Soweto Pride 2017 reclaims the streets! (Pictures)
Soweto Pride has successfully returned to its rightful place on the Gauteng Pride calendar, following last year’s shock cancellation. Hundreds of members of the LGBTQ community took part in the 12th annual event at the Dorothy Nyembe Park in Dobsonville on Saturday, under the theme of ‘Reclaiming our right to organise!’ The day began with […]
Hate speech case against anti-gay KZN political party dropped
The Gay and Lesbian Network in Pietermaritzburg has been forced to drop its hate speech case against a homophobic KwaZulu-Natal political party. In May last year, Nhlanhla Buthelezi, the head of the People’s Revolutionary Movement (PRM) was accused of making anti-LGBT statements on the VibeFM community radio station. He allegedly revealed that PRM does not […]
Applause & outrage as Inxeba (The Wound) announced as SA’s Oscar contender
Not everyone has welcomed the news that controversial gay love story Inxeba (The Wound) has been chosen as South Africa’s official submission to the 2018 Academy Awards. The acclaimed drama was selected by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) to represent the country for its entry into the best foreign language Film category. According […]
#Oktobertest: Are you doing it? (sponsored)
Take control of your sexual health this October. BioSURE, the only legally approved HIV Self Test in South Africa recently launched #OktoberTest, a global movement aimed at generating and normalising the conversation around sex, HIV and testing – and letting everyone know that now they are able to test themselves easily and accurately wherever they […]
Botswana | Court victory for transgender man a boost for LGBTI rights
In a landmark ruling, a Botswana court has ordered state officials to legally recognise the gender identity of a transgender man. On Friday, Justice Nthomiwa of the Lobatse High Court handed down judgment in a case that challenged the refusal of the Registrar of National Registration to change the gender marker on the man’s identity […]
High school homophobic bullying victim kills classmate
One New York City high school student is dead and another in hospital after a classmate reportedly snapped after being continually bullied. Abel Cedeno, 18, is accused of stabbing Matthew McCree, 15, and Ariane Laboy, 16, at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation on Wednesday, leading to McCree’s death. Cedeno has been charged with […]
American tragedy | College student gets 10 years in jail for not disclosing HIV status
A 25-year-old American student has accepted a plea deal of 10 years in prison for not telling his sexual partners that he was HIV positive. Michael Johnson was first sentenced in 2015 to 30 years in prison for the offence before an appeals court threw out the conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct. The original trial, […]
Total erasure | Indonesia set to ban all LGBT content on TV
Adding to the growing repression of LGBT people in Indonesia, the country is planning to completely ban all LGBT characters on television. According to The Jakarta Post, the House of Representatives is likely to approve a broadcasting bill that will erase the representation of LGBT people and issues from television. Lawmakers have thrown their weight behind […]
The next Chechnya? Brutal LGBTI crackdown in Azerbaijan
There are alarming reports that dozens of LGBTI people have been arrested and forcibly medically tested in the Eurasian country of Azerbaijan. According to ILGA-Europe, exact numbers are hard to confirm, but it believes that at least 50 members of the LGBTI community have been detained in raids that have taken place in the capital […]
Here they are! 9th annual Feather Awards nominees announced
The nominees for the 2017 Feather Awards have been announced at a function at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. Over the last eight years, the event has become highly anticipated, bringing together mainstream celebrity glamour and LGBTI activism. Thursday’s announcement function saw members of the media, nominees and judges being welcomed by Joe Correia, co-founder of the Feather […]