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Discover how ballroom culture travelled from Harlem to Cape Town, shaping a vibrant queer scene rooted in resistance and creativity.
A new LGBT+ health clinic has opened in Pretoria. +DR offers stigma-free care, HIV services, STI testing and general healthcare.
Faith leaders must confront LGBTQ erasure in West Africa, argues Davis Mac Iyalla, warning that silence and denial fuel discrimination and violence.
Two women in Uganda arrested for kissing in public have been granted bail but still face life imprisonment under the country’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act.
Lenacapavir, a 6-month HIV prevention injection, arrives in South Africa, offering new hope to reduce infections and boost PrEP adherence.
Activists condemn harmful anti-LGBTQ remarks by Eswatini's King Mswati III made during a Good Friday Easter message.
Village in the Sky brings a gay pool party and club experience to Sandton, promising one of Joburg’s biggest LGBTQ+ party events of the year.
Transgender woman Buhlebendalo Mthombeni alleges mistreatment at a Free State hospital, highlighting barriers to gender-affirming care.
Uganda’s Supreme Court has postponed a key appeal challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act, one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Ghana won praise for a UN slavery resolution but Badley Fortuin writes that its harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill raises questions about selective injustice and human rights.
South Africa’s NTT warns of rising hate crimes, “Grindr syndicates,” and funding cuts that are impacting LGBTIQ+ rights and safety.
Psychiatrists warn a US Supreme Court conversion therapy decision undermines state bans on the dangerous practice and could harm LGBTQ+ youth.
A queer minister shares an LGBTQ Easter survival guide for those facing exclusion from family, church and faith communities.
News
Activists condemn harmful anti-LGBTQ remarks by Eswatini's King Mswati III made during a Good Friday Easter message.
Transgender woman Buhlebendalo Mthombeni alleges mistreatment at a Free State hospital, highlighting barriers to gender-affirming care.
Uganda’s Supreme Court has postponed a key appeal challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act, one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Ghana won praise for a UN slavery resolution but Badley Fortuin writes that its harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill raises questions about selective injustice and human rights.
South Africa’s NTT warns of rising hate crimes, “Grindr syndicates,” and funding cuts that are impacting LGBTIQ+ rights and safety.
Psychiatrists warn a US Supreme Court conversion therapy decision undermines state bans on the dangerous practice and could harm LGBTQ+ youth.
Culture & Events
Village in the Sky brings a gay pool party and club experience to Sandton, promising one of Joburg’s biggest LGBTQ+ party events of the year.
In an exclusive video, we spoke to Yaya Mavundla, Celeste Makeup, and Ilano Sky about what transgender visibility means to them. Watch it here!
There are calls for Sandy Bay in Cape Town, known internationally as a gay meeting spot, to be officially recognised as a nudist beach.
For more than two decades, Zanele Muholi has used photography to open space for queer representation in South Africa and across the world.
Queer choreographer Gregory Maqoma explores identity, African cosmology and renewal in his powerful new dance work Genesis at the Joburg Theatre.
South African queer artist Zanele Muholi has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious 2026 Hasselblad Award.
Health & Well-Being
Lenacapavir, a 6-month HIV prevention injection, arrives in South Africa, offering new hope to reduce infections and boost PrEP adherence.
Transgender woman Buhlebendalo Mthombeni alleges mistreatment at a Free State hospital, highlighting barriers to gender-affirming care.
+Dr is a new LGBTQ+-focused clinic is being launched in Pretoria offering affirming, stigma-free healthcare, HIV services and wellness support.
We address eight common myths about being gay or lesbian, and provide the facts about sexual orientation, identity and equality.
Queer icon Edwin Cameron reflects on surviving HIV, ageing with ARVs, and why South Africa must plan for older HIV survivors.
Trans health experts push back against opposition to gender-affirming care for trans youth in South Africa’s divisive healthcare debate.
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