Ekurhuleni Pride 2018 changes venue to Kwa-Thema
The Ekurhuleni Pride brings to you its 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride event which will take place on September 8.
Well-known Joburg LGBTQ socialite dies after hijacking
Derick Ward, 36, of Johannesburg, died at the weekend of wounds he sustained during a hijacking in Roodepoort West on Tuesday last week.
Nigeria | Police parade 57 arrested at so-called ‘gay initiation’
The media in Nigeria has uncritically reported claims by the police that a large group of men were arrested while being “initiated into a homosexual club” in Lagos.
9-year-old kills himself after being bullied for coming out as gay
The devastated mother of a 9-year-old child who came out as gay says her son killed himself after he was bullied at school.
Vatican erases Pope’s comment about sending gay kids to psychiatrists
The Vatican says that Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that homosexuality is a mental illness in his recent remarks about gay children.
Sam Smith “excited” to sing in South Africa next year
Sam Smith, one of the world’s biggest openly gay music stars, will be coming to perform in South Africa for the first time.
Gay musical, Kanarie, wins top Afrikaans film award
Kanarie (Canary), an Afrikaans gay coming-of-age musical drama set in apartheid South Africa, has won the top prize at the kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival.
Pope to parents: Don’t condemn gay children but send them to a psychiatrist
The Pope is once again conveying mixed messages to Catholics; urging parents of gay children not to judge them but also to consider sending them to a psychiatrist.
Cape Town Pride announces theme for 2019
The organisers of Cape Town Pride have revealed the theme for next year’s event, taking place from 22 February to 3 March 2019.
Ghana | Plans to force gay people to undergo conversion therapy
A vocal anti-LGBTQ group in Ghana claims it has recruited around 400 people who identify as gay to undergo a so-called “gay cure” programme. It also plans to make this mandatory.