Gay drama Moonlight gets 8 Oscar nominations

Moonlight, the gay coming of age drama, has received eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. The nominees were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday, with the musical La La Land scoring a whopping 14 nominations. This sees it tied with All About Eve and Titanic for the most ever received by a film. Moonlight was nominated […]

NMB municipality apologises, asks LGBTI touch rugby club to return

The LGBTI touch rugby club in Nelson Mandela Bay that was barred from playing at a municipal park has been asked to return by the mayor’s office. Last week, Mambaonline reported that the NMB LGBTI Touch Rugby club’s practice session at the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth ended in disappointment when an official ordered the […]

Trump continues to erase LGBTQ references from government websites

It appears that America’s LGBTQ community is headed for dark times as the Trump administration signals that it may be preparing to cut back on advances made by former President Obama. On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) said it had discovered the deletion of a number of LGBTQ references from the State Department website. This includes former […]

Miss Drag South Africa is here!

Calling all drag artists and fans across the country! A national gay drag pageant is finally here. Enigma von Hamburg, avid beauty queen and former Miss Gay Western Cape, recently launched her new venture, Miss Drag South Africa (PTY) Ltd, in Cape Town at Zero21 Social Club. “This will be an annual national pageant where […]