Dear Alex.amf Perhaps try

Dear Alex.amf

Perhaps try googling the fact that over 1500 species (ranging from worms all the way up to primates) ellicit homosexual bonding. In fact, a study just this year shows such prevalence across practically all species. Oh, and by the way, you'll see some studies showing just such an evolutionary tendency while you're at it. But for someone who clearly hasn't read Origin of Species and has absolutely no knowledge of Freud (good spelling there ace), I know it must be hard for you to grasp the fact that more is at work in genetics than just the will to mate - although I'm sure that's about all you're capable of.. Coming from someone that clearly still drags their knuckles on the ground - please take your pathetically paroquial view, and supress the need to use your mouth for anything other than breathing (which I'm sure takes up most of your intellectual capacity in any event), because you're giving the rest of us heterosexuals a bad name....

good grief

Good luck Chris!
as for the neanderthals and their rather sad archaic opinions, I think the only people feeling inadequate and guilty are you guys, shame so the men spouting this homophobic crap feel they need to make anti gay statements because their god will then forgive the little twitch they get when looking at the pics of Chris;) ?
and the women feel the need to tutt tutt because then maybe their imaginary little friend wont hold it against them that they look at Portia de Rossi's cleavage with a bit more longing than simple admiration?
get over it guys- what people do in their bedrooms (or airplane loos ;) ) has nothing to do with you or your god

Voting has opened

Hey all, sms voting has opened for Mr Gay South Africa, sms 'GSA Chris Macgregor' to 35215 If you want me to represent SA at Mr Gay World! C'mon - show your support!

your gay!

people dont know who they are,,,,,,,,me,IM A BLACK, PROUD AFRICAN MAN. and anti gay

Stunned!

After reading all these negative comments I was stunned that people could react this way to an informative and interesting article. If you disagree - move on. Why spread hate when there is already so much of it in the world? Congratulations again to you Chris! I thoroughly enjoyed your thoughtful and mature responses.

Congratulations!

Congratulations Chris and thank you for being a positive role model!

Gay is wrong irrespective of religion

What amazes me is how people refuse to acknowledge that they have a problem, an illness, something that is not natural- homosexuality.
there are people,that one can see to try cure yourself!
Everyone's going on about religion. Lets make it simple for you.

If you dont want to look from a religious point of view, you must look from a evolutionary point of view; biological.

The penis is designed to go into the vagina. Not the anus. (fact)
I wish i had something amazingly groundbreaking to say, but i dont really, its all really simple. The human race is here because of repoduction. Evolution, survival of the fittest. Read Darwin ( i'm sure you have no idea who he is, but try google him)

Just because you love something doesnt make it right.
If i love my dog, have sex with it, sleep with it, eat with it etc. Does
that make what i'm doing right?

Like i said there are people you can see. dont feel trapped or convinced by gay people, that if you male inclinations or fantasies, that you must be gay. Fact, everyone has to a degree gay inclanations, just like we all have imagine to a degree reproducing with our mother(Froid).
Or flirt with the idea of killing someone.
You need to learn to repress such ideas.
Gay Is Not Ok.

The funny thing is

The funny thing is that groups that are already discriminated against e.g. black ppl don't stand up for other ppl that are discrimated against like women and gay ppl. Its saddedning. Luckily one of my best friends is gay and is the only person besides my husband and best friend that support feminism. xxx to him He also stood up for me when at school I got into troubel for something that I didn't do. So yeah he has more balls than 10 heteros put together. To the Bible bashers. You DO put ppl off church.

funny

Funny how all the people who have something bad to say, write Anonymous in the Your Name section. i'm gay and a christian, and in my experience with the Lord, i can't see why he would hate me for who i am. He made me after all. I you all bring up the bible, do yourselves a favour and read it again. It clearly states thou shalt not judge. If you judge us, you are wrong as well
well done to Chris who is not afraid to be himself even if some people are against him. I for one know, that if i had a choice i would rather be straight just to avoid the remarks i get from some people and the stares etc. Sjaim on all of you who have nothing good to say

Congrats to Chris

Congrats to Chris! I reiterate what has been said by previous bloggers! Yes, there are extremely promiscuous gay men and women and straight men and women. As a gay man that is not, I believe wholeheartedly that I will find someone that has the same standards and moral foundations that I was taught by my parents. There are many of us that believe in monogamy, because that is who we are!

Gay is what I am and not who I am. I am not defined by my sexuality. It's just another facet of the diamond that I have become in the face of unfortunate bigotry on both sides of the sexual paradigm.

To the God botherers: teach love, like Jesus and not hatred that is perpetuated by your own deep seated fears of diversity.

And the Christians are out in force again

It always amazes me to see what horrific things the Christians want to do to people who do not share their convictions. Not to mention the horrific things religion committed against homosexuals throughout religion's history.

Enough said

Yip. Welcome to the most racist and homophobic country in the world. Its very sad to read that there is still so much prejudice against gay people as a whole. And comparing being gay to bestiality. Now that makes me sad. Everyday I am more grateful to distance myself from ignorant racist straight individuals. Well done Chris you look great. Just ignore these uneducated illiterate people.

Oh pipe down!

I think it's fabulous! And a pity that such gorgeous hunks would never be interested in me ;-) Fly the rainbow flag lads!

As for the Gay-bashers, nobody here is interested in your opinion. Go spout it somewhere else.

Normal and natural indeed

Dear Readers,

As a scientist with a PhD in natural and biological science, I am always curious about reading new articles on biological issues.

I would like to contribute from a neutral point of view. People, please remember, that not everyone is religious, and that your views on religion and homosexuality should not cloudy your judgment of what is natural and what is not.

Homosexuality has been known to occur in more than 150 species of animals and is a natural function of evolution. Please search the Internet for the relevant information, since there is a deluge of articles on the subject.

why are so many people threatened?

Chris - congrats - fly the flag high!

@ the gay bashers: what always surprises me is how angry you get at something that doesn't even affect you. if you are not gay, leave everyone else alone to live their own lives. we don't go on and on about which church you need to attend or which colour bible to read.
whether i share a bed with a man or a woman has absolutely no bearing on your life, so please use that enegry for something more productive.

or maybe it does affect you: if you feel attraction to the same sex - go with it, you'll be a happier person. if a friend or family member announces they're gay - realise that they are still the same person, just probably very relieved if you continue to love them.

Congrats Chris!

@ "gays only want one thing" - CHEW ON THIS :

I have been with my partner for 15 years. In fact today is our anniversary. We have friends who have been together for 18 years, another cople for 27 years and one couple of 34 years!! Same goes for some of our lesbian friends.
So many of our "straight" friends have split / divorced for cheating and beating and so on. This is life and happens accross the board to couples of any combination.

agnee sies man, julle kannie

agnee sies man, julle kannie die goed op die internet sit nie

Mr. Gay SA

@ COX. I think that You should actualy read the Bible since you raised the subject as your comments are distorted. What's wrong is wrong. Every gay person knows that what they are doing is wrong. They know this inside themselves that is whay they try and hide it lest it expose them to the world. Some have "come out of the closet", but it's still wrong. Gays are normal people and most are very nice people to get along with but....their practice is wrong none the less.

Mr. Gay SA

This event (Mr. Gay SA) should be banned. It does not represent the majority of SA's opinion and is sickening to say the least. To actualy have it reported on the Gotravel24 web site is an abomination. I as a user of this site will begin to boycot this site and hope that others follow Suite

Homsexuality

Homosexuality like beastiality, is unfortunately wrong.
it may be around, but it is not natural.
Everyone going on about how there is nothing wrong with it, is unfortunately confused.
there exist moral and virtuous absolutes. (kant,Plato,Locke,Mill)

If you are gay, and you are fooling yourself that there is nothing wrong with it, i feel sorry for you. actually i feel jealous for you. because ignorance is bliss, and your life must be very blissfull.
Study some biology, or theology.
Ask your dissapointed parents (yes, truly inside, they are ashamed and dissapointed)
Gay= is not natural. No matter how you wanna spin it. sorry

you go girl

Beautifully said, Sean! For us to make a success of cohabiting on this planet we'll have to learn to live and let live. God loves us all!

You go boy!

Ag no Man

Thanks boys for being total gay cliche's...and this homo knows your type on the gay circuit..pretentious idiots and narcissists!...bleurgh!..whare are all the real men these days?

Gay Cured????

Gay Cured??? whoever said it needed to be cured? I'm Gay and don't suffer from 'acute depression'. In fact, I thank God every day for the amazing gift The Divine has given me - giving me the gift of my sexuality it has opened my mind and freed me. By learning to accept myself and love myself as I am, so Grace has given me the freedom to accept others as they are. and then one can truly see how beautiful world is and all those that live in it. How sad it would be if we were all the same. If you cannot love yourself as you are and those around you, who challenge you with their differences (the way God made them), how can you love God?

This Universe is fulled with so much we could never understand. The Bible and other Holy books are an attempt to understand what transcends the capabilities of our mind - they will never be 100% correct. There's a Buddhist saying "the finger that Points to the Moon is not the Moon". the same applies to Holy books or scriptures they may point to the Truth but they are not The Truth. One must jump off the words and see to where they point. That's why Jesus used parables in his teachings as an attempt to show the way. (That's also why the bible is so full of contradiction - it's people trying to convey a deeper understanding to others that simply can't be understood by the mind.) Well, at least that's how it is for me.

The Bigots are out again

The Bigots are out again. Always during work times it seems.

re: a&eve

Devil has a number of epithets, including Old Scratch, Old Nick and others. ...
He is the god of this world, always hiding within God's Creation, and forever distorting the created order (like Man and Woman). And see! how many have fallen for his lies! - he's not called the 'FATHER OF LIES' for no reason...did you know that not until marriage certificates were issued between men, did the Creator decide to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah...BECAUSE...marriage is the analogy of His relationship with His church~~!!!

a&eve

Who's old Nick?

Adam and Eve gone wrong

Hmmm, as far as I know, He created ADAM and EVE, not Adam and Steve....Must have been old Nick who changed it all....at a cost of course...to those who cannot see and have been blinded....

Nothing gay about being gay

Sorry, but forgot to mention Charlene Cothran is no longer suffering from same sex attraction disorder.

There is such liberty in being free from it.

Nothing gay about being gay

"I must come out of the closet again. I have recently
experienced the power of change that came over me once I
completely surrendered to the teachings of Jesus Christ." - Charlene
Cothran, a prominent black lesbian in the forefront of the fight for
equal rights for gays and lesbians and publisher of a successful
magazine.

Look at it from which way you want to, but same sex attraction disorder, normally related to acute depression, is identifiable and cureable.

Well done Chris

Chris, you look like a great guy. I am sure you will turn out to be a role model for many young gay men.

the whole gay thing

This article leaves me depressed and saddened, as the message once more is that it is ok to be gay as long as one is young and hunky, tanned, well built and always smiling the shiny 'life is fabulous' smile - party party party!
I am a gay man that cringes at the photos of Mr Smiling gay Hunk - narsisissitic and begging for aproval because he is beautiful - indicitive of emotional immaturity. There are many ways to reaffirm your place in the world, many ways to contribute to society at large.
The greatest tragedy about the gay movement is that gays have sought to indulge themselves in the body beautiful, self worship, hedonistic and dangerous sexual practices , irresponsible use of drugs - while whining that the world rejects them as they lie dying of aids and drug abuse in hospitals around the world - turn on the waterworks, write a play, make a film - some self indulgent gay sod is finally getting his just rewards. It is time for us to grow up and face the music - we are part of a greater humanity and owe the world more than a cheesy smile and a glimps of a tanned six pack.

To Mom of a gay

I just want to add: Mom of a gay - I think you're awesome. You could really teach parents in our country a thing or two, including my own. I wish there had been an group of people they could have chatted to (that had your sort of thinking) when I came out to them.

I wish you very good Karma.

R

Rigth on Cox

You go! I hope those self obseesed singleminded bitter and sorry people that keeps on repeating one thing take note of that but they would not care about a thing like that! Why should they? Hope they realise we really dont care what they think. We can be mean too if we want to but we are better than them!!

GAY and PROUD

read the bible properly

Oh the bible… the bible. Can all these people who run their lives by what the bible says also remember reading the following, (I guess not): Women are the property of men. A man can have more than one wife and many concubines. Women are dirty and sinful after birth. Menstruating women are dirty and sinful. Women are not to wear men’s clothing. A man can have sex with his daughters. If a man discovers his wife was not a virgin she must be stoned to death. If a man commits adultery with a married woman, both must be killed. And I can go on and on all day… there are THOUSANDS of absurdities like this. So is everyone living like the bible says?

Gay and proud

To all the people that think it is easy and a fashion statement to be gay Good Luck to you. If it was a chioce the majority of gay men would rather have chosen to be straight as there are only an elite group of us that knows how difficult life can be when you need to hide what you are and when and if the day comes when you decide to tell the world how it feels if so many people that you once thought was your friends suddenly turns out to be bigets.
Good for you hris and may all our fairy lighst shine out even if it is only we that accept each other for what we are! Make us PROUD!!!!
As for Mom of a gay will you be my mother? Wish there were more like you!

Thank you

Thanks Chris for responding to what I said. I am a Christian who HAS studied my Bible in great depth as well as other sources and my son is as imperfect in some ways as I am I suppose in others. WHAT I know for sure is that I love him and will not judge him myself or any other gay person or straight person whose values are wrong and harmful to others in Society as a whole. I might have an opinion about someone but unless you have walked in someone elses shoes do not presume to pass judgement and show aggression towards that person because it is coming from fear of the unknown and generalisation. There are gay people who are promiscuous but one only has to look at the straight community to see how promiscuous they are with more than 50% of straight marriages ending in divorces and remarriages etc. It's rare to hear of gay men attacking straight men but quite common for the opposite to happen. Am I sad that my wonderful son who the girls are crazy about is gay? I guess a little bit because these are all beautiful girls inside and out, models and professionals both. At the end of the day though he and his gay friends are the most amazing human beings with more brains in their heads and positive characterisitics to offer humanity than many of the predominantly straight young men the same age. His brothers who are straight are in awe of his achievements despite the slight fear they have because he is gay and might be physically set upon by people whose blogs have been removed here.

I do wonder why gay people actually want to be married in the church considering the fact that some of the biggest hypocrites and gay bashers are church goers. The churchgoers on the other hand send out a mixed message that the gay community are promiscuous spreaders of AIDS but those who actually DO wish to make a solemn commitment under the church umbrella are turned away. The church people seem to be somewhat confused in wanting these gays to be faithful to one person but not being prepared to give them the blessing of the church. My own son has been in one rlationship for four years and one for a year and his current relationship is I think about two years old. I know of heterosexual relationships that don't last a year because one or other or both partners are fooling around with others while supposedly committed.

So sad

So sad that Chris is getting bashed in these comments. I feel for Chris who has to be smeared with the bile of the narrow-minded and the bigoted who doesn't really know anything about being gay, saying things like "the only thing we have on our minds at all times is anal sex". Since when? Is the only thing on your mind all the time vaginal sex? I hope not. If it is, I think we've found the problem. I also feel for the people who will die thinking that it is OK for them to talk to (or about) other people like that. Sis man!

Chris, congratulations on winning. And remember this old saying: "The finest steel goes through the hottest furnaces." So let them burn you all they want. You'll turn out magnificent, they'll turn out ash.

Congratulations again!

these bible bashers need to

these bible bashers need to get a life.thats the thing with religion.they choose something that they dont like,look it up in the bible and then they keep using the same refrences over and over again.isnt god about love?or am i reading the bible wrong.there are alot of things in the bible that can be very offensive ie.some ppl believe that the bible says black people and women are second class citizens.what does a black female christian have to say about that?there are also scripts in the bible that says if you eat shell fish you would be baniished,erm i dont see people avoiding lobster like a plague!i am fed up with this whole thing,these people that say these things are the worst sinners.they are the ones that doesnt love they neigbour.i think we should be proud that we live in a country where we are free!and stop focusing on sum old scripture.and btw if you are a christian you believe in jesus christ and his words in the new testament.now where does it say anything about gays being all evil?cheers ya'll

Well done News24

I agree with the sentiments here: well done News24 for running a story such as this. On another note, you'll notice that Barak Obama released a statement declaring June LGBT Pride month. Have a look: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGB...

Good Journalism

It's good to see GoTravel24 publishing a wide variety of content, even to the gay market (a huge tourism money spinner).
Congrats to Chris, I hope you go far. Look forward to meeting you on the Sinforina in November.

Congrats

Congrats Chris. You make us proud. Best of luck. I can see a bright future for you.

It's just a pity he's a

[Removed. Anonymous, it's pretty low to make unsupported accusations. - Ed]

Kudos

Kudos to News24 and GoTravel24 for running this piece. Events like this are so often marginalised, and deemed 'unfit' for mainstream media. Good to see 24 leading the way.

Some of these comments

I have to laugh at some of these comments..Especially the bible bashers.. The problem with people liek you is that you DON't read the bible. You can never validate your beliefs, and in fact the text in the bible constantly contradicts itself, (Try spotting how many gospels the birth of Christ is mentioned in...And once you have, see if they agree on the place of birth etc)....

I suspect that for the most part the "gays" who should burn in hell have IQ's into which yours would divide several times...and then still have a remainder!

And PS...For the record...Sorry, Im straight... So my opnion isn't "Skewed" by my "terrible" (sic) sexual deviations

Wise man

Chris, I have never ever came across a more wiser man then yourself, would you be interested in being a speaker, God gave you lots of blessings, when he created you

Choice

Pink Girl, the thing is it wasn’t a choice. I didn’t choose to like guys just as much as any straight guy didn’t choose to like girls, they just do. But I have made peace with it and now wouldn’t change it if I could even.

Re: Test

You send them both to jail and the one that’s dropping and bending over to pick it up for more than once in the showers..., that’s the gay!

sean

Hi sean ask Elaine, her husband/boyfriend will do the tests free of charge and with a smile on his face
Enjoy

pink girl

thanks, don't you worry will give you a call, when that happens
see noe she gone, shame poor girl

Test

What sort of test do they perform to prove the contestants are gay? Just curious ;-)