BUSH WITNESSES GAY WEDDING
Reflecting the growing acceptance of same-sex marriage in America, former President George H.W. Bush was a witness at a lesbian wedding on the weekend. Bush and his wife Barbara attended the wedding of friends Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen, who have been together for 12 years, in Kennebunk, Maine. The former first couple were both […]
SHOCK AS JOBURG PRIDE POSTPONED
In a shock development, Johannesburg Pride, due to take place this Saturday in Newtown, has been postponed at the eleventh hour and will now instead take place in Sandton at the end of October. In a press statement issued on Wednesday afternoon, Johannesburg Pride Project Manager Kaye Ally announced that “due to circumstances much beyond […]
TASK TEAM: STEADY PROGRESS?
After more than two years, the National Task Team (NTT) to address violence against LGBTI people has finally adopted its ‘terms of reference’. These terms are aimed at “clarifying the mandate, roles and responsibilities of government departments, chapter nine institutions and civil society organisations forming part of this structure” and should have been in place […]
POPE DUMPS PRO-GAY PRIEST
An Australian priest has been defrocked and excommunicated by the Vatican because of his support for gay marriage and female priests. Father Greg Reynolds told the The Age that his complete dismissal from the Catholic Church came directly from Rome and not from the Archbishop of Melbourne. “I’ve come to this position because I’ve followed […]
CO-STAR FELL IN LOVE WITH RADCLIFFE
Daniel Radcliffe’s male co-star in the new film Kill Your Darlings says that he fell in love with his on-screen love interest. In the film, the Harry Potter actor plays gay poet Allen Ginsberg. His co-star, Dane DeHaan, spoke to Out magazine about their first kiss. “We did it three times really fast. Then it was […]
ACTIVIST BLAMED FOR OWN MURDER
Cameroon’s ambassador to Geneva, Anatole Nkou, has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that a murdered gay rights activist was to blame for his own death. According to Human Rights Watch, Nkou claimed that Eric Ohena Lembembe was killed because of his “personal life”. Nkou said: “He might have committed crimes, and he was […]
MAMBA’S GAUTENG LGBT PRIDE GUIDE
Many in Gauteng’s LGBT community are confused by the range of Pride events set to take place in the coming weeks. Here’s our attempt to clarify the what, when and where. In 1990, Johannesburg became the first African city to host an LGBT Pride event. Almost a decade ago, Soweto Pride was launched and more […]
JOBURG PRIDE HEAD ATTACKED
Just days ahead of this weekend’s Johannesburg Pride, the event has been plunged into another crisis. The chief organiser of Saturday’s Johannesburg Pride in Newtown has told Mambaonline that she has been repeatedly assaulted and threatened by thugs demanding that she cancel the event. Speaking on Monday, Johannesburg Pride Project Manager Kaye Ally said that […]
GAY THEMES SCORE AT EMMYS
Gay themes, characters and actors scored big at this Sunday’s 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, known as the ‘Oscars for television’, in Los Angeles on Sunday. This year’s awards ceremony was emceed by openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris, who previously hosted the event four years ago. Modern Family, which prominently features a same-sex family, was […]
HOPE FOR GAYS & TRAD. LEADERS
There is hope for a more LGBTI-positive approach from traditional leaders in South Africa. On Wednesday, Sam Kandlhela, a representative from the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) spoke on gay and lesbian issues at a meeting of the National Task Team on Violence Against LGBTI Persons in Pretoria. The event saw civil society groups […]