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Activists in Senegal are sounding the alarm over plans to bring in harsh new laws targeting the LGBTIQ community and its allies.

As France becomes the newest country to ban conversion therapy as damaging and unethical quackery, isn’t it time that South Africa follows suit?

Leading South African LGBTIQ+ and HIV activist Steve Letsike has been appointed Chair of the Commonwealth Equality Network.

Arrests and prosecutions for consensual same-sex sexual acts, or for diverse gender expressions, continued unabated across the world in 2021.

Kristen Stewart plays Diana in Spencer (Photo: Pablo Larraín)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the  conversion therapy ban

Midrand Pride is dubbed an untraditional peaceful, non-discriminatory LGBTIQ and ally pride celebration in support of equality, visibility, and awareness in Midrand and surroundings.

One of the season’s hottest queer dancefloor events, Juicy A Love Affair, lands in Cape Town on Saturday 18 December.

Jussie Smollett (Pic: Shutterstock.com)

Less than two months after being crowned Mr Gay World 2021, South Africa’s Louw Breytenbach has returned the title, claiming that the pageant’s contract is “unconstitutional and opaque”. The competition’s organisers, however, have denied both his claims and his account of what happened.

Roché Kester speaking at Soweto Pride

Amstel Larger has become the latest sponsor to can its partnership with the Podcast and Chill with MacG show after the hosts again came under fire for new transphobic remarks.

The Government of Botswana has formally acknowledged Monday’s landmark court ruling that finally decriminalised homosexuality in the country.

It was 15 years ago that South Africa became the first nation on the continent and the fifth in the world to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.

It has now become commonplace for major corporations to join in on LGBT events such as Pride Month, National Coming Out Day or the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Indeed, this is sometimes a source of criticism within the community as companies are perceived to be cashing in on LGBT causes.

LGBTQ people in Botswana are celebrating today’s eagerly-awaited decision by the Court of Appeal to reject an attempt by the government to reinstate the country’s ban on same-sex sexuality.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are in shock after former Mr Gay South Africa and DA councillor Lance Weyer unexpectedly passes away at the age of 34.

A touching Christmas advert for the Norwegian postal service that depicts Santa and a man falling in love has taken the world by storm.

The 8th edition of the Simon Nkoli Collective’s Simon Nkoli Memorial Lecture (SNML) takes place on 26 November in Pretoria and online. It’s a space that has been central in preserving and building on the legacy of South African anti-Apartheid struggle icon and pioneer of the gay rights movement.

A scene from I Am Samuel, the closing night film

Pretoria Pride is back after a two-year break due to Covid-19, at a new venue and under the theme of “I am a survivor”.

The Mauritius Supreme Court has heard key evidence in a landmark case challenging the 183-year-old criminalisation of same-sex sexuality.

The Engage Men’s Health clinic in Joburg says its specialist HIV doctor can manage more complex cases

Bongs Ndima has big plans for his reign as Mr Gay World South Africa 2021

The 13th annual Feather Awards took place last Thursday at the Market Theatre in downtown Johannesburg. And what a show it was!

Other Village People, aka event producer and DJ Andiswa Dlamini (AN.D) and cultural worker and curator Kefiloe Siwisa, presents Queertopia at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein from 18th to 20th of November.

A recent article about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s relationship, which discussed a period in their marriage when they opted to become sexually non-monogamous, got me questioning if monogamy is really my default setting.

If you consider yourself an LGBTQI ally, how should you deal with homophobic family members?

A transgender woman in Namibia has emerged victorious in her fight for justice after being beaten, kicked and verbally abused by the police.

The 13th Feather Awards was a celebrity-packed celebration of all things African and queer and featured a surprise message from President Cyril Ramaphosa.