That time I wore a skirt… Then a tutu
Last year was one in which I tried a lot of new things. For example, I have despised aubergines all my life but tried a friend’s homemade baba ganoush – and I loved it! In that same spirit, I wore a skirt to SA Menswear Week a few months ago and, again, loved it! I […]
Year in review: Your biggest LGBTI news stories of 2016
What a year! 2016 was a mixed bag when it came to LGBTI issues; presenting our community with a 12-month-long roller coaster ride of heartwarming highs and desperate lows. As in previous years, local issues, personalities and events tended to catch the attention of our readers. Below are Mambaonline’s most read LGBTI news stories of […]
MCQP The Musical gallery
This year’s MCQP (Mother City Queer Project) – Africa’s biggest annual costume party – was held at the Zip Zap Circus in the Cape Town CBD. The theme, The Musical, had everyone dressing up according to various popular musicals; from Cats to Hairspray. There were a range of dancefloors, performers, live acts, Queen’s VIP area […]
Close, but no cigar – Finding intimacy again when you’re newly single
I was lucky. Our break-up was sad and emotional, but we both emerged from the severing with a lot of love and mutual respect. We didn’t have the drama of grudges and anger and campaigning against one another to our mutual friends about what “actually” happened. We both knew that the relationship was no longer […]
Motoring: Sunglasses and sneakers – Mahindra’s KUV100 K8 D75
No, this has not suddenly become a fashion column – I’m probably the last person you want to be dishing out style sense… because I have none. However, you have to admit that, when looking at the Mahindra KUV100, those wrap-around headlights and thin chrome-encrusted grille look like a cool pair of shades. And, to […]
Is your GP “unfreakoutable”? Introducing Yellow Dot Doctors
I’m ashamed to admit that as a proudly out man, there’s still one very important person in my life who doesn’t know I’m gay: My GP. After six years, the topic has just never come up. I haven’t come out and he’s never asked. Thankfully, I don’t think it’s made a difference in my healthcare […]
Therapy Love Injection – 20 Year Reunion gallery
Party of the year? Well, we sure think so! Two decades on, Therapy, the iconic Joburg clubbing brand, recently returned for a “Love Injection” 20-year reunion bash. Therapy veterans and newbies alike gathered at Carfax for a night of sublime music, courtesy of DJs such as Roger Goode, Olwee, Groovy Q, Ari and, the ringmaster […]
Edwin Cameron 2016 World AIDS Day message: Stigma is the enemy
With four short words, we can sum up all the wisdom we need to deal with HIV and AIDS effectively: prevention, testing, treatment and anti-stigma. But behind these words lies a grief-stricken history of loss and suffering. A history of shame and fear and self-blame. To understand the power of the four words, we have […]
Marking ten years of same-sex marriage in South Africa
It was ten years ago today that South Africa became the first nation on the continent and the fifth in the world to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. On 30 November 2006, the Civil Union Act came into effect; allowing gay and lesbian couples to either marry or enter into a civil union. Marriage […]
Shocking scale of LGBT discrimination in South Africa revealed
The fear of discrimination is a daily reality for most LGBT South Africans, a groundbreaking new report has revealed. According to the troubling research, more than half (55%) of us live with the fear that we will experience discrimination due to our sexual orientation or gender identity. And that fear is based on lived reality; […]