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Lady Gaga’s Chromatica is a return to pop brilliance: She's given us one of the LGBTQ community’s most-loved anthems, and now Lady Gaga is back with the new album, Chromatica; a return to her glorious pop roots.

Zambia frees gay couple jailed for 15 years: Two men who were jailed for having sex in the privacy of a hotel room in Zambia have been released as part of an amnesty to celebrate Africa Day.

How do Joburg, Cape Town & Durban rank as competitive LGBT+ inclusive cities?: Amsterdam has been named the most competitive and LGBT+ inclusive city in the world. So how did South Africa's three biggest cities score?

ThursGAY Night Live!: Some of Cape Town's top drag queens will be performing in an online lockdown show on Thursday 28 May for a journey of song, dance, and sing-along!

Covid-19 | LGBTIQ+ people in the Commonwealth facing “humanitarian crisis”: There are warnings of an "unfolding humanitarian crisis" for LGBTIQ+ people across Commonwealth countries, including South Africa, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 | SA accused of excluding LGBT refugees & asylum seekers: Human Rights Watch has accused the South African government of overlooking LGBT refugees and asylum seekers in its Covid-19 aid programmes.

Back to “dark ages” as Hungary reverses transgender rights: Despite an international outcry, lawmakers in Hungary have overwhelmingly passed a bill that blocks transgender and intersex people from amending their legal gender identity.

“Gamechanger” PrEP injection more effective than daily pills: Scientists say that a new injection administered every two months is more effective at preventing HIV among gay/bi men and trans women than the traditional daily PrEP pill.

Free at last! Court releases 19 LGBTIQ people jailed in Uganda: Nineteen gay men and trans women who were arrested in a raid on an LGBTIQ shelter in Uganda in March are finally free after charges against them were dropped.

ANC & DA mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: The country's two biggest political parties, the ANC and the DA, commemorated IDAHOTB on Sunday, offering their support to the LGBTIQ+ community.