The first Pride March in Africa took place in Johannesburg in 1990. (Pic: David Penney/Donne Rundle Collection/GALA Queer Archive) In the waning days of the Local Government Election campaign, we are also reaching the conclusion of what has been dubbed South Africa’s Pride Month.
Pride Month has in recent years generated much-needed visibility for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer plus (LGBTIQ+) community in South Africa. Despite the homonationalism spectacle and the commercialisation of the concept of Pride, it has become central both in advancing contemporary Queer struggles and building on the legacy of what Pride really meant.