Constitutional Court in Kuwait overturns anti-trans law
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, the Constitutional Court in Kuwait has thrown out a law used to jail transgender people.
LGBT+ history: The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman – how theatre gave voice to a queer Holocaust survivor
Queer love amid the Holocaust. A theatre production tells the story of Margot Heuman, the first lesbian Jewish Holocaust survivor who bore testimony.
LGBT identification in US doubles in a decade
Led by bisexual people, more Americans than ever are identifying as LGBT, with this number expected to continue to rise in the coming years.
Somizi’s Idols SA return: A double standard?
News that Somizi Mhlongo is returning as an Idols SA judge raises questions about whether same-sex domestic violence is taken seriously.
Cape Town Pride is back for 2022 edition
After a two-year Covid-19 absence, Cape Town Pride is back for its 2022 outing this month, with an already sold-out festival day.
New Zealand latest country to ban conversion therapy
MPs in New Zealand pass a law banning LGBTQ conversion therapy, joining a growing number of nations that have outlawed the dangerous practice.
LGBT+ history: the story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X
Camp is intricately enmeshed with queerness and has a long and radical history of subverting social norms and rejecting easy categorisation.
Transgender woman losing hope for justice
A Western Cape transgender woman is doubting that she will ever see justice after she was sexually assaulted at an empowerment workshop.
Left behind: Ramaphosa’s SONA LGBTIQ exclusion
LGBTIQ rights group lranti is disappointed that President Ramaphosa failed to address pressing LGBTIQ needs in last week’s SONA.
LGBTIQ students kicked out of school in East Africa are fighting back
Homophobia, religion and the legacy of colonialism are hurting gay and lesbian school students in Kenya and Uganda – but they won’t be defeated.