“Noluvo was good; she liked other people. She was so kind and wasn’t hurting anybody,” a man tells me from behind his fence in Driftsands.
Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu said at a public meeting in Belhar that ‘it had nothing to do with that’.
Victims are wary of going to the police as they often compound the trauma, research has found.
Greater efforts need to be made to reflect all experiences of the LGBTI community.
Religious leaders are key to addressing the systemic issues that affect LGBTI people.
Gender and political activist Bev Ditsie talks about how unspoken sexual violence and silenced narratives obscure queer history in South Africa.
With the SAPS perpetuating discrimination against gay and lesbian people, members of South Africa’s LGBTI community continue to fear the police.
The first day of the third Black Portraitures conference featured a panel titled “ Our Lives as Theory: LGBTQI & African… remixed".
They say a recent law violates the Constitution and that it has fuelled violence against queer people.
The campaigning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex group needs recognition from the state and consistent government policy.
In this letter civil rights groups voice discontent with the international relations department.
The court removed a section of an Act that saw a rise in enhanced persecution of LGBTI Ugandans.
If the US president-elect acts on his election rhetoric, the result for LGBTI programmes may be dire.
Many young LGBTI people live on the streets after they’ve ‘come out’ and been rejected.
The country has sanctioned a move to suspend the UN’s first independent gender representative.
Radio in both the DRC and Mozambique is helping people to deal with queer issues that are rarely ever discussed
Thami Kotlolo says he is proud of LGBTI youth for voicing their opinions and concerns.
Rights groups determined to have hate pastor deported, as in South Africa and Botswana.
"I will find my way out of this darkness into the light."
Internationally recognised and applied standards of care can be adapted for South Africa’s transgender people, say experts.
The letter to ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu was written in a bid to apply pressure on the South African government to listen to students.
What started off as inclusive has devolved into a largely patriarchal campaign, activists say.
The minister says if even the NG Kerk can vote for same-sex marriages, then ‘anybody can change’.
Zanele Muholi speaks about creating images of LGBTI people that move beyond hate crimes
Using the web, Nigerians and Kenyans are discussing issues officials want to keep hidden.
Rollercoaster week for LBGTI community with rejection of hate preacher but also reluctance from marriage officers.
‘The fight to have their union officially recognised contrasts markedly with the traditional wedding ceremony they enjoyed beforehand.’
Religious freedom, at times masking discrimination, is used too often to trump others’ right to marry.
There is much more to enjoying fulfilling and safe sex than just Pornhub mechanics.
An LGBTI organisation in the country has initiated an online petition against Steven Anderson’s visit to establish a branch of his church there.
Anderson will be allowed to visit South Africa to preach on the condition that he "behaves", the Department of Home Affairs said on Monday.
A look at the findings of Progressive Prudes, a survey of South Africans’ attitudes towards homosexuality and gender nonconformity.