Pink Loerie co-founder Juan Lerm-Hoffman Juan Lerm-Hoffman, who co-founded both the Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and the Mr Gay South Africa pageant, is being remembered as a pioneer in South Africa’s LGBTQ community. Lerm-Hoffman passed away on Tuesday in Pretoria at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer.
He touched thousands of people as one of the creators of the long-running Pink Loerie Festival. The event, which first took place in May 2001, was groundbreaking for South Africa in the way that the organisers worked closely with the town of Knysna to put on the annual LGBTQ arts and culture festival.
The event often caused great controversy, with conservative religious residents and community leaders attacking the town for supporting the
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