Home Affairs shame: Forced by court to recognise trans man after 26 years!
A Boksburg transgender man has been subjected to 26 years of nightmarish and life-altering abuse by the Department of Home Affairs. The Pretoria News reported that the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria last week gave the department 20 days to accurately reflect Stephen Lombard’s gender on a new ID document, including an updated picture. Lombard, who […]
Nelson Mandela Foundation: “Madiba not opposed to same-sex marriage”
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has lashed out at an Australian group that has used Mandela’s image and words to campaign against same-sex marriage. The group, called “Children’s Future”, which is said to have strong Catholic links, distributed a pamphlet in Sydney that features a picture of the late human rights icon, along with his quote: […]
Police block Uganda Pride for second time this year
The Ugandan authorities have, as threatened, stopped a second attempt to hold an LGBT Uganda Pride celebration. On Saturday, armed officers ordered participants, who had driven or been bussed to a beach in Munyonyo, outside of Kampala, to mark the fifth annual event, to disperse. There were reports on social media of arrests, of a person […]
Would you go live in an LGBT homeland?
Believe it or not, there are genuine attempts to create a homeland or country for LGBT people. Would you move there? According to Viktor Zimmerman, head of the German-based Gay Homeland Foundation, a separate LGBT state is the only realistic way that LGBT people will find true liberty and happiness. In an interview with Vice, […]
Raise your flag at Pretoria Pride 2016 – All the details
Now in its fourth year, Pretoria Pride 2016 returns to the Centurion Rugby Club on Saturday 1 October, under the theme of: “Come raise your flag in unity.” The gates open at 9am, followed by the bar and the start of entertainment, both at 10am. The march will kick off at 12pm and will return to the […]
Obama calls for LGBT equality in final UN speech
Barack Obama has called on the world to stop persecuting marginalised groups, including LGBT people, in his final address to the United Nations General Assembly as the US president. In an impassioned speech on Tuesday, he urged leaders and ordinary people to break out of restricted and outdated beliefs and ideologies that continue to hold […]
Report: Botswana hate church is no more as Anderson’s cronies detained
Mambaonline has received unconfirmed reports that the Botswana government has now detained other members of gay hate Pastor Steven Anderson’s church who travelled to the country to support him. It appears that 13 North American missionaries who flew in to help Anderson open their church in Gaborone will be deported, and that three Batswana who assisted the […]
Zanele Muholi’s 10 Years of Faces and Phases Opening
A new exhibition celebrating 10 years of Zanele Muholi’s remarkable Faces and Phases series of photographic portraits, recently opened at the Stevenson Gallery in Johannesburg. The iconic and acclaimed project has documented more than 250 mainly black lesbian and transgender individuals from South Africa and beyond. The opening was attended by hundreds of fans, including […]
Gay Durban councillor victim of resident’s homophobic campaign
An openly gay councillor in the EThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has finally responded to a resident who has been repeatedly sending him homophobic hate mail. Speaking out on his Facebook page, DA Councillor Martin Meyer revealed that the “gentleman” had been harassing him for almost five months. “Since May you have been e-mailing,” Meyer said. […]
Botswana LGBT leader on hate pastor deportation: “I am proud of my government”
Botswana’s LGBT rights group has applauded President Ian Khama for personally ordering the arrest and deportation of American gay hate pastor Steven Anderson. On Tuesday, Anderson was taken into custody by immigration officials at the Gabzfm radio station, where he had just conducted a hate-filled interview. The preacher said on air that gays and lesbian […]