IDAHOTB: 5 ways that queerphobia affects the LGBTIQ community
If you’re wondering why speaking out about LGBTIQ discrimination is still important, here are five real ways in which queerphobia affects the LGBTIQ community today.
Another victory in Dutch Reformed Church same-sex unions case
The North Gauteng High Court has rejected an application by an anti-LGBTQ group challenging the recent historic ruling ordering the Dutch Reformed Church to stop discriminating against same-sex couples.
Uproar over LGBTIQ inclusion in South African schools’ textbooks
South African schools are slowly moving towards teaching and including LGBTIQ+ realities in their classrooms and curricula, but not everyone’s happy about it.
Africa’s rights commission can – and should – do more for sexual minorities
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is in danger of losing its autonomy after it took away the observer status of the Coalition of African Lesbians, writes Frans Viljoen.
Gay hate preacher Steven Anderson now banned in most of Europe
The world continues to shrink for kill-the-gays preacher Steven Anderson after he became the first person banned in Ireland through legislation enacted 20 years ago.
Eswatini | New LGBTI group hopes to be first to be registered
A newly established group in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is aiming to become the first organisation in the nation to be legally registered as a specifically LGBTI rights group.
Opinion: Mr Gay World 2019 – To be (a beauty pageant) or not to be (a beauty pageant)
Mr Gay World has been running for eleven years, yet it seemingly can’t make up its mind whether it wants to be a beauty pageant or a competition, writes Hendrik Baird.
It’s official! Caster Semenya to appeal CAS ruling
Athletics South Africa (ASA) will appeal the discriminatory decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Caster Semenya.
Here’s Boer Soek ’n Vrou’s first gay farmer
The popular kykNET dating reality show Boer Soek ‘n Vrou is back and, for the first time, the contestants include a gay farmer.
Transgender people in China resorting to self-surgery
Desperate transgender people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market.