Grahamstown teen launches youth inclusivity campaign after anti-gay sermon
A Grahamstown teenager has created an empowerment campaign to raise funds for his Equality Court case against a preacher who told school pupils that homosexuality is wrong. In April, 17-year-old Geir Wilson, a matric pupil at St. Andrew’s College, spoke out after Theuns Pauw, from the African Enterprise international ministry, addressed pupils on “the trappings […]
Angola registers its first LGBT+ affirming civil rights group
Earlier this month, the Iris Angola Association (Associação Íris Angola) became the first civil rights organisation that advocates for LGBT+ rights to be legally registered by the Angolan government. Mambaonline reached out to the association’s director, Carlos Fernandez, to find out more about the country’s historic moment. Established in 2013, the association is part of […]
Book Extract: Africa’s Future Has No Space For Stupid Black Men (in As You Like It)
Pwaangulongii Dauod’s Africa’s Future Has No Space For Stupid Black Men was this year’s winner of the Gerald Kraak Award. The “queer Afro-modern” piece highlights the plight of those who are marginalised based on their gender and sexual orientation in Nigeria and on the continent. The essay is included in the new queer anthology book, As […]
Eye candy | The underwear matador
Olé! Male underwear label Modus Vivendi has launched its new Polkadot line with a stunning matador-themed photoshoot. Photographer Joan Crisol took these powerful images of striking model Antonio Miranda in Madrid (where else?) to promote the range. The Modus Vivendi Polkadot line comprises briefs, low cut briefs, boxers, bottomless and tanktops, in yellow, red and […]