Toronto police withdraw from Pride over suspected serial killer
In the wake of the murders of members of the LGBTQ community, the Toronto Police has withdrawn from participating in this year’s Pride. The city’s police department has come under fire amid accusations that it failed to adequately investigate the disappearance of men in Toronto’s gay village over the last few years. Activists accuse the […]
Fury over Grindr sharing users’ HIV status
Grindr, one of the world’s most popular gay dating apps, is embroiled in a privacy and data scandal that saw it share information about the HIV status of its users. On Monday, a Norwegian NGO called Sintef revealed it had discovered that Grindr had handed over details about its users to other companies that could […]
Stripped & robbed: Another suspected online dating attack in Pretoria
A man who was lured via the internet to meet a stranger in Pretoria says he was stripped naked, blackmailed and robbed. According to the SAPS, the unnamed 28-year-old Johannesburg man went to a flat in the Tambotie building in Sunnyside on Easter Sunday to meet the other individual. There, he discovered that the man […]
AfriForum claims that LGBTQ rainbow flag could be banned in SA
Controversial NGO AfriForum says that if the old South African flag is banned for being offensive then the LGBTQ rainbow flag could be next. Details of the group’s response to an attempt to restrict the flying of the apartheid-era flag have come to light, and the international symbol of the LGBTQ community has been dragged […]
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament blasts efforts to protect LGBT refugees
Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s notoriously homophobic Speaker of Parliament, has threatened a walk-out in Geneva over attempts to protect the human rights of LGBT people. Kadaga, who was a vocal supporter of her country’s anti-homosexuality law, was full of fury at the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly this week. She attacked efforts by some nations to […]
Opinion | From Homonationalism to Homopopulism – Why are gays voting right?
Shifting geopolitical dynamics and a surge of right-wing populism have exposed notable shifts in the political behaviour of a growing number of women, LGBTQ and people of colour. In the past three years, the Western world witnessed the coming out of a rumoured “shift” in the Liberal Democratic world order. This manifested in an array […]
Trans community turns out for Free State Pride 2018
The 6th annual Free State Pride march saw hundreds taking to the streets of Bloemfontein to mark this year’s theme of “all out and free”. On Saturday, over 500 people took part in the procession through the CBD, organiser Gleo Booysen told Mambaonline. She said that the latest edition, facilitated by the group Free State […]
Namibia | JSE-listed company runs transphobic recruitment ad
It’s another case of, what the hell were they thinking? A large financial services company has managed to turn an attempted move towards diversity into a transphobic and sexist fiasco. The Namibian-based JSE-listed Trustco recently advertised a vacancy on its all-male board, with the aim of securing women candidates. While this might be seen as […]
Questions asked as Dali Mpofu defends Inxeba ban in court
EFF National Chairperson and advocate Dali Mpofu has argued that Inxeba (The Wound) should be banned from cinemas in South Africa. Questions have been asked why Mpofu, who represents a party that claims to support LGBTQ equality, has chosen to champion the homophobic campaign against the acclaimed gay love story. The producers of the film […]
Grindr launches HIV testing reminder
Dating apps have often been accused of facilitating risky sex, but Grindr has just launched a function to remind users to get tested for HIV. Grindr users are now able to opt-in to discreetly receive automatic reminders to get tested for HIV every three to six months. The suggested time frames are based on recommendations by […]