Anger over UCT Vice Chancellor’s “harmful” webinar on LGBTIQA+ community

UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been slammed for hosting a webinar described as “harmful and hurtful” to the LGBTIQA+ community.
Gay political groundbreaker Pete Buttigieg becomes a dad

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten have joyfully welcomed two babies into their lives.
Why no one wants to talk about intimate partner violence in queer relationships

Intimate partner violence is as common, if not more, among LGBT couples as it is in straight relationships. So why don’t we talk about it?
Home Affairs ordered to release gay Ugandan couple

The Department of Home Affairs has again been accused of discriminating against LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers, this time a gay Ugandan couple.
SA Human Rights Commission to intervene in Caster Semenya case

The European Court of Human Rights has allowed the SA Human Rights Commission to intervene in Caster Semenya’s legal bid to compete freely.
ABBA are back with new music (Listen)

After a 40-year break, ABBA have released two new songs and announced a technologically groundbreaking new concert.
Lil Nas X receives LGBTQ teen suicide award

Sensational queer chart-topper Lil Nas X has been recognised for his support of efforts to end suicide among LGBTQ young people.
Op-ed | SA’s LGBTQ voters distrustful of political elites

SA’s LGBTQ voters are losing confidence in the country’s political leadership to provide a safe and secure environment for the community.
Transgender woman brutally beaten with car jack in Soweto

A transgender Soweto woman was left unable to talk after being bashed in the face and head by a man with a car jack in an alleged hate crime.
Desperate call for LGBTQI Afghans to be evacuated

Calls by activists for the UK to help LGBTQI Afghans flee persecution by the Taliban in Afghanistan as a “priority group” are unlikely to be successful.