Anonymous, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/anonymous/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:21:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Anonymous, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/anonymous/ 32 32 Ethiopia: LGBTI+ community facing surge in hate and violence https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/08/09/ethiopia-lgbti-community-facing-surge-in-hate-and-violence/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/08/09/ethiopia-lgbti-community-facing-surge-in-hate-and-violence/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:17:04 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=113534 In recent weeks, LGBTI+ organisations in Ethiopia have documented a troubling rise in queerphobic attacks against individuals.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/08/09/ethiopia-lgbti-community-facing-surge-in-hate-and-violence/feed/ 0 I Knew Sheila Lumumba: Here Is My Story https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/19/i-knew-sheila-lumumba-here-is-my-story/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/19/i-knew-sheila-lumumba-here-is-my-story/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 16:11:50 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=108617 In a moving tribute, a Kenyan activist writes about his friend, Sheila Lumumba, a non-binary lesbian who was murdered in Nairobi.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/19/i-knew-sheila-lumumba-here-is-my-story/feed/ 0 I’ve been wondering about chemsex lately… https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/06/18/ive-been-wondering-about-chemsex-lately/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/06/18/ive-been-wondering-about-chemsex-lately/#respond Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:51:56 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=105060 For many in our community, sex and substance use are closely linked. In this article, anonymous opens up about his experience with chemsex.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/06/18/ive-been-wondering-about-chemsex-lately/feed/ 0 Opinion | Much ado about a rainbow flag https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/17/opnion-much-ado-about-a-flag/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/17/opnion-much-ado-about-a-flag/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:30:52 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=98127 Kenyans were outraged after a rainbow flag was recently raised on top of Mt Kenya, along with the national flag. Activist Denis Nzioka looks at why a simple rainbow flag would elicit so much hate.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/12/17/opnion-much-ado-about-a-flag/feed/ 1 Male 2 Male health | My chemsex experience https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/09/07/male-2-male-health-my-chemsex-experience/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/09/07/male-2-male-health-my-chemsex-experience/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:59:17 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=88241 As a gay man, chemsex was the ultimate high. It was a confidence booster and the sex was fantastic. But ultimately it left me feeling fake, empty and out of control.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/09/07/male-2-male-health-my-chemsex-experience/feed/ 0 Health: There is someone in our corner https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/05/27/health-someone-corner/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/05/27/health-someone-corner/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 09:28:15 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=53508 I am a 48-year-old gay male who recently contracted the hepatitis B virus. This is my story. It all started late last year when out of the blue I felt very bloated; a feeling I was not accustomed to. This was replaced by on/off nausea and feeling tired. I thought it would pass but when […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/05/27/health-someone-corner/feed/ 1 And…Cut! A double circumcision story https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/01/21/andcut-double-circumcision-story/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/01/21/andcut-double-circumcision-story/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:00:14 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=49077 Circumcision is a controversial topic. Pros and cons exist for men who are cut, and men who are not. In 2007, I decided to get cut. I had a number of reasons, amongst them that I prefer the way cut dicks look, personal hygiene, and that I’d heard that I would have 60% less chance […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/01/21/andcut-double-circumcision-story/feed/ 6 A CONFESSION: LETTING MY GUARD DOWN https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/10/confession-letting-guard/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/10/confession-letting-guard/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:13:11 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=46055 Shortly before my 28th birthday, I discovered that a friend of mine was HIV positive. He wasn’t a very close friend, but I knew him quite well and it came as a shock to me because he was well educated, intelligent and financially established in the world, and I believed that people like him did […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/10/10/confession-letting-guard/feed/ 1 CROSSING OVER (An anonymous writer’s reflection on drug culture) https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/09/11/crossing-anonymous-writers-reflection-drug-culture/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/09/11/crossing-anonymous-writers-reflection-drug-culture/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:12:39 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=45237 When I was in high school my poodle got tick bite fever and because we lived on a farm we kept pet meds in the fridge. The hardest thing for me to do was to puncture her skin and inject the Phenamidine. I knew if I didn’t she would die. So I saved her life. […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/09/11/crossing-anonymous-writers-reflection-drug-culture/feed/ 0 GAY NATIVITY SCENE SHOCKS ITALY https://www.mambaonline.com/2006/12/23/gay-nativity-scene-shocks-italy/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2006/12/23/gay-nativity-scene-shocks-italy/#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2006/12/23/gay-nativity-scene-shocks-italy/ Italian law-makers have expressed outrage over the addition of two dolls representing a gay couple into a nativity scene in Parliament.

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