Vaal Pride 2019 a spirited protest and celebration (Photos)

The 7th annual Vaal Pride was held in the historic Gauteng township of Sharpeville on Saturday 7 September and was dubbed an enthusiastic commemoration of LGBTQ identity.
Ethiopia | Religious leaders to offer LGBTQ conversion therapy

Citing the “escalating problem” of homosexuality, religious leaders in Ethiopia are planning to promote conversion therapy to “treat” LGBTQ people.
Celebrities come out in support of PrEP

Popular South African celebrities, Moshe Ndiki and Bujy Bikwa, are backing a much-needed new project that provides free HIV prevention pills, known as PrEP, to men who have sex with men (MSM).
Spar to take action against ‘gay rape’ hate speech employee

A Western Cape man is in hot water with his employer, Spar, after posting a hate speech comment on his Facebook profile about raping gay men instead of women.
This gay ballet dancer’s struggle with his sangoma calling

Zuko Mnukwa, a 27-year-old from Cape Town, says his calling to become a sangoma caused him to sacrifice his dream of dancing ballet, resulting in him having a love-hate relationship with his spiritual vocation.
Brazil | Attempt to ban comic book gay kiss backfires

The mayor of Rio De Janeiro’s attempt to censor an Avengers comic book featuring a gay kiss has spectacularly backfired, with the smooch reaching an even bigger audience in Brazil.
Most Brits approve of LGBT-affirming education

Despite some headline-grabbing opposition, the majority of the British public agree that primary school teachers should affirm LGBT families in class.
Pastor who says he was fired for supporting LGBTI equality fights back

Teboho Klaas, a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, is challenging his firing, allegedly over his support for LGBTI equality. The Star reported on Friday that Klass has taken AME and Bishop Paul Mulenga Kawimbe, who heads up the Church’s 19th Episcopal district in South Africa, to court in a bid to have […]
Another conversion therapy leader comes out as gay

McKrae Game, the founder of a leading American gay conversion therapy organisation, has come out and apologised for the harm he’s done.
Study highlights GHB, the “silent” sex drug killing gay men

The largest-ever survey of the users of the drug GHB in the UK has revealed for the first time the human cost of what’s been termed a “silent killer”.