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Dear Beloftebos, Keep Your Wedding Venue, You're Missing Out On These LGBT Babes

This trending topic on Twitter is just so beautiful. 🌈🏳️🌈
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Engagement Editor, HuffPost South Africa

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Members of the SA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community wave rainbow-coloured flags at the Gay Pride Festival in Durban in June.AFP PHOTO: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images
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Alex Thorne and her wife were rejected from hosting their wedding by a posh venue in Cape Town called Beloftebos. After questioning this, they found out it was because they were in a same-sex relationship that the venue was not available to them.

Read: Beloftebos Venue Refuses To Host Same-Sex Wedding -- A Potentially Dangerous Situation

"The issue is indeed not with the dates. The reason is that we only host heterosexual marriages. We wish not to offend but it is our venue policy," the owner Coia de Villiers wrote back to Thorne.

Also read: Homophobia In The SA Wedding Industry Seems To Be A Real Problem

As if by some sort of coincidence, at the same time a trending topic started globally called #LGBTBabes.

By the time it got to SA, news of Beloftebos was on people's radar and so our very own LGBTI babes jumped onto the trend and shared stunning photos of themselves.

These are our favourites from our shores.

1. Thapelomokz
Twitter
#LGBTBabes for my bearded fellow gay men ❤️ https://t.co/Qb1PHm16vQ
3. FZCLARKE
Twitter
Yasss!!! #LGBTbabes https://t.co/qQ8zr11WU2
5. Kingnicxx
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HELLO 😘💕✨💫 #LGBTbabes https://t.co/Miic5qXbfP
6. Andrewil24
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A tag to feed my self-obsession... I'm here for it 💙 #LGBTbabes https://t.co/UoLitHnlJL
7. Dreamthatglow
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That T[ea] bbz ❤️ that African Tea... #LGBTbabes https://t.co/692DxHrDc0
8. Nas_Minaj
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#LGBTbabes Gay and proud ❤🌈 https://t.co/qiV7X6U01h
9. LovaticLeshilo
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Yikes @ my cheeks 😂 #LGBTbabes https://t.co/xApJwIMekg
11. Markosix
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😍😍😍😍😍 #LGBTbabes https://t.co/cXIyPxfvEs
12. Gyre_SA
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My Mobicel isn't bad yo. And yeah I wear glasses #LGBTBabes https://t.co/AQptlG8qNU
13. Swazikills
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just a regular degular bisexual gal ✨#LGBTBabes https://t.co/W3ZSWLmv4Q
15. TheRoku
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#LGBTbabes I'm cute I guess (transmasc & gaaaaaaay) https://t.co/DH0Ia9uMVz
16. Bongani_tsh
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Woke up to #LGBTbabes hope I'm not late👅 https://t.co/WMIvt9BJnD
17. Mrlawrence_SA
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#LGBTbabes 🙋🏽‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 https://t.co/ir5JF6CNx8
18. ____Zin
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Accepting my queerness is the reason why everything else in my life fell into place. #LGBTbabes https://t.co/yXsietbMSP
19. HugoUys
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Proud to be a part of this community ❤💛💚💙💜 #LGBTbabes https://t.co/oEadFY21xr
21. _Prince_Musa_
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I am honoured boo @CamagwiniTMade Hope am not too late #lgbtbabes 🌈🌈🌈 https://t.co/kcGrUmsLD7
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