So what is happening with Cape Town Pride 2021?

How will the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown effect Cape Town Pride 2021? The organisers have revealed their plans to accommodate the crisis.
Move to make state gender identity more inclusive in SA

The South African government wants to update the country’s gender identity policies and laws to be more inclusive of transgender and intersex citizens.
Cape Town’s LGBTIQ community mourns drag pageant ‘father’ Mark Donough

Mark Donough, who was a major figure in Cape Town’s queer pageant scene, is being mourned and honoured by the city’s LGBTIQ community.
Covid vigilante is shaming gay partygoers on social media

A Covid vigilante Instagram account is dividing the LGBTQ community by naming and shaming gay partygoers who attend super-spreader events.
Woman faces jail for threatening to bomb LGBTQ-affirming Catholic school

An American woman has pleaded guilty to a hate crime after threatening to blow up a Catholic school for supporting same-sex marriages.
Did Lasizwe go off Twitter over body shaming trolls?

Social media and reality TV star Lasizwe Dambuza has deactivated his Twitter account after he was body-shamed for sharing a picture of his behind.
Boy George honours SA LGBTQ+ activist Beverley Ditsie

Iconic South African LGBTQ+ activist Beverley Ditsie is the inspiration behind pop legend Boy George’s new song, Rainbow in the Dark.
Opinion | Let 2021 be the year of enlightened and shame-free queer sex

Motlatsi Motseoile hopes that in this new year we’ll normalise talking about and enjoying enlightened and shame-free queer sexuality.
Here are 7 positive LGBTQ highlights from 2020

While it’s easy to only associate 2020 with Covid-19 and a spate of hate crimes, here are some of the year’s most positive LGBTQ highlights.
Tragedy and Triumph: Mamba’s 20 most-read queer stories of 2020

We present the year’s 20 most-read articles that you were gripped by. It’s a fascinating, saddening and often infuriating snapshot of the queer year that was 2020.