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Uganda: Court Drops Anti-Homosexuality Act Death Penalty Case After Two-Year Ordeal

A Ugandan court has dismissed the first case under the Anti-Homosexuality Act, ending a two-year legal ordeal for a young man.

Bail has been refused in a “corrective” rape case in the Eastern Cape, a decision welcomed by the lesbian survivor and LGBTIQ+ activists.

The owner of Babylon Bar in Johannesburg opens up about the closure of the long-standing queer venue and his future plans for the brand.

The South African ballroom community mourns the loss of Dominique Pienaar, a member of the Iconic House of Mizrahi South African Chapter.

BackaBuddy closed a cynical LGBTQ+ Gaza stunt fundraiser launched by Renaldo Gouws, calling it a breach of its platform standards.

Uganda has shut down another human rights group that defends LGBTQ people, intensifying its crackdown on civil society and queer activism.

Cape Town Pride 2026 has added a slippery dose of spectacle to its official with the launch of the Backdoor Botanics lube wrestling arena.

Eswatini’s education minister has called for LGBTQ+ school pupils to be expelled, comparing them to gangsters.

Your ultimate guide to Cape Town Pride 2026: key events, dates, venues, the Pride Parade and Mardi Gras on 28 February.

Pieter Rossouw, best known for his Qc and Fireman’s Ball queer parties in Gauteng, is being remembered following his death at the age of 60.