYS been political. Depoliticising pride is capitalist, disrespectful to the pioneers of queer liberation in South Africa and ultimately, homophobic. #BoycottJHBPride
JHB pride exposes once again that Class solidarity is the only way to fight against the establishment. The official sponsor of JHB pride is complicit in Genocide and is on the BDS boycott list. LGBTQIA+ Palestinians exist and they were buried under rubble.
Anyways Bev Ditsie, one of the pioneers of LGBTQI+ Pride in South Africa is hosting a picnic this Saturday on Pride if you want elsewhere to be with queer people
Grindr is the pits. Listen, I know it may be slightly pathological having a burner account, but the fact that it (an entirely blank profile) gets more attention than my normal/exposed account is kinda fucked up. Literally more appealing as a non-entity.
Felt like some sort of surreal, full-circle moment to attend a Social Media Ethics seminar co-presented by @nerissanaidoo, who I primarily know through social media! I was enthralled listening to you speak!