Well-known Joburg LGBTQ socialite dies after hijacking

Derick Ward, 36, of Johannesburg, died at the weekend of wounds he sustained during a hijacking in Roodepoort West on Tuesday last week.
Nigeria | Police parade 57 arrested at so-called ‘gay initiation’

The media in Nigeria has uncritically reported claims by the police that a large group of men were arrested while being “initiated into a homosexual club” in Lagos.
9-year-old kills himself after being bullied for coming out as gay

The devastated mother of a 9-year-old child who came out as gay says her son killed himself after he was bullied at school.
Vatican erases Pope’s comment about sending gay kids to psychiatrists

The Vatican says that Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that homosexuality is a mental illness in his recent remarks about gay children.
Sam Smith “excited” to sing in South Africa next year

Sam Smith, one of the world’s biggest openly gay music stars, will be coming to perform in South Africa for the first time.