Tim Cook urges LGBTQ youth to ‘live your truth’ (Watch)
Tim Cook, the openly gay head of the globe’s largest corporation, has offered an empowering message to LGBTQ youth, stating that “normal just might be the worst word ever created”.
Airline apologises for splitting up gay couple in favour of straight couple
Alaska Airlines has claimed that it didn’t mean to discriminate by kicking a gay couple out of their seats so that a straight couple could sit together.
Afropunk Joburg urged to remove allegedly transphobic rapper from line-up
Questions have been asked about the inclusion of allegedly transphobic rapper, YoungstaCPT, in the line-up for the upcoming annual Afropunk Johannesburg 2018 festival.
Siya Khumalo on God and queerness: The Mamba Interview
Siya Khumalo’s provocative new book, You Have To Be Gay To Know God, has been both acclaimed and condemned. He sat down with Mambaonline to talk about being queer and Christian in South Africa.
Human Rights Watch calls for repeal of anti-Semenya running rules
Human Rights Watch has told the IAAF in a letter that its recent regulations discriminate against some women athletes, such as Caster Semenya, and should be revoked.
Activists welcome lesbian teen rape suspect dropping bail bid
A 32-year-old man accused of raping and brutally assaulting a Potchefstroom teenage lesbian has abandoned his bail application.
Local film ‘Broken Promises 4-Ever’ accused of insulting gay community
Broken Promises 4-Ever, a new film set within South Africa’s Indian community, has been accused of using negative stereotypes of gay people for the sake of cheap laughs.
Trans women want SA public health sector to stop prescribing ‘toxic’ drug
Transgender activist Kattia Lemar Williams has launched a petition against the “highly dangerous” drug, Premarin, issued to trans and cis-gendered women in South African health care institutions.
Crisis as leading LGBTI group in KZN to shut down in two months
In a shock announcement, the Gay and Lesbian Network (GLN) in Pietermaritzburg has revealed it is likely to shut down within two months due to lack of funding.
Home Affairs ordered to respond to lesbian couple’s appeal
A court has had to order the Department of Home Affairs to do its job and respond to an appeal by a married bi-national same-sex couple who are desperate to legally live together in South Africa.