Human rights groups condemn Senegal’s arrest of 12 people for same-sex intimacy as lawmakers plan harsher anti-LGBTQ ...

Extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill returns to Parliament in Ghana, aiming to criminalise identity, allies and gender-affirming ...

European Parliament backs inclusion of transgender women in global gender policies, urging full recognition, protection, and equal access.

Trans health experts push back against opposition to gender-affirming care for trans youth in South Africa’s divisive ...

South Africa’s leading LGBTIQA+ news platform MambaOnline is celebrating 25 years of queer storytelling, activism and community impact.

Queer Muslim Sikhander Coopoo reflects on faith, fasting and belonging during Ramadan, calling for deeper inclusion and ...

A storm is gathering around a school in Benoni amid allegations that eight LGBTQ+ learners were humiliated over their school uniforms.

One year after Imam Muhsin Hendricks’ murder, no arrests have been made, no progress announced. The silence is deafening.

Adrian Oktober and Larissa Gordon crowned Mr and Miss Cape Town Pride 2026, bringing glamour, advocacy and community to Cape ...

(Left to right) Luiz De Barros from MambaOnline, Lunga Sithole from OUT LGBT Well-being, Hlawulani Silidi from the Johannesburg Health District, Jean Spiri from IFAS and Crips Ile-de-France, and Keval ...

Study exposes inequality in gender-affirming care in South Africa, with long waits, limited access and urgent calls for health system reform. Troubling new UK data confirms that sexual minorities face ...

For 25 years, MambaOnline has been a lifeline for LGBTQ+ people in South Africa and beyond. We are the country’s consistently longest-running independent queer media platform — informing, connecting, ...