Uproar over straight actor Jack Whitehall playing Disney gay character
British actor and comedian Jack Whitehall has been caught up in a backlash after it was revealed that he is playing the ‘first’ major openly gay character in a live action Disney film.
Mr Gay Europe and Poznan Pride marred by anti-LGBTQ hate
Mr Gay Europe and the Poznan Pride celebrations in Poland over the weekend were marred by anti-LGBTQ protests.
Team SA makes a splash at the Gay Games in Paris
South Africa is fielding six participants at the 10th Gay Games in Paris, joining around 10,000 other people from 91 countries around the world.
President Museveni says West ‘imposing’ homosexuality on Uganda
Uganda’s President Museveni has been awarded a global peace prize, taking the opportunity to repeat tired and baseless claims that Western countries are forcing homosexuality onto Africans.
Mom’s horror as Durban teen hangs himself after principal calls him gay
Matthew Joash David, a 17-year-old Durban teenager, was found hanging by his mother after he was allegedly bullied and called gay and a pervert by his school principal.
Editorial | Pastor Bougardt’s gay hate speech Equality Court case is a farce
The years-long Equality Court matter against gay hate pastor Oscar Bougardt has become a travesty and illustrates the deep deficiencies of the Equality Court system.
Siya Khumalo on God and queerness: The Mamba Interview
Siya Khumalo’s provocative new book, You Have To Be Gay To Know God, has been both acclaimed and condemned. He sat down with Mambaonline to talk about being queer and Christian in South Africa.
Gender Equality Commission joins landmark NG Kerk gay unions case
Eleven members of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC – also known as the NG Kerk) are taking the church to court to force it to change its decision to not allow the solemnisation of same-sex unions. The matter, Gaum and others vs Dutch Reformed Church and others, is set to be heard on 21 August […]
Fired lesbian minister ends legal action against Methodist Church of SA
After a titanic seven year struggle, Ecclesia de Lange has ended her legal battle to have the Methodist Church of South Africa (MCSA) reinstate her as a minister. De Lange was fired by the church in January 2010 after she announced to her Western Cape congregation that she would be marrying her same-sex partner (the […]
Omar Sharif Jr on coming out and Egypt’s LGBTQ crackdown
Since coming out as gay in 2012, actor Omar Sharif Jr, the grandson of legendary Egyptian film star Omar Sharif, has become an outspoken activist for his country’s beleaguered LGBTQ community. He is said to be one of the first public personalities to come out in the Arab world and he was vilified by the […]