This Queer Eye star’s fierce Emmy dress is a stunner
Giving an oh-so-stylish finger to gender norms, Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness took to the Emmy Awards red carpet wearing a sheer black dress.
Pride flag torn to raise awareness about LGBTIQ+ suicide
As the world marked Suicide Prevention Day on Monday, out British singer Olly Alexander has headed a campaign to highlight the LGBTIQ+ community’s heightened risk of suicide.
Home Affairs allows secular marriage officers to register
The Department of Home Affairs is now allowing individuals not associated with churches to become marriage officers.
Ivan Toms Centre to continue serving Cape Town’s MSM community
The Anova Health Institute has announced that the groundbreaking Ivan Toms Centre for Men’s Health will continue to provide services for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Western Cape.
Uganda’s chief homophobe tries to ban music festival over LGBTQ panic
Uganda’s crackpot homophobic Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has attempted to ban an international music festival because it would “promote homosexuality”.
Transgender woman stabbed to death in Ventersdorp
Activists have reported the murder of a transgender woman in Ventersdorp, four years after the horrific murder of lesbian woman Disebo Gift Makau in the same North West town.
Nigeria | Presidential candidate makes U-turn on LGBTQ rights
Facing a backlash, Nigerian presidential candidate Donald Duke has changed his mind and now says he believes that gay people should indeed remain criminals.
DSTV launches OUTtvSA, a pop up LGBTQI+ channel, this October
For the first time, MultiChoice will broadcast an LGBTQI+ TV channel on its DStv platform – but only in South Africa and only for a month.
Boity Thulo regrets “crass and offensive” homophobic tweets
Boity Thulo has apologised after a series of nasty homophobic tweets from her past were dug up and shared on social media, but has all been forgiven?
Malaysia | Two women caned for attempted lesbian sex
The authorities in Malaysia have carried out a sentence of public caning against two women convicted of attempting to have consensual sex.