I've decided to stop being quite such a gloomy sod and count some blessings for a change.  Good things I've thought of recently as far as the dyke community goes, are Ellen Degeneres' seemingly never-ending and meteoric rise to fame – her own talk show, judge on American Idols, Cover Girl contract – and this is the woman who got married to a woman in a dress, while wearing a suit.  Then there's Kate Clinton.  OK she's not overly well-known in South Africa, but in 2006 she celebrated her 2...

2010 has just emerged, foetus-like from the bloody hips of 2009 and surely South Africa is thinking about things beyond soccer?  And us queers, where are we? 

Well, I'm guessing most of us are still in closets.  Iconic lesbian website After Ellen's round up of lesbians who came out in 2009 includes a whole one South African i.e. Melanie Lowe.  Whether or not you like her music, if you're one of those fabled and privileged queers with plenty of disposable income, please go buy at least one of ...