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FILE: We're here, we're queer, and we know what you're desperately trying to achieve. Picture: Rajesh JANTILAL/AFP

Gender

Pride Month and the problem with queer representation in advertisements

By Devon Thomas

Wasanga Mehane is joined by Vega School Master's graduate and influencer Khangelani Dziba to talk about the representation or misrepresentation of queer people...

  • LGBTI + activist, writer and organiser Treyvone Moosa. Picture: dat_guy_tee/Instagram

    Trans people want to be visible and need to be protected, says activist

    Just like many people in the LGBTQIA+ community, transgender people encounter a number of social problems, difficulties and barriers to accessing many resources and services.

    127 days ago
  • Statistician general Risenga Maluleke. Picture: GCIS.

    LGBTQIA+ community wants Stats SA to amend 'exclusionary' census question on sex

    The 2022 online census questionnaire asks a question relating to sex and not gender, providing only two options; male and female.

    191 days ago
  • FILE: Healthcare workers wearing protective suits push a man on a wheelchair outside the 12 Octubre Hospital in Madrid on 2 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    EXPLAINER: Do men fare worse with COVID-19 than woman?

    There are still many outstanding questions around why men are more frequently and harder hit by COVID-19 infection, but health specialists point to a number of possible factors.

    857 days ago
  • LIVE BLOG: Nicky Newton-King promises to respond to #SandtonShutdown demands in 7 days

    South African women gathered outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the banner of the #SandtonShutdown to highlight the scourge of gender-based violence.

    1065 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay

    [ANALYSIS] There’s a reason Siri, Alexa and A.I. are imagined as female – sexism

    Virtual assistants are often assumed to be female – perpetuating gendered assumptions in our imagined future.

    1461 days ago
  • FILE: Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Picture: Twitter/@GalGadot

    Success has no gender, so the media and society need to change

    Television commercials are particularly guilty, frequently casting women in subservient domestic roles.

    1753 days ago
  • Candles form a red ribbon during World Aids Day. Picture: AFP.

    FACT CHECK: Why are young SA girls more susceptible to HIV infection than boys?

    Sex with older men is thought to play a role in the difference in HIV infections across gender.

    2221 days ago
  • The Danish company has become the world’s largest toymaker by sales, overtaking US Barbie-maker Mattel, thanks partly to toys linked to movies, including The Lego Movie. Picture: Lego Shop/Facebook.

    [LISTEN] Breaking the mould of gender stereotypes in toys

    The conversation all parents, toy manufacturers should be having - how do we stop teaching children that ‘dolls are for girls and cars for boys’?

    2266 days ago
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits balls to the fans after defeating Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria during their US Open 2015 second round men’s singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Center 2 September, 2015 in New York. Picture: AFP.

    Djokovic apologises for comments on gender pay

    Djokovic told reporters at the Indian Wells that he felt the men’s tour should fight for more money.

    2334 days ago
  • Danielle Bowler.

    OPINION: Daring to be visible

    Danielle Bowler says claiming the right to be seen and heard is a radical act in our digital age.

    2720 days ago
  • Rebecca Davis. Picture: via Twitter.

    OPINION For once, I agree with Mugabe

    Rebecca Davis is surprised to agree with one of the Zimbabwean leader’s comments on gender.

    2745 days ago
  • FILE: Since opening this month, the mosque has been attacked by vandals and has been critised by some among Cape Town’s large Muslim community. Picture: Aletta Garner/EWN

    Open Mosque founder not intimidated by critics

    Taj Hargey describes the facility as South Africa's first Quran-centric, gender-equal house of God.

    2876 days ago
  • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on the film industry to make a greater contribution to gender equality. Picture: UN

    Mlambo-Ngcuka calls for gender equality in film industry

    Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on the film industry to make a greater contribution to gender equality.

    2881 days ago
  • The considered view.

    The #ConsideredView: Gender & Maths

    Stephen Grootes asks whether gender plays a role in determining maths proficiency.

    2971 days ago
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