1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (876+ words) Every time she releases a new album, journalists and social media commentary insist that Madonna is over. They are usually, eventually, proven wrong. This debate has emerged again now Madonna is on the promotional circuit for her new album Confessions…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (439+ words) Turkey has barred a scheduled gay cruise from docking at the port city of Ku'adas, citing the country's "moral values, following another crackdown on LGBTQ+ Pride events. CNN reported on 2 July that the Athens-to-Venice cruise, chartered by the American company…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (288+ words) The streets of Durban's city centre were filled with rainbow flags and jubilation at the weekend as people came out to mark the end of Pride month. The day's festivities started off with a march through Gugu Dlamini Park to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (749+ words) In a landmark LGBTQ+ rights victory, the Johannesburg High Court, sitting as the Equality Court, has found controversial public figure and cultural leader Ngizwe Mchunu guilty of hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. The court ordered Mchunu…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (542+ words) The Johannesburg High Court is set to hear the hate speech case against controversial media personality Ngizwe Mchunu, who allegedly incited hatred against the LGBTQ+ community. The matter will be heard on Friday, 19 June, after Trans Hope filed the case…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (244+ words) The West African nation of Niger has become the latest country to introduce harsh legislation criminalising LGBTQ+ people. According to AP, the country's military junta confirmed that a new penal code containing provisions targeting the LGBTQ+ community has come into…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (399+ words) One of the two accused in the Cape Town murder of queer Khayelitsha teenager Kwa Khanya Mhlanganisi has been granted bail, sparking concern among LGBTQ+ activists and community members closely following the case. The matter returned to court on Wednesday,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (786+ words) As Pride Month unfolds across the world, Pierre Brouard and Thembisile M Dlamini from the Psychological Society of South Africa's Sexuality and Gender Division explore why Queer Pride in Africa remains deeply political " and why resisting silence, shame, and exclusion…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (288+ words) LGBTQ+ groups and activists gathered at the Khayelitsha Magistrates" Court on Tuesday as the two men accused of killing Cape Town teen Kwa Khanya Mhlanganisi appeared in court as proceedings around their bail applications continued. The 16-year-old Mhlanganisi was brutally…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1152+ words) Israel has spent hundreds of millions of shekels marketing Tel Aviv as the gay capital of the Middle East, yet same-sex marriage remains illegal within its borders. Several white South African queer people are lured by this event. As the…...