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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Jim Parsons

“I immediately knew that there was no choice left but to deal with this.” Jim Parsons – Variety (June 2019) Introduction Welcome to the Gaydar Feature of this Month! Featuring Jim Parsons – an American actor who is best known for his starring role as the socially challenged, brilliant, and astonishingly self-centred theoretical physicist Sheldon …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil

“For our rights, the only way out is education, in creating awareness and sensitising people at all levels” Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Social Nation (June 2023) Introduction In this Gaydar Feature of the Month, we’re featuring a royalty that fought for his rights despite being held up by tradition and expectations living in a majestic …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Angelina Jolie

“If I fell in love with a woman tomorrow, would I feel that it’s okay to want to kiss and touch her? If I fell in love with her? Absolutely! Yes!” Angelina Jolie, Interview with Barbara Walters (July 2023) Introduction In this Gaydar Feature of the Month, we’re featuring Angelina Jolie, an Oscars award-winning actress …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Beverley Ditsie

“It was the first time that a lot of queer people realised that there is a legitimate fight; that our existence is legitimate, it cannot be erased or shamed away.” – Beverley Ditsie First Pride March in Johannesburg, 13 Oct 1990 Introduction In this Gaydar Feature of the Month, let’s talk about South Africa’s trailblazing …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Dutee Chand

“I have always believed that everyone should have the freedom to love. There is no greater emotion than love and it should not be denied.” Dutee Chand (2019) Introduction In this Gaydar Feature of the Month, we are exploring the land of Bollywood and excited to introduce South Asia’s first openly gay athlete, Dutee Chand. …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Alan Turing

Alan Turing, a brilliant British mathematician, logician, and computer scientist. Introduction In this Gaydar of the month, we shall go back in history to feature a hero during the Second World War, Alan Turing. Born in London in 1912 just two years before the First World War, growing up was difficult during the unforgiving times …

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Gaydar Feature of the Month – Ian McKellen

“Almost overnight everything in my life changed for the better — my relationships with people and my whole attitude toward acting changed.” Ian McKellen, Variety (2023) Introduction Welcome back to Gaydar Feature of the Month! For our October issue, we are featuring Sir Ian McKellen, otherwise known as one of the most powerful mutant in …

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