Calling the disease sexually transmitted is inaccurate, and has led to stigmatisation of men who have sex with men
It is of great concern that the census still does not include questions relating to sexual orientation and excludes transgender, intersex and non-binary persons
While constitutionally protected, the LGBTQIA+ community is being failed by the state
DBN Gogo, Blxckie and ByLwansta are headliners at the return of this iconic event
June is Pride Month and we’re looking beyond the rainbow-themed campaigns and logo changes, to turn our attention to the movement’s icons.
Let us celebrate this event together and move towards a fully inclusive world.
LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
The institute is hosting a webinar to discuss South Africa’s teen pregnancy rates and child rape
While the Constitutional Court has agreed that certain sections of the Equality Act are unconstitutional, it has decided the issue of whether Jon Qwelane was guilty of hate speech
Nchini Kenya, janga la corona lilizidisha visa vya unyanyasaji wa nyumbani, ila tatizo hilo limekuwepo na wahasiriwa wamekua wakisaidiwa na watu.
Conversion therapy in LGBTQIA+ children is discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality under the constitution of South Africa; yet it is still not prohibited under the Children’s Act of 2005. An amendment seeks to change that
Stuart Tibaweswa photographed and interviewed members of Uganda’s LGBTQ community to find out about their views on democracy and experiences of injustice
The occupation of a Camps Bay mansion by a black queer collective has divided opinion nationally. But can #WeSeeYou offer some hope for Cape Town’s marginalised black queer folk?
Blanket measures such as lockdowns contribute to the needs and realities of people at the margins of society being overlooked
South Africans have an uncaring stigmatising and marginalising culture and it keeps people on the fringes of society with diminished opportunities in life
Fashanu will be honoured on what would have been his 59th birthday, an occasion also marked by a reminder from Manchester United that homophobia still exists in football
Reporting on queer issues is always tough. But Tunisia was something else
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up loose ends and fill gaps that led to regulation abuse. But they have been met with an avalanche of criticism citing human rights. The […]