Pierre LeRoux-DuPisani, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/pierre-le-roux/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:26:14 +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 Pierre LeRoux-DuPisani, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/pierre-le-roux/ 32 32 Things I’ve learned in my thirties https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/04/things-ive-learned-thirties/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/04/things-ive-learned-thirties/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:25:52 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=49534 I am now closer to my forties than what I am to my twenties. It’s kind of depressing because I still don’t always feel or act like an adult. In just a few years I’ll be forty and be expected to have gotten my shit together. To a certain degree I am ready for it […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/02/04/things-ive-learned-thirties/feed/ 1 WE GOT “THE CALL” https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/05/08/we-got-the-call/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/05/08/we-got-the-call/#respond Thu, 08 May 2014 07:11:58 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=41423 After an agonising 10-month wait, it finally happened. This week we got “the call.” The call we were hoping and waiting for. The call that would change our lives forever. The call that would make hubby and I so incredible happy. The call that said we are now going to be a family. When we started on […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/05/08/we-got-the-call/feed/ 0 NO, I DON’T WANT TO FRIEND YOUR C***K https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/02/no-i-dont-want-to-friend-your-ck/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/02/no-i-dont-want-to-friend-your-ck/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=13963 I’ve been on Facebook for longer than most people’s relationships; for longer than most stay at the same job. And I’ve learned that there are people on Facebook who have very serious mental problems.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/06/02/no-i-dont-want-to-friend-your-ck/feed/ 0 SPRING AND MY FAT-ASS DIET https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/22/spring-and-my-fat-ass-diet/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/22/spring-and-my-fat-ass-diet/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=16877 Allergies, buzzing bees and mating birds are not the only things that spring brings, writes Pierre Le Roux. It’s also that time of the year to look in the mirror for a reality check…

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/09/22/spring-and-my-fat-ass-diet/feed/ 0 THE POISONED ANNIVERSARY https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/06/02/the-poisoned-anniversary/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/06/02/the-poisoned-anniversary/#respond https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=17591 Our 14 year anniversary was a couple of weeks ago. We planned to have a ridiculously expensive meal at a French restaurant and then have some romantic sexy time. But, that’s not exactly what happened…

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2011/06/02/the-poisoned-anniversary/feed/ 0 RISE OF THE GAY PAGEANTS https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-gay-pageants/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-gay-pageants/#respond Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-gay-pageants/ What’s up with all these damn gay pageants? Isn’t just being a regular queen enough? Do we really need to justify our queerness with crowns, tiaras and sashes? asks Pierre Le Roux.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/08/25/rise-of-the-gay-pageants/feed/ 0 GOOD FENCES, GOOD NEIGHBOURS? https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/07/01/good-fences-good-neighbours/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/07/01/good-fences-good-neighbours/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/07/01/good-fences-good-neighbours/ Pierre Le Roux and his husband moved into the ‘burbs, but have found that not everything is sunshine and roses, afternoon tea and raunchy pool parties...

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/07/01/good-fences-good-neighbours/feed/ 0 FAIRY GODPARENTS https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/05/20/fairy-godparents/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/05/20/fairy-godparents/#respond Thu, 20 May 2010 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/05/20/fairy-godparents/ Faced with straight friends either trying to fall pregnant or being “with child” Pierre le Roux wonders if he and his bubby should get in on the act, or simply remain “fairy godparents”.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/05/20/fairy-godparents/feed/ 0 I SEE DEAD (STRAIGHT) PEOPLE https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/03/17/i-see-dead-straight-people/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/03/17/i-see-dead-straight-people/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/03/17/i-see-dead-straight-people/ Pierre Le Roux reveals that when he and his husband bought a new home they got more than they bargained for; being haunted by a cranky, homophobic ghost!

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2010/03/17/i-see-dead-straight-people/feed/ 0 AM I A STEPFORD FAG? https://www.mambaonline.com/2009/11/19/am-i-a-stepford-fag/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2009/11/19/am-i-a-stepford-fag/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/2009/11/19/am-i-a-stepford-fag/ As he measures how his life has changed since his twenties and how different it is from what he expected it to be, Pierre Le Roux asks: Have I become a Stepford Fag?

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