Dylan Jack, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/dylan-van-vuuren/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Dylan Jack, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/dylan-van-vuuren/ 32 32 In love for the first time at 26 https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/13/love-first-time-26/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/13/love-first-time-26/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:52:39 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=49919 Throughout my life I wanted to believe in true love, but I only ever saw it in the movies. The love of those around me seemed tainted somehow; forced or difficult or complicated. I most certainly didn’t believe in gay love. Gay sex yes, gay love, not so much. In the words of Larry Kramer, […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/13/love-first-time-26/feed/ 2 COMING OUT FOR PARENTS https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/03/02/coming-out-for-parents/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/03/02/coming-out-for-parents/#respond Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=12434 Failing to find an online guide to help parents of kids who've come out as gay, Dylan van Vuuren and his mom have compiled their own advice for parents who might be surprised and shaken to hear, "Mom, Dad, I'm gay".

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/03/02/coming-out-for-parents/feed/ 0 ANYONE FOR QUEER RUGBY? https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/20/anyone-for-queer-rugby/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/20/anyone-for-queer-rugby/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=13273 Homosexuals playing rugby? Yes, it does happen. Blight Rugby Club started out as a small gathering of gay Capetonians having a picnic and has grown into a weekly touch rugby game.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/20/anyone-for-queer-rugby/feed/ 0 MY GAY BIRTHDAY https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/07/my-gay-birthday/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/07/my-gay-birthday/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=13361 Dylan van Vuuren recently celebrated his third gay birthday - the day he came out to his parents (via SMS nogal). He writes about how it happened, what he learned and offers tips for coming out in style.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/09/07/my-gay-birthday/feed/ 0 A BOTTOM IN BENONI https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/14/a-bottom-in-benoni/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/14/a-bottom-in-benoni/#comments https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=13885 “A young gay Capetonian boy moves from a beachfront townhouse to the East Rand of Johannesburg…” Sounds like a great concept for a new reality show right? Except, it’s actually my life, writes Dylan van Vuuren.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/14/a-bottom-in-benoni/feed/ 11 NO FATS, NO FEMS https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/05/03/no-fats-no-fems/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/05/03/no-fats-no-fems/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=14140 Are we obsessed with trying to prove our masculinity by pursuing ‘straight-acting’ studs? Dylan van Vuuren - who excels at being gay (not so much at being buff and butch) - tells us why gay men need to grow up.

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