February 2010

Pride Full Moon Hike

By Louis FourieTue, 2010/02/23 - 17:14

This is an evening event which forms part of the Cape Town Pride festival and is organised by RainbowUCT.

Enjoy spectacular views of the entire city and burn some calories at the same time – great for those glutes!

Bring a bottle of water, something warm to wear and refreshments to enjoy at the top. If you have a torch, bring it along (in case of cloud cover).

We meet at 19:00 at the parking lot on Signal Hill road. We'll start the hike at 19:15 to allow latecomers a 15min grace period.

For more info: contact Louis (084 299 3662) or Catherine (073 226 8735).

RainbowUCT does Cape Town Pride

By Louis FourieMon, 2010/02/22 - 22:57

The 2010 Cape Town Pride Festival is scheduled to commence on 26 February and run until 7 March 2010. RainbowUCT encourages you to get involved in the exciting events Pride 2010 has to offer – especially the Full Moon Hike, which RainbowUCT is leading, and the Pride Parade. We hope to have a float of some sort as part of the parade – but we'll send you details about that soon.
 
The annual Cape Town Pride Festival is a celebration of our wonderful diversity, and also creates awareness around issues impacting on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities locally and throughout Africa.

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Coming out: The good, the bad and the ugly

By Louis FourieThu, 2010/02/18 - 18:07

Hey Rainbow'ians

This Monday, 22 February at 16h45 'til around 18h00, we'll be having our first discussion group. The topic is "Coming out: The good, the bad and the ugly!"

Be sure to join us in ARTS 118 for good conversation, snacks and eye contact with some hot guys and girls.The rainbow team will be waiting outside the ARTS block on upper, to welcome you and direct you to the venue.

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RainbowUCT Opening Function

By Louis FourieSun, 2010/02/14 - 14:30

Hey Rainbow'ians

Friday 19 February is the official kick-off to the best year RainbowUCT has ever seen!

The Opening Function starts at 19h00 at the UCT Club, located inside the Sports Centre on Upper Campus. You’ll get a chance to meet the amazing, energetic, and crazy 2010 committee, meet your fellow members, find out more about RainbowUCT, and get up-to-date on all of the exciting events and activities we have planned for this year.

Having trouble trying to figure out what to wear? We’re here to help!

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CoED Protest Report Back

By Louis FourieSun, 2010/02/14 - 14:02

Dear Friends

A big thank you to all those who attended the joint Coalition to End Discrimination (CoED) and Cape Town Pride protest. We had a crowd that transcended class, race, gender, age, and sexual orientation, with a united voice for equality, human rights and for the responsibility of South African society and government to work towards scrapping the Ugandan 'Anti-Homosexuality' bill.

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Protest the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill!

By Louis FourieWed, 2010/02/10 - 16:08

RainbowUCT forms part of the “Coalition to End Discrimination” (CoED). Please join us this Friday, 12 February at 12:00 (RSVP on the Facebook event) as we speak out against the atrocious Ugandan "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" and against our government’s failure to take a firm stand against homophobia in Uganda.
 
If this bill passes in the Ugandan parliament, LGBTI people and their family and friends will live in fear of imprisonment and in fear of the death penalty. Some of the inhumane provisions of the Bill are that if a mother fails to report her son, or a teacher fails to report his student, that teacher or mother faces a prison sentence of up to 7 years. Under the bill, an HIV-positive person who has sexual relations with a person of the same sex would face the death penalty.

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