Roberto Igual, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online

North West trans community desperate for hormone replacement services

Members of the trans community in the North West province are being forced to travel to Soweto in Gauteng to access hormone replacement therapy.

The Western Cape Provincial Parliament has been lit up in rainbow colours to mark Cape Town Pride, but some groups are up in arms over the move.

Radical Cape Town group Pagad has characterised the LGBTIQ+ community as no better than people who commit incest and who are worthy of death.

Thousands of people have attended candlelight vigils across the UK in honour of murdered transgender teen Brianna Ghey.

Police have made a major breakthrough in the series of assaults, extortion and robbery of gay and bisexual men who were targeted through dating apps.

Jackton Odhiambo will stand trial for the murder of his partner, Edwin Chiloba, while four other suspects have been released.

Activists have once again called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to acknowledge and address the LGBTQIA+ community in his State of the Nation Address.

Queer artists like Sam Smith and Kim Petras scored big at the 2023 Grammy Awards as did Beyoncé, who thanked the queer community.

Sam Smith’s music new video has earned the wrath of queerphobes and fatphobes across social media and in the conservative press.

After being passed over in the party’s elections last year, LGBTIQ+ human rights activist Steve Letsike has been co-opted into the ANC’s NEC.