Hendrik Baird, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/hendrik-baird/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:28:48 +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 Hendrik Baird, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/hendrik-baird/ 32 32 Opinion: Who Will Speak for Us? The Crisis Facing LGBTQ+ South Africans https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/04/13/opinion-who-will-speak-for-us-the-crisis-facing-lgbtq-south-africans/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/04/13/opinion-who-will-speak-for-us-the-crisis-facing-lgbtq-south-africans/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:28:48 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=128380 A powerful warning from South Africa: LGBTQ+ organisations, clinics and spaces are disappearing as hate crimes and silence grow.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/04/13/opinion-who-will-speak-for-us-the-crisis-facing-lgbtq-south-africans/feed/ 0 Opinion: Is Public Cruising Making a Comeback? https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/29/opinion-is-public-cruising-making-a-comeback/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/29/opinion-is-public-cruising-making-a-comeback/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:33:22 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=119169 Cruising has long been part of gay life in many parts of the world. Hendrik Baird offers his perspective on cruising and its place in the digital age.  

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/29/opinion-is-public-cruising-making-a-comeback/feed/ 0 Queer Books: Sizzlers – The Hate Crime That Tore Sea Point Apart https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/07/08/queer-books-sizzlers-the-hate-crime-that-tore-sea-point-apart/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/07/08/queer-books-sizzlers-the-hate-crime-that-tore-sea-point-apart/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:48:20 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=117319 A new book meticulously recounts the brutal 2003 attack at the Sizzlers gay massage parlour and the lasting impact on South Africa's LGBTIQ+ community.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/07/08/queer-books-sizzlers-the-hate-crime-that-tore-sea-point-apart/feed/ 0 Opinion: Mr Gay World 2019 – To be (a beauty pageant) or not to be (a beauty pageant) https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/13/opinion-mr-gay-world-2019-to-be-a-beauty-pageant-or-not-to-be-a-beauty-pageant/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/13/opinion-mr-gay-world-2019-to-be-a-beauty-pageant-or-not-to-be-a-beauty-pageant/#comments Mon, 13 May 2019 11:46:10 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=94413 Mr Gay World has been running for eleven years, yet it seemingly can’t make up its mind whether it wants to be a beauty pageant or a competition, writes Hendrik Baird.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/05/13/opinion-mr-gay-world-2019-to-be-a-beauty-pageant-or-not-to-be-a-beauty-pageant/feed/ 2 Cape Town Pride 2019 packed to capacity https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/04/cape-town-pride-2019-packed-to-capacity/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/04/cape-town-pride-2019-packed-to-capacity/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:39:12 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=93073 With thousands attending the annual Cape Town Pride 2019 parade and mardi gras, the venue was packed to capacity on Saturday.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/03/04/cape-town-pride-2019-packed-to-capacity/feed/ 0 An open letter to Jack Parow https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/12/21/an-open-letter-to-jack-parow/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/12/21/an-open-letter-to-jack-parow/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2018 07:32:54 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=91370 "It is not just a word, it is a violent word. My father’s fist when I was 12-years-old attests to that." Hendrik Baird writes that Jack Parow's apology for his homophobic meme is just not good enough.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/12/21/an-open-letter-to-jack-parow/feed/ 2 Well-known Joburg LGBTQ socialite dies after hijacking https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/28/well-known-joburg-lgbtq-socialite-dies-after-hijacking/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/28/well-known-joburg-lgbtq-socialite-dies-after-hijacking/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:54:09 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=87929 Derick Ward, 36, of Johannesburg, died at the weekend of wounds he sustained during a hijacking in Roodepoort West on Tuesday last week.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/08/28/well-known-joburg-lgbtq-socialite-dies-after-hijacking/feed/ 1 Pink Loerie Mardi Gras 2017 roundup: Smaller festival still a success https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/05/03/pink-loerie-2017-roundup-smaller-festival-still-success/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/05/03/pink-loerie-2017-roundup-smaller-festival-still-success/#comments Wed, 03 May 2017 09:13:12 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=73670 There was general consensus that while the 2017 Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival was smaller compared to previous years, it was still a success. In its 17th incarnation, the annual Pink Loerie event paints the town of Knysna in the Western Cape pink. Shops, guest houses and the general public were decked out […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/05/03/pink-loerie-2017-roundup-smaller-festival-still-success/feed/ 4 Opinion: Is this the truth behind Oscar Bougardt’s accusations? https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/01/12/opinion-truth-behind-oscar-bougardts-accusations/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/01/12/opinion-truth-behind-oscar-bougardts-accusations/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:34:59 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=70696 “Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.” – Leviticus 19:11 Rev Oscar Bougardt is the pastor at Calvary H.O.P.E Ministries in Cape Town. He has repeatedly been in the news for his extreme homophobic comments, self-justified by his arguably erroneous interpretation of the Bible. Some of his reported claims, however, are simply […]

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