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The 22nd Joburg Pride Day and Parade will take place on Saturday 1st October 2011 at Zoo Lake Sports Club. The 2011 Pride Parade will feature a host of colourful floats and thousands of revellers.

If you have a Pride-related event taking place during Pride Week (Sept 24 – Oct 1 2011), and would like it listed here, please send your event information to info@joburgpride.org

PLEASE NOTE: Joburg Pride does not endorse or vouch for events by third parties, which you attend at your own risk.

 

After Parties - JOC Notice

City of Joburg JOC  have advised that all clubs intending hosting an after party post the Joburg Pride day event to contact the EMS department and advise them of  the venue, size, time and planning of said after party. Please contact Dakalo Rathando on 011 407 6018 or dakalor@joburg.org.za

 

UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday 24th September – Soweto Pride

Saturday 24th September – Slutwalk Johannesburg – Zoo Lake Sports Club

 

Monday 26th September:

The Helen Suzman Foundation, in association with the Open Society Foundation For South Africa, will host a Roundtable discussion on Bridging the Gap between Constitutional rights and homophobic realities at the Johannesburg Country Clubin Auckland Park.South Africa’s Constitution is one of the most liberal and inclusive in the world. In particular, the Bill of Rights, Article 9 (3), guarantees that, “No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone [on the grounds of] gender, sex, [or] sexual orientation.” Since the Constitutional dispensation, gay rights victories have been achieved in many areas: same-sex civil unions; same-sex adoption; same-sex spousal benefits; etc.

The lived reality for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in South Africa, however, belies our progressive jurisprudence.Particularly shocking is the violence inflicted on young, black, lesbian women in the form of so-called ‘corrective’ rape and even murder. This situation raises several pressing questions: •Is there a gap between the rights guaranteed in our Constitution and the everyday experiences of LGBTI people? •What does this gap say about our society? •What strategies, both by civil society and the   state, are available to remedy this situation? Our speakers will engage with these questions.

Panelists:
Francis Antonie – Director of the Helen Suzman Foundation, Chair
Andries Nel, MP – Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice Edwin Cameron – Justice of the Constitutional Court
Eusebius McKaiser – Helen Suzman Foundation Research Fellow
Ndumie Funda – Founder and Director of Luleki Sizwe

Time: 18:00 to 20:00

Venue: Rainbow Room
Johannesburg Country Club
1 Napier Road
Auckland Park

Refreshments will be served after the event

RSVP: Lewis Mash
lewis@hsf.org.za

Please feel free to forward this invitation onto any interested parties.