SPIDER-MAN STAR PLAYS TRANS WOMAN IN MUSIC VIDEO
The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield has been applauded for his role as a transgender woman in a new music video for the rock band Arcade Fire. The powerful clip for the song We Exist, starts with an emotional Garfield preparing to go out; trying on clothes and putting on a bra and a blonde […]
CONCHITA WURST TAKES THE WORLD BY STORM
While Russian men have shaved their beards in protest against drag performer Conchita Wurst, others have made her Eurovision winning song a chart topper. The bearded Wurst (25-year-old Austrian Thomas Neuwirth) won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in Copenhagen with her dramatic track Rise Like a Phoenix, while Russia’s entry was booed by audiences and […]
MODERN FAMILY PAYS FOR NEW YORK CITY MARRIAGES
In celebration of the upcoming same-sex marriage of Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), the producers of Modern Family have come up with a unique publicity stunt. Appearing on Good Morning America on Monday, Stonestreet and Ferguson helped announce that the show would foot the bill for all marriage licences and ceremonies at […]
RUSSIA OUTRAGED BY EUROVISION BEARDED DRAG DIVA WINNER
Russian politicians have lashed out at the bearded drag performer who won the Eurovision Song Contest over the weekend in Copenhagen. On Saturday, Conchita Wurst, representing Austria, clinched the coveted prize with her James Bond theme sound-alike song Rise Like a Phoenix. Wurst, really 25-year-old Thomas Neuwirth, wowed European audiences with her dramatic performance during […]
Brenda Fassie: The MambaOnline Interview
In the year before her death, South African music superstar and queer icon Brenda Fassie spoke to MambaOnline about her lesbian relationship and idenity.
CLOSET SET FOR GRAND OPENING TONIGHT
One of the biggest events on this year’s queer social calendar is taking place tonight (Friday, 9 May) as Joburg’s new gay super club, Closet, opens in Fourways. The venue will be the city’s largest gay nightspot, offering a stylish lounge bar, nightclub and “fantasy playground” experience. Tonight’s opening will feature a live performance by […]
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS GOES NAKED FOR ROLLING STONE
Openly gay American actor Neil Patrick Harris has posed in his birthday suit for the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Harris, 40, appears naked on the cover, wearing nothing but a bow tie and with a top hat covering his crotch (leading us to wonder what’s actually holding it up). In an interview, Harris […]
SO, HOW DOES ZAC EFRON LOOK IN DRAG?
Hollywood heartthrob Zan Efron has dressed up in drag. So, how does he fare as a “woman?” Efron, whose gorgeous face and muscled body have been causing boys and girls the world over to hold in their drool, posted pictures of himself as his new drag persona, Britney Anderson, on Instagram on Wednesday. We think […]
X-MEN DIRECTOR IN ANOTHER TEEN SEX LAWSUIT
Already facing earlier claims of sexual abusing a teenage boy, the openly gay director of the upcoming new X-Men film has been hit by fresh accusations. On Monday, a 25-year-old British man claimed that A-list director Bryan Singer, along with Broadway musical producer Gary Goddard, sexually abused him at a London hotel when he was 17-years-old. […]
GEORGE TAKEI, BOY GEORGE & KYLIE AT GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
Openly gay Star Trek actor George Takei was honoured at the star-studded 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday, while Kylie Minogue wowed the crowd with an a cappella performance. Takei, who played the iconic role of Sulu in the original Star Trek franchise, was awarded the Vito Russo Award, which is […]