Jozi club Babylon responds to opening night complaints
Bruce Walker, the promoter behind the new Babylon nightclub in Fourways, has spoken out after a number of damning reviews about the venue’s recent opening were posted on its Facebook page. Mambaonline was contacted by Kaye Ally, head of Johannesburg Pride, who complained that the issues regarding the event’s opening had been ignored by the […]
Pink Loerie reacts to George Mayor’s homophobia
The organisers of the Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival say they are saddened that the Mayor of George does not support the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus’ visit to the town due to his Christian beliefs. On Tuesday, Mayor Melvin Naik went on to local Christian radio station Heartbeat FM specifically to publicly distance […]
Kenya’s banned ‘Rafiki’ to close off Durban International Film Fest
Kenyan LGBT love story, Rafiki, has been announced as the closing film at the 2018 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) in July. Rafiki is a movie based on the award-winning short story, Jambula Tree by Monica Arac de Nyeko. It is a coming of age film about two Kenyan girls who fall in love and […]
Namibia to again host a national Mr Gay pageant
Mr Gay Namibia is calling for gay men in the country to enter its 2018 pageant. The event’s organiser, Wendelinus Hamutenya, is encouraging all gay Namibian men to be brave and take part in the event to increase the visibility of the LGBTIQ community. Hamutenya, who is also the first winner of the pageant in […]
Mayor of George condemns gay choir show as “unchristian” [Listen]
The Mayor of George has lashed out at a planned performance by the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus as part of his town’s first LGBTQ Pride event next week, despite it being promoted by the city. On Tuesday, in a remarkable move, Mayor Melvin Naik went on to local Christian radio station Heartbeat FM to publicly […]
Orlando Nightclub Massacre remembered with calls for gun control
It’s been two years since the single biggest known massacre of LGBTQ people in modern history, in Orlando, Florida. On June 12, 2016, while patrons were celebrating Latin Night at the Pulse nightclub, 29-year-old Omar Mateen burst into the venue and opened fire on the crowd. A total of 49 LGBTQ people and their friends […]
Nigeria | Police arrest dozens of party-goers “accused” of homosexuality
It’s been reported that between 50 and 100 men and women were arrested while partying at a hotel in Asaba, in the Delta State of Nigeria, on allegations of homosexuality. According to Nigeria’s LGBTQ news website, NoStringsNG, police raided the hotel at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, arresting scores of party-goers on charges that they were […]
The 2018 KU33R$ Event (In Pictures)
Kitcheners Bar, in Braamfontein Johannesburg, hosted a Ku33R$ (pronounced “queers”) event on Thursday, June 7, for womxn, queer, gender-queer and transgender bodies to exist comfortably. Young queer people came out to support the inaugural event by arts creative Khanya Kemami, in the spirit of celebrating International Pride Month. Kemami said the event was aimed at […]
Gay relationships | My pleasure, as a bottom, matters
“I am here, and my pleasure matters.” Motlatsi Motseoile explores the intricacies of sex in gay relationships, and how being a bottom is often mired in shame and ridicule. We live in a hyper-masculine and patriarchal society, often framed by the cisgender-heterosexual man. Anything that is thought to emulate the behaviour of women, even in […]
Lesbian couple’s court order against Home Affairs delayed
A court order application by married binational same-sex couple Wendy Kessman and Nomfundo Ngidi against the Department of Home Affairs was delayed on Monday. Kessman and Ngidi expressed their disappointment when they learned that the judge was only willing to grant an interim order against Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba and his department. The […]