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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.
NMBPride handed a memorandum to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on Transgender Day of Visibility, calling for action to protect trans rights.
As Botswana’s High Court hears a marriage equality case, the nation faces a defining test of LGBTQ rights and constitutional democracy.
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signs harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law, increasing prison terms to ten years and criminalising advocacy.
In an exclusive video, we spoke to Yaya Mavundla, Celeste Makeup, and Ilano Sky about what transgender visibility means to them. Watch it here!
India’s new transgender bill sparks backlash as activists warn it undermines self-identification and rolls back hard-won trans rights.
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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.
NMBPride handed a memorandum to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on Transgender Day of Visibility, calling for action to protect trans rights.
As Botswana’s High Court hears a marriage equality case, the nation faces a defining test of LGBTQ rights and constitutional democracy.
Culture & Events
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.
Cape Town rapper Dope Saint Jude discusses her new album I Said What I Said, queer community, creative inspiration and the evolving global music industry.
Health & Well-Being
+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.
A year after global HIV funding cuts, South Africa reflects on lost services, PrEP disruption and the fight to rebuild LGBTQIA+ health care.
Study exposes inequality in gender-affirming care in South Africa, with long waits, limited access and urgent calls for health system reform.
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