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Researchers have revealed the countries that are most accepting of LGBTI people. Surprisingly, South Africa is not the highest-ranked African country on the list.

Turned away by Beloftebos: Sasha-Lee Heekes and Megan Watling on their engagement day

Nadia Jaftha, one of South Africa’s top social media influencers, tells MambaOnline she does not agree with her brother’s shocking online war of words against the LGBTIQ+ community.

The cast of Love! Valour! Compassion! (Photo by Rina Gertzen)

Guillermo Delgado (left) and Phillip Lühl (right) with their lawyer Uno Katjipuka-Sibolile (centre) Photo: Namibia Equal Rights Movement

Justice  Minister Ronald Lamola called for government officials to be sensitised on transgender and intersex rights  (Photo: Gugu Mandla)

Vogue Nights Jozi, the city’s most influential queer party, took local ball culture to a whole new level on the last weekend of Pride Month.

Government, civil society and EU representatives will be discussing how to ensure equality for transgender and intersex South Africans at a historic event in Johannesburg this week.

The UK is moving closer to a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy after the government launched a “consultation” on how best to make it illegal.

As South Africa marked Pride Month, Limakatso Puling was shot dead in Durban

The first Pride March in Africa took place in Johannesburg in 1990. (Pic: David Penney/Donne Rundle Collection/GALA Queer Archive)

It seems like the “alphabet mafia” is always expanding our community’s vocabulary to be more inclusive, and one of the latest additions to the glossary is abrosexuality – a term that you may not have heard of as yet.

Before and after: The LGBTIQ billboard was vandalised just days after it was erected in Zimbabwe 

Nedbank, one of South Africa’s leading banks, shows its support for Pride Month by lighting up its Joburg office in rainbow colours and committing funds to LGBTQI+ causes.

The Drizzles puppet show promotes LGBTQ inclusion

To celebrate Johannesburg Pride Month, Apple Music has enlisted three South African artists to take over their flagship Pride Playlists: Strike A Pose, RESIST!, and Love Her, Lover.

As South Africa marks Pride Month, local streaming service Showmax has highlighted 12 LGBTQIA+ shows and movies now on its platform that are worth watching – with Pride.

The High Court in Eswatini is accused of “disinterest in the human rights of LGBTI citizens” after delaying a vital equality ruling for a year.

Skeef: Wat jy van LGBTIQ-wees wil weet is a new addition to the South African literary landscape, and the book has been making waves in the Afrikaans-speaking queer community since its release on 1 September.

Zimasile Zubair Shabangu was murdered in a suspected hate crime in Johannesburg

Does the Bible condemn homosexuality? Not according to a new publication that helps Christians understand the Bible in a more LGBTIQ-affirming way.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola spoke at the LGBTIQ+ Inclusion and Empowerment Workshop on Wednesday (Photo: Thami Dish Foundation)

Guillermo Delgado (left) and Phillip Lühl (right) with their lawyer Uno Katjipuka-Sibolile (centre) Photo: Namibia Equal Rights Movement

In celebration of Pride Month 2021, the Thami Dish Foundation, alongside various key stakeholders, has launched the 2021 LGBTIQ+ Inclusion & Empowerment Workshops set to take place at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg this week.

The film Benedetta is sparking controversy among conservative Catholics

With reports that so-called condom stealthing is on the rise, California has become the first state in the US to make the practice a civil crime.

Dating can be an exciting experience but what are the must-discuss topics for a first date?

Ankara Pride 2012 participants in Turkey

Andile Zondi was left with head and facial injuries after he and a friend were attacked by a mob in a suspected hate crime in Durban

Shane Petzer, best known as one of the founders of sex worker advocacy group Sweat, has passed away in Barrydale in the Western Cape.