Spring Queen

The Spring Queen pageant is a unique event where ‘coloured’  female factory workers from the clothing and textile industry in the Western Cape of South Africa compete each year to be crowned “spring queen” of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Worker’s Union (SACTWU). (more…)

Miss Gay Western Cape

Miss Gay Western Cape grew out of the Spring Queen pageant and the new South African constitution that was the first in the world to include protection for sexual minorities, is a platform for queer ‘non-white’  persons to perform in a secure environment without exploitation. (more…)

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