Out In Africa South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The Out In Africa South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (OIA) is a gay and lesbian film festival launched in 1994 to celebrate the inclusion, in the South African Constitution, of the clause prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Festival set out to address the lack of visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex individuals (LGBTIs) in South African social and cultural life after decades of apartheid repression, to counter negative images of LGBTIs that prevail in traditional and religious communities, and to serve as a platform for discussion and debate about the situation of LGBTIs in a newly founded democracy.

The festival runs annually in Johannesburg and Cape Town, with smaller "satellite" film festivals in other towns as part of an outreach programme.^[1][2]

Films are sometimes followed by question and answer sessions or panel discussions after the screenings of select films. The festival runs for around 20 days each year, in either late September, October, or early November.

Local and international films and shorts are screened, ranging in genre from drama and comedy to documentaries. Many of the films shown have won multiple international awards.^[3]

See also

• List of LGBT events
• List of LGBT film festivals

References

External links

• Official website

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender topics in South Africa

Law

LGBT rights Same-sex marriage Civil partnership Intersex rights
Legislation	Section 9 of the Constitution Equality Act Alteration of Sex Act Civil Union Act Amendment Sexual Offences Amendment Act
Case law	NCGLE v Minister of Justice NCGLE v Minister of Home Affairs Satchwell v President Du Toit v Minister of Welfare J v Director General, Home Affairs Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie Gory v Kolver Strydom v NG Gemeente Moreleta Park Geldenhuys v NDPP
Repealed	Section 20A

People

• Zackie Achmat
• Edwin Cameron
• Pierre de Vos
• Simon Nkoli
• Pieter-Dirk Uys
• Beverley Palesa Ditsie
• Somizi Mhlongo
• Caster Semenya
• Portia Modise
• Gert-Johan Coetzee
• Zanele Muholi
• Zakhele Mbhele
• Lynne Brown
• Mike Waters
• Ian Ollis

Organisations

• Lesbian and Gay Equality Project
• Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists

Sport

Jozi Cats

Languages

• Gayle language
• IsiNgqumo

Gay villages

• De Waterkant
• Melville

Events

• Mr Gay South Africa
• Out In Africa Film Festival
• Pride parades
  • Cape Town Pride

Media

• Wrapped (magazine)

Issues

Corrective rape

Other

• Timeline
• LGBT tourism
• Pride flag

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