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ASK MAMBA: Life getting you down? Having relationship hassles? Worried about your sex life? Need advice? Then Ask Mamba! We're super excited to welcome Xander to Mambaonline as our very own resident advice columnist.

NOT 2ND BEST: STEVE WILLIAMS: Steve Williams’ journey to become Mr Gay South Africa has been nothing but controversial. (There’s probably an allegory in the story about youth versus maturity.) Meet the man who's taken up the challenge with humility and determination.

NEW EU RULES A BOOST FOR LGBTI RIGHTS: In what could be an important blow in the culture wars raging across Africa, the European Union has instructed its diplomats around the globe to defend the human rights of LGBTI people.

OBAMA SHOULD ADDRESS GAY RIGHTS DURING AFRICAN TOUR: Nigerian human rights activist and academic Leo Igwe writes that President Obama’s historic three nation tour to Africa is an opportunity for him to urge African leaders to side with civilisation, not barbarism.

HEALTH: FLYING HIGH: Whether smoking it, snorting it, popping it or injecting it, recreational drug use appears to be higher among gay and bisexual men than among the rest of the population. Why is that and how can we protect ourselves?

THE BOYS OF TEL AVIV PRIDE: Tel Aviv, the most gay-friendly city in the Middle East, celebrated its 15th annual Pride event recently. After the street parade, around 100 000 revellers partied on the beach. Check out these pics by photographer Golan Giat. [nggallery id=6190]

ALMOST 4 MILLION CELEBRATE SAO PAULO PRIDE: Sao Paulo's Pride event retained its title as the biggest Pride in the world after almost four million people took part in Sunday's parade.

MISS GAY JOZI 2013 GALLERY: Club Simply Blue in downtown Joburg recently hosted the glittering inaugural Miss Gay Jozi pageant. The crown was won by Masigo Molefi Blu, a 22 year old hospitality student who holds previous titles including Miss Ekurhuleni 2012 and Miss Gay Soweto 2012.

PUSH FOR LGBTI RIGHTS IN MOZAMBIQUE CONSTITUTION: It's been a bad few weeks for the rights of LGBTI people in southern African, but there has also been cause for some cheer from Mozambique.

TOUGH TIMES FOR LGBTI IN NAMIBIA TOO: The subject of homosexuality came to the fore in Namibia recently when former Mr Gay Namibia, Wendelinus Hamutenya, was forced into hiding after he was said to be the author of a list 'outing' prominent gay Namibians.