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A celebrated drag artist in the 1960s

Gay rights pioneer who blazed a trail in Jozi leaves SA richer

Michele Bruno, hairstylist to Jo’burg’s glamour set, and the first Miss Gay SA, opened the way for the LGBTI community, writes Mark Gevisser.

A row of flushing toilets in the BM Section of Khayelitsha last year.

Bust open the doors of persecution

Transgender people will face further stigma if they are told they can’t use the lavatory

Patron saint: Randlord Sir Lionel Phillips and Lady Florence had their portraits painted by Giovanni Boldini. A smaller version of Portrait of Lady Phillips is in the South African National Gallery

Andile Mngxitama: Decolonising the African Queer Movement

Because the LGBTI movement lacks a radical anti-colonial framework, its concerns have often been hijacked by the West, writes Andile Mngxitama.

Family and friends bid farewell to Duduzile Zozo at Kromvleiplaas cemetery.

Sexual violence: Political bickering insults our grief

The politics here should be the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex politics of ending the scourge of hate crimes.

Bill of Rights allows rainbow flag to fly proudly over rainbow nation

I hope that at pride events, with rainbow flags flying high, we celebrate one of the freedom movement’s greatest icons, and reflect on his insight.

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Spielberg defends lesbian sex scene in Palme d’Or-winning film

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has defended the graphic sex scenes in "Blue is the Warmest Colour", which won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize.

South Africa is not immune to attacks on gays and some ­lesbians have been killed.

Ban Ki-moon: Rights for all includes gays

I am a great champion of the power of youth to change the world, but I am celebrating a 64-year-old responsible for ushering in momentous progress.

Women are among the most marginalised in our soceity.

Women ignored in tragedy at Marikana

The Marikana saga exposes the injustice raging in our society, writes a group of organisations that work with marginalised people.

Posters describe mourners’ sentiments after the murder of lesbian Noxolo Nogwaza in KwaThema

Opening spaces to challenge prejudice

As a society in transition, SA presents a contradictory picture in terms of the rights of lesbian and gay persons writes Melanie Judge & Jayne Arnott

‘Queer is my power’

‘Queer is my power’, say Hong Kong gay pride marchers

More than 2 000 people have marched in Hong Kong’s gay pride parade, as campaigners called for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against hom