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There has always been a lot of stigma around mental health, especially in the African context, but the biggest problem we have is not learning more about it and not knowing how to identify the symptoms. Mental Health Awareness Week…
We are raised in a society where the standard of perfection is set by the muscles, beautiful instagram pictures and fitness-oriented lifestyles of the few. We have forgotten to look in the mirror and appreciate what we have, because let’s…
Gay love stories highlighted by both straight and LGBTQ media people hardly ever show images of gay black couples. When one looks in the media, you never see any posts on Black Queer Love because the face of Queer we…
If you go down to the woods today, you better know what it takes to charm the bears. Bears have become one of the fastest growing gay subcultures globally, and whether you are amused by parts of gay subculture being…
Man the fuck up! How many times have you heard those words said out loud to you? Grow a pair of balls! Be a man, for crying out loud! Must you be such a Pansy? I remember a video on…
A recent study by OUT LGBTI Wellbeing together with the Love Not Hate Campaign found that 41% of gay men in South Africa know someone who has been discriminated against or murdered because of being homosexual. Our communities need to…
I look in the mirror and there’s a knot in my stomach because of the bit of padding that I see on my stomach. I am nowhere near obese and actually weigh less than the average person my height, but…
It’s Pride season guys, and if you’re anything like me, you’re ready to fluff out those tail feathers after a cold, dry winter. It’s summer’s eve and whether or not you built a ‘bikini-ready bodaysha” during the three nippy months,…
It’s called Event-based PrEP or PrEP On-demand, and it’s when you take two PrEP pills on the day you plan to have sex and then one pill every day for two days after you’ve had sex. The World Health Organisation…
Gay and bisexual men are at a higher risk of being infected with Viral Hepatitis. Here are some quick and dirty details to help you steer clear of this virus: Hepatitis means "inflammation of the liver" and Hepatitis A, B,…