Hollywood equality: all talk, little action
A new report has found that in 800 Hollywood films, representation of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBT status and disability still lags behind population norms in the USA. Authored by Professor Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity & Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the study is the largest intersectional […]
Jozi Cats on their “risky” Free State gay rugby tour
South Africa’s most high profile gay sports team, Jozi Cats, say it’s not trying to be controversial by embarking on a tour of the Free State. The Johannesburg-based rugby club is in the midst of planning the tour of the province, which has a reputation of being deeply conservative, as well as of the Western […]
Victory as NG Kerk lifts suspension of acceptance of gay unions
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), or NG Kerk, has lifted the suspension of its own decision to accept same-sex unions after it was threatened with legal action. Mambaonline has been told by the group of LGBT members who called on the church to reverse its action that the suspension was removed on Wednesday. “It is clearly […]
South Africans are “progressive prudes” when it comes to homosexuality
A ground-breaking national study has concluded that more than half a million people in South Africa identify as being gay, lesbian, bisexual or gender non-conforming in some way. The report has also found that while most South Africans believe that homosexuality is immoral, gay people should be protected by the law. Alarmingly, violent behaviour against […]
Ban Anderson dossier submitted to Home Affairs
A dossier of damning evidence against gay hate pastor Steven Anderson has been submitted to the Department of Home Affairs. On Monday, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba asked LGBTI activists to compile the dossier to give him “hard facts” as to why he should prohibit Anderson and his group from entering the country later this […]
Shocking! Only 28% of Home Affairs offices will marry lesbian and gay couples
Mambaonline can reveal that only a paltry 28,6% of Home Affairs branches have marriage officers who are willing to marry same-sex couples. For the first time, the department has released a list of offices across the country that will provide the service. According to the list, only 117 of the 409 offices nationwide will welcome gay or lesbian […]
Industry queer nightclub launch a huge success
Industry, Joburg’s newest and much-needed queer bar, lounge and nightclub, recently opened in the trendy Maboneng Precinct. The launch night saw a beautifully diverse crowd thronging the venue to have a good time, socialise and just be themselves in a sophisticated and safe environment. Clubland photographer extraordinaire David Penney took these images of the opening […]
My Indian family prefers the closet
This has to be the most frank piece that I will ever write about being gay in the Indian culture; drawing truth from my own reality of living with homophobia in my family. At the age of 35, I will no longer use adjectives such as painful, heartless and other dramatic descriptions to enunciate the […]
Now Pastor Anderson calls Minister Gigaba a “backward joke”
In a furious YouTube rant, ‘kill-the-gays’ pastor Steven Anderson has attacked South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs as a “joke” who is “backward”. Anderson was reacting to news that the minister would await a dossier of evidence from LGBT activists about the pastor’s hate speech before deciding whether or not to ban him from the […]
Gay hate pastor gleefully celebrates not being banned from South Africa
Inaccurate reporting has led American hate pastor Steven Anderson to prematurely believe that he’s been victorious over South Africa’s “sodomites” and “perverts”. In a new YouTube video, Anderson gleefully announced that efforts to have him banned from South Africa had failed – but he appears to not have all the facts. “Once again leaders of […]