Thousands March In Johannesburg Against Gay Discrimination, Eastern And Western Gay Germans, Chord Overstreet Is Definitely Not Going To Play Chris Colfer’s Glee Boyfriend, Project Runway Participant Comes Out As HIV Positive, Joe McElderry

Thousands took part in Africa’s largest Gay Pride protest in Johannesburg Saturday, according to the AFP, organizers saying that more that 18,000 people participated in the protest, South Africa the only country on the continent that allows same sex marriage, Luiz de Barros saying “We are aware of the fact that LGBT people across Africa are being arrested, their human rights are under threat and it’s a growing phenomenon on the continent. South Africa having an enlightened constitution, we have a responsibility to reach out to our brothers and sisters in Africa.” 38 of 53 African countries continue to have laws that make homosexuality a punishable crime.

Deutsche-Well reports on the current climate for gays and lesbians in Germany twenty years after reunification.

Ryan Murphy tells E! that in this Tuesday’s episode of Glee the character of Kurt Hummel, played by Chris Colfer, struggles to accept the religious beliefs of those around him while contending with some serious issues of his own, Murphy saying “The core of the show is really about tolerance. I think that’s the legacy of Glee more than anything else. So as we began the year we were very conscious of that. Last year the throughline was about teenage pregnancy. And the throughline this year is really about Kurt and his feelings about tolerance, not only in high school and in the world, but also the ripple effect it has one everybody around him.” And of Kurt’s much discussed first boyfriend, Murphy says “It definitely not Chord (Overstreet). It’s not Chord. And the new character (Darren Criss) is certainly an option.” I’m not sure how soon I want to (reveal) that information because it’s such a big storyline of the year – I want there to be some surprises. But Darren has a major, major arc. He sort of becomes Kurt’s mentor and then maybe love – he had to leave his own school because of bullying and goes to an all-boys academy and finds acceptance because that school has a non-bullying, zero-tolerance policy. So Kurt really admires him and respects him. He plays someone who is one year older than Chris’ character, so he’s the old pro.”

US magazine reports on the revelation last Thursday on Project Runway from contestant Mondo Guerra, the 32 year old acknowledging that he is HIV positive, who said that he had kept that information from his mother since being diagnosed ten years ago.

Joe McElderry spotted arriving at the BBC studios Saturday.