Young people aged between 16 and 19 are three times more likely to report on the use of violence, especially towards gender non-conforming women.
"The results convey the considerable effort still required to ensure that society understands and respects the rights of LGBTI people in the country."
The M&G’s first Rainbow fellow, Carl Collison, shares why issues affecting the LGBTI community on the continent are so important to him.
In a country where homosexuals are routinely subjected to violence in various forms, let’s remember that it was two gay women making the nation proud.
A refugee tells Carl Collison about being hunted by soldiers, attacked by fellow Ugandans and seeking sanctuary in SA, where she was raped – twice.
Despite the government’s efforts to criminalise them, and the spike in lynchings and violence, people’s spirit hasn’t been broken.
Should NGOs pin their colours to the mast in the political candidates they openly support?
The Mail & Guardian travelled to the North West and Eastern Cape to find out more about the hidden lives of trans people on the frontline.
At the UN, South Africa did support web rights and moves to end violence based on sexual orientation. The devil was in the detail, says Edna Molewa.
The ambassador exposes paradoxes in the country’s stance on LGBTI rights.
South Africa abstained from voting on a UN resolution to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation.
As horrifying as the Orlando massacre was, it was no more terrifying than the reality faced by LGBTI people across the African continent.
I’m tired of being expected to show gratitude for rights that straight people don’t think twice about, writes Rebecca Davis.
US President Barack Obama described the Orlando shooter as a ‘homegrown extremist’, and survivors tell of the June 12 rampage that left 50 dead.
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba met with representatives of LGBTI advocacy groups on Tuesday, and said he was "shocked" by what he heard.
A young Somali woman narrowly avoided falling victim to an ‘honour killing’ by relatives when she was outed as gay.
Even in the continent’s most hate-filled spots, there have been irreversible gains.
A new study on exclusion in Hollywood discovers that the problem extends beyonds ethnicity.
Transgender people will face further stigma if they are told they can’t use the lavatory
More than half of the countries that still have a total prohibition on same-sex relations are members of the Commonwealth
Transgender people are part of society, yet are subject to humiliation and discrimination.
Zanele Muholi’s latest work finds the activist photographer turning the camera on herself.
Leahy said he decided to show the film after some of his pupils demonstrated disturbing anti-LGBTI behaviour during a history class exercise.
A recent workshop focused on how to create ?the space for difference to be openly discussed.
The Triangle Project is experiencing a financial crisis. All the work is under serious threat.
The social network’s policy on anonymity is angering people who have taken new names.
Leaders promoting such hatred are no better than those leading xenophobic attacks.
Uganda is one of the countries in Africa where homosexuality is a crime, but its Academy of Sciences has agreed that being gay is a natural phenomena.
Zanele Muholi has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse photography prize and sees it as an opportunity to put the LGBTI message on the world stage.
The Coalition of African Lesbians has finally won a place on a platform where it can be heard.
In television and film, being gay is no longer an acceptable storyline in and of itself.
Hard-won lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual rights are threatened by a raft of religious Bills.