OPINION: JOBURG PRIDE – WE ALL NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
While One in Nine activists have slammed Joburg Pride for what happened at the parade, they, and other LGBT activists, need to take a long, hard look at their tactics and take some responsibility for what Pride is today.
CAN WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN?
As more gay and lesbian groups face closure due to financial woes, two international donor organisations will soon launch a new foundation to find local funding for LGBTI projects in Southern Africa. Will it work?
EDITORIAL: THE TRUE ‘CULTURE OF DEATH’
Pastor Errol Naidoo of the Family Policy Institute cynically vilifies and dehumanises gays and lesbians. It is his appalling use of religious hatred against our community that is creating a true ‘culture of death’, writes Luiz De Barros.
ROWEN BAILEY: PORN THIS WAY
Twenty-four-year-old Joburger Rowen Bailey is well on his way to becoming South Africa’s very own international gay porn star. He sat down with Mambaonline to give us the scoop on his adult film escapades.
EXCLUSIVE: FIDDLING WHILE LGBTIS ARE MURDERED
It’s been over a year since the LGBTI crimes task team was announced. So why does it seem like so little has been accomplished – despite LGBTI people being murdered at a frightening rate? Mambaonline investigates.
AFRICA’S FIRST GAY POLITICAL PARTY LAUNCHED
An LGBTI political party has been launched in South Africa, the first in Africa. Critics, however, question if it can work or even secure a seat in parliament. Mambaonline spoke to the party’s founder.
FIRST STEP TOWARDS DOCUMENTING LGBT HATE CRIMES
An organisation is taking steps towards documenting LGBT hate crimes in South Africa for the first time. It’s a move that will hopefully finally allow activists and officials to understand the scale and nature of the problem.
WORLD MARKS IDAHO 2012
May 17 is the 8th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), an occasion to remember those facing homophobia in one of the 78 countries that criminalise same-sex sexual acts.
EDITORIAL: BE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS
We are under attack. South Africa’s traditional leaders are making a concerted effort to change the Constitution to once again make us second-class citizens in our own country.
ANDY DERLETH: MR. GAY WORLD 2012
Meet Andreas Derleth, the “gentle giant” who recently took the 2012 Mr. Gay World title. He spoke to Mambaonline about being slammed by the gay media, his difficult coming out and what he hopes to achieve.