REMEMBERING OUR SISTERS
This year’s Joburg Pride theme is ‘Love, Not hate’, which aims to highlight the recent spate of brutal hate crimes against LGBT people. Mambaonline presents a tribute to some of the victims who lost their lives.
WHY I ATTEND PRIDE
At this time of the year, a week or so before Joburg Pride, the question is often asked in Gauteng and surrounds: “Are you going to Pride?” Coenie Kukkuk writes why you should be there.
GOVERNMENT GETS BEHIND SYDNEY MARDI GRAS
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, one of the world’s largest gay and lesbian festivals, has secured government funding for the first time in its 30-year history.
GOING GLOBAL WITH SA FETISH
Three months ago, the last thing Cape Town-based Deon Behrens would have believed is that his company would become one of the leading gay fetish clothing manufacturers in the world.
FLIRTING GAMES
Closet flirts who need to brush up on their pick-up skills can compare notes when the internationally acclaimed Dalliances opens at Artscape Arena for a short season. We meet the sexy cast.
FEARS FOR SAFETY OF SARAJEVO QUEER FESTIVAL
Amnesty International has called on the authorities to guarantee a safe environment for gay people ahead of the first Sarajevo Queer Festival.
RECLAIMING MY GAYNESS
For over seven years Clive Vanderwagen struggled to repress his sexuality. He writes about his experiences in the ex-gay ministry and how he reclaimed his identity.
RUSSIAN ACTIVISTS ACQUITTED
RUSSIAN ACTIVISTS ACQUITTED