The Year That Was: MambaOnline’s 15 Most-Read Queer Stories of 2024
2024 was a year of both progress and tragedy for the LGBTIQ+ community in South Africa. Here are our 15 most-read articles of the year.
A Stage for Change: Drag Night Namibia’s Deyonce is Redefining Trans Visibility
Drag Night Namibia has introduced its first transgender performer, who proudly celebrates her African heritage, diversity, and advocacy.
South Africa LGBTIQ+ Rights Watch: November 2024
An overview of LGBTIQ+ rights violations, hate speech incidents and updates in South Africa in November 2024, collated by OUT and Mamba.
Queer: Daniel Craig is Superb in this Courageous William Burroughs Adaptation
The impressive and courageous film Queer, starring Daniel Craig, explores the tension between personal freedom, transgression and control.
Pulling Back the Veil on the Anti-Gender Movement in South Africa
The anti-gender movement seeks to roll back progress in gender and LGBTQ+ rights. Here are two key players in South Africa and their tactics.
South Africa Crowned the World’s Power Bottom Capital
Grindr’s Unwrapped 2024 report reveals a cheeky accolade for South Africa, with the country scoring the world’s highest percentage of bottoms!
Opinion: Is Public Cruising Making a Comeback?
Cruising has long been part of gay life in many parts of the world. Hendrik Baird offers his perspective on cruising and its place in the digital age.
“Demure” TikTok Queen Jools Lebron Sparked Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year
The LGBTIQ+ community’s impact on popular culture is clear in Dictionary.com’s choice of “demure” as Word of the Year.
Review: The Blueprint by Ina Propriette – A Blue Love Letter to Cape Town Drag Herstory
Ina Propriette’s ‘The Blueprint’ dazzles while reclaiming and reimagining Cape Town’s queer drag culture, writes Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie.
Luke Evans’ Memoir Shows Why ‘There’s no Such Thing as a Gay Jehovah’s Witness’
Out Hollywood actor Luke Evans writes candidly in his memoir about experiencing homophobia while growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness.