Pride Month commemorations are clearly a trigger for religious bigots in South Africa. A meme suggesting that Pride Month is a demonic celebration has been shared by a longstanding Christian homophobe and allegedly by a youth pastor. Christiaan Otto, the Johannesburg man who in April 2020 sparked national outrage with his homophobic statements and videos on Facebook, is back at it.
On 15 June, he posted an image of three rainbow flags and the combined words “Pride Month”, with a scrawl highlighting the letters spelling out “demon”.
One of his 3,264 followers, Lee E McGee, applauded the statement, writing: “Spot on! It is demonic possession!!” Michael Mac Olive, thankfully, responded with an LGBTIQ+ affirming message: “Hey!