Phuti Lekoloane, SA’s 1st gay male footballer, takes on homophobia in sport
Phuti Lekoloane, South Africa’s first openly gay male professional soccer player, has launched a desperately-needed new initiative to tackle homophobia in football.
Beloftebos homophobia row goes global as venue shuts down Facebook page
The furore surrounding the Beloftebos wedding venue’s refusal to allow same-sex couples shows no signs of abating and is now making international headlines.
Stanford wedding venue Beloftebos still won’t host same-sex weddings
Beloftebos, in the Western Cape, continues to defy the law and constitution and has again humiliated another same-sex couple by refusing to host their wedding.
Shock as school transgender rights champion Nare Mphela murdered
Nare Mphela, who won a landmark transgender discrimination case against her Limpopo high school in 2017, has been murdered in her home.
Angry community demands justice for Simphiwe
Hundreds of people from the Tweefontein community turned out to remember 25-year-old lesbian Portia Simphiwe Mtshweni, who was recently murdered and mutilated.
Mpumalanga lesbian’s horror murder thought to be hate crime
2019 has ended on a tragic note for the LGBTQ+ community after 25-year-old Portia Simphiwe Mtshweni was murdered and mutilated in Tweefontein, Mpumalanga, the victim of a suspected hate crime.
Shock as Jon Qwelane hate speech conviction overturned
Jon Qwelane will not face any consequences for his homophobic statements after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned his previous hate speech conviction and found that a section of the Equality Act is unconstitutional.
Planet Fitness in locker room homophobia and racism row
A queer Johannesburg couple has accused Planet Fitness of not taking appropriate action against a group of men who made homophobic and racist comments in the gym’s changeroom.
Zimbabwe transgender activist Rikki Nathanson wins landmark court case
Mugabe would be rolling in his grave, said a local news site, after transgender woman Rikki Nathanson won a historic lawsuit against the Zimbabwe government for discrimination.
Presidency silent as anger grows over Uganda “shut up” comments
Despite widespread condemnation of Deputy President David Mabuza’s statement that South Africa should not interfere in the persecution of LGBTIQ+ people in Uganda, the presidency has remained silent on the matter.