FROM THE EDITOR Welcome all readers The coronavirus a.k.a Covid-19 has taken the world by storm with nearly every country (over) reacting by shutting down their economies and keeping their populations isolated in their homes or in quarantine centres around the world. However, it is the reality of our lives in South Africa and we have to make the best of what is a very bad situation. In this issue we look at a number of issues relating to life under lockdown: there’s Breaking The Silence (page 4) which features a number of posts from LGBTI people around the world and their stories of surviving in these unprecedented times. Sex is a basic need, go to page 46 where we look at sex (or the lack of it), in the time of Covid-19. With so many businesses failing as a result of the governments extreme measures we take a look at how to dress for that all important interview when applying for a new job in the fashion feature on pages 12 - 15 It’s not all doom and gloom though, and we feature Yahto Kraft who has just dropped his fabulous new single Ugly, which is set to top the charts, on page 26. We also have an article on Tyron Zoutman, (page 8) - a very talented dancer/ choreographer who hails from Cape Town. Cape Town Pride 2020 was the biggest and most successful Pride event to date on the African continent, and happened just before the shutdown - visit pages 17 to 24 to see all the pics ... The lockdown has left many people, especially the most vulnerable in our community, in dire straights - See pages 30 & 31 to help with a food drive to assist these less fortunate people. Gay owned business, Schmidhauser Electrical is also helping with the survivors of rape and abuse - See page 38 All over the world Pride celebrations have been cancelled as a result of corona - Interpride are planning an global Pride online, and South Africa will be participating - the date for this huge event is 27 June, so save the date and get streaming to join in the global party! Everyone is afraid, but remember you can’t let fear take the joy out of life, so keep positive thoughts and stay safe... mask up, keep your hands clean, don’t touch anyone up... till better days ...
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