Gallery: Summertime in Cuba
Modus Vivendi travelled to Cuba for a photoshoot to promote its new Rainbow Line of men’s swimwear, described as “a celebration of colour and diversity”. Photographed by Kevin Slack, models Randy, Jose Alejandro and Hector seemed to have loads of fun showing off ‘what their mama gave ’em’ on Megano Beach in Cuba.
Why Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand deserve to compete (and win) at Rio 2016
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s suspension of regulations on hyperandrogenism – a medical condition that causes an excessive amount of testosterone in the body – cleared the track for Indian sprinter Dutee Chand and other female athletes, including South Africa’s Caster Semenya, to compete at the Rio Olympics this year. Semenya is the favourite […]
Gay at an all boys school
I would like to tell you a story. This is not an ordinary story but it has all the elements of a usual story. I have been wanting to tell this story for a while now, but I have been scared – scared that I might not see the morning if I told it at […]
PrideTV: South Africa’s first gay streaming TV channel is here!
You’ve begged for it. You’ve demanded it – and now it’s finally here. South Africa’s (and Africa’s) first LGBT video on demand channel has been launched. Our community has been consistently ignored by traditional TV channels, who’ve offered only small smatterings of content that speaks directly to us and that unashamedly tells our stories. And […]
We love it! Is this SA’s gayest ever music video?
Funky electronic act The Kiffness have released an amazing new video honouring SA’s LGBTI community and the victims of the Orlando massacre. The Cape Town based duo’s dancefloor killer track You Say You Love Me features the vocal talents of American singer Tawanna Shaunte and is described as “a song about love, rejection and all […]
9 myths LGBTQ people are fed up hearing
The LGBTQ community has been on the receiving end of a lot of unwarranted and baseless myths that make no sense whatsoever. Be it the misconception that they choose their sexual orientation or the inaccurate argument that their orientation is ‘unnatural’, the LGBT community has had to answer questions that should never be asked in […]
Dax Martin 2016 men’s swimwear gallery
Dax Martin recently presented its latest swimwear line-up at the fourth South African Menswear Week in Cape Town. We thought you might be rather keen to see all the models… err… swimwear on display. So enjoy and tell us which… um… swimsuit is your favourite.
This is Phuti Lekoloane – South Africa’s first openly gay male footballer
Phuti Lekoloane, Africa’s first openly gay professional male footballer, talks to Mambaonline about coming out in the macho sports world and being openly discriminated against. While women’s national team football players, like Portia Modise, and Olympic athlete Caster Semenya are openly LGBT, the major male sporting codes remain firmly closeted in South Africa. That started […]
Here’s the gay dad and son featured in Jet Stores ad campaign
Jet Stores has taken the brave step of aligning itself with gay families in its new ‘Denim Doesn’t Discriminate’ campaign. The clothing retailer has launched a series of videos that focus on and celebrate our diversity, common humanity and inclusiveness as a nation. The campaign features seven real South African stories centred on individual experiences […]
Motoring: Suzuki Jimny 1.3 Auto – Everyone loves a Jimny
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you look, it’s difficult to find anyone who doesn’t like the Suzuki Jimny. I love it. On road or off, parking at the mall or tackling some seriously rough terrain, the Jimny’s ability to charm its way into your heart is possibly its most endearing feature. But […]