Janina Smietanka, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/janina-smietanka/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Sun, 08 Sep 2024 18:44:56 +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 Janina Smietanka, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/janina-smietanka/ 32 32 Not Gay Enough: The Hidden Culture of Exclusion Within Britain’s LGBQT+ Nightlife Scene https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/09/08/not-gay-enough-the-hidden-culture-of-exclusion-within-britains-lgbqt-nightlife-scene/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/09/08/not-gay-enough-the-hidden-culture-of-exclusion-within-britains-lgbqt-nightlife-scene/#comments Sun, 08 Sep 2024 18:41:55 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=118021 Many queer people face exclusion from their own community because of the entrenched social and sexual bodily norms set out by the gay scene.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/09/08/not-gay-enough-the-hidden-culture-of-exclusion-within-britains-lgbqt-nightlife-scene/feed/ 1 The silence around unwanted sexual attention in LGBTQ+ venues is making safe spaces less safe https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/06/23/the-silence-around-unwanted-sexual-attention-in-lgbtq-venues-is-making-safe-spaces-less-safe/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/06/23/the-silence-around-unwanted-sexual-attention-in-lgbtq-venues-is-making-safe-spaces-less-safe/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:26:33 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=112913 LGBTQ+ nightlife is not free from instances of unwanted sexual attention, but we rarely talk about it or it's just downplayed.

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