The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people are recognised by many nations including South Africa, but a rise in homophobia is challenging these rights
Zero discrimination is essential to if we are to change the fact that 7.8 million South Africans live with HIV, but 5.8 million people are on ARVs, highlighting a treatment gap
Many African countries have signed international treaties that commit them to protect human rights, yet they have laws that discriminate against people on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression
Let us celebrate this event together and move towards a fully inclusive world.
The media has the power to shape perceptions, so television shows and movies can help shape a positive view of people who feel stereotyped
Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn
In legal history male terminology shifted after centuries to include females, but now we need to use nonbinary pronouns to include sexual identity
The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities
When a gay Zimbabwean man fled to South Africa, seeking refuge, he encountered further abuse and homophobia
Nigeria’s legislation prohibits same-sex marriages and the film industry helps to fuel sometimes violent homophobic attacks
Disclosure, a Netflix documentary examines the world’s transphobic legacy as portrayed in film and television from as early as 1901
Abuses continued from Angola to Zimbabwe but there were also victories for people’s rights
In a progressive judgment with far-reaching implications, the Zimbabwean high court found that transgender people have the same rights as all citizens
Proposed legislation imposes the death penalty for gay sex or ‘recruitment’. But love is not a crime
Love Falls On Us by Robbie Corey-Boulet explores queer spaces across Africa
I was 22 years old before I was open about my sexuality. I hope others won’t have to wait so long
Above all, Justice Cameron learned and taught that you can never judge anybody by their cover
Pamela Adie’s LGBTQIA+ documentary ‘Under the Rainbow’, celebrates resilience and the pursuit of happiness and delivers its message as a love letter
For the past three years, Carl Collison has reported on LGBTI issues and stories for the Mail & Guardian, covering queer peoples’ lives
The German health minister plans to pass a law which prohibits gay and lesbian people from converting to heterosexual people
Homosexual acts are outlawed in Botswana — one of Africa’s most stable, democratic nations — under the country’s penal code of 1965
Friday’s ruling could be a new landmark in the fight for queer rights on the continent
From Instagrammable activists to mincing, manicured Muscle Marys, this year’s Mr Gay World veered between a pageant and a movement
A Brazilian trans woman has faith in Umbanda and Candomblé, two African-derived religions
The court overturned the policy that queer clergy have to be celibate and that barred the church’s clergy from officiating at same-sex marriages
But in trying to be supportive, allies sometimes get
it all wrong
They regard it as a ‘milestone’ even if one of them is not allowed to work, but they’ll keep fighting
On Wednesday, women and gender non-conforming activists marched to mark the start of Women’s Month in South Africa and to say ‘enough is enough’
Nong Rose is a transgender fighter who is making a breakthrough in a world reserved for ‘real’ men
Germany’s top court Wednesday required parliament to recognise a "third gender" from birth.
FAKA is introducing gqom — most at home on Durban’s dance floors — to a new transgressive set
Sweden and South Africa are popular destinations for LGBTQ refugees, but both countries are far from perfect