"A recent report found that the stigmatisation of homosexuality has made public health interventions difficult to implement effectively."
In 1996, it became illegal to discriminate against anyone based on their sexual orientation.
A new report finds that 90% of Nigerians surveyed support a controversial Act that now also stands between LGBTI communities and healthcare.
Bisexuals have a need to talk to peers as in some regards they don’t connect with any other people.
Sexuality education forms part of the Life Orientation curriculum in South African schools to help learners navigate the challenges of growing up
Jina’s process of collaboration has also led to the formation of #FemmeinPublic.
Stella Nyanzi is being kept in prison to prevent her criticising government, her supporters say.
Anti-gay laws "precipitate negative consequences not just for LGBTI persons and communities, but for societies as a whole", a new report has found
“Neither government nor organisations provide such a service,” says Baatour.
The continent’s gender phobias are legitimised by money from narrow American churches.
Associated Press will be using gender-neutral pronouns when referring to nonbinary people
The Lists were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela, senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo and gaming writer @TheSerifM.
Young people already face a great deal of pressure as they navigate the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Parents and teachers need to understand LGBTQI+ children who need a ‘safe place’.
South Africans share their stories of what it took for them to start overcoming homophobia.
Malawi says it will no longer enforce anti-homosexuality laws but dangerous homophobia persists on the country’s streets – and in its clinics.
LGBTQI+ students continue to come up against heteronormative, patriarchal attitudes despite universities’ attempts to neutralise gender.
Queer people with disabilities face double discrimination when it comes to sex.
There’s already a stigma attached to being queer. Add a disability and there’s this ‘assumption that you need to be protected from desire’.
More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.
More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.
My gender is one part of me; it is not everything of me. I’d be a fool to limit myself.
What started as an exploration of the struggles of queer people in Côte d’Ivoire ended up in
cementing a part of LGBTI history in Africa
Homophobic church leaders exacerbate violence and hatred of LGBTI people, a new report finds.
So much for brotherly love: One security guard is said to have derisively commented,"Love will conquer your sin."
The LGBTI community is coming out to ensure that it enjoys the rewards sport can bring.
Academics and preachers in Southern Africa are determined to reverse the church’s heteropatriarchic tendencies.
The church is yet to condemn Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, who is accused of making homophobic remarks.
Anderson has been embraced by a Cape Town-based preacher who plans to open two churches with him
Every week on the radio and in the newspapers it was the same names and faces.
Their anti-violence message was broader than the LGBTI community – and spread in the face of hate.
Going to see family during the festive season is often doubly troubling for LGBTI people.