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President Museveni has called for doctors to explain why gay people are deviants (Photo: GODL-India)

Becoming, the South African reality series spotlighting the transgender and queer community, has returned for a second season on Mzansi Magic.

The post-parade Cape Town Pride Mardi Gras was a colourful climax to the annual Cape Town Pride Festival with a spirited celebration of the rainbow community.

SAHRC Commissioner Andre Gaum, OUT Human Rights Coordinator Sibonelo Ncanana, and SAHRC Eastern Cape Provincial Manager Dr Eileen Carter after the Steve Hofmeyr settlement was made a court order in Gqeberha on Monday

OUT LGBT Well-being and MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of reported LGBTIQ+ rights  violations, including hate speech, in South Africa. We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system. Here is our summary for February 2023.

RuPaul says drag queens are “the Marines” of the queer movement (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock)

The annual Cape Town Pride Parade took to the streets of the Mother City to celebrate the LGBTIQ+ community and the freedom to be our authentic selves.

Openview has launched a satellite-first in South Africa with its Ultraview Pay TV option featuring a “Pride bouquet” of two international LGBTQI channels.

Which queer film do you want to see win big at the upcoming Oscars? We take a look at the contenders.

The so-called Grindr Gang has been targeting gay, bisexual and queer men in Gauteng for years

After many years of hosting the legendary Legrand Balls all over Johannesburg, including the recent Boiler Room extravaganza in Soweto, the LeGrand brand is back with its inaugural queer arts festival on Saturday, 4 March 2023 at Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein.

President Ramaphosa awarded President Museveni – dubbed “Africa’s worst homophobe” – the prestigious Order of South Africa this week

Conservative American lawmakers are now targeting drag shows as a “threat” to young people through alarming new anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Activists came together late last year to strengthen the campaign for intersex rights in the region (Photo: supplied)

Infidelity is one of the most devastating things that can happen in a relationship or marriage. According to research, 30-60% of marriages deal with an affair, many of which end in divorce.

The inaugural annual Salon Kewpie: The Legacy Ball in Cape Town, in collaboration with the District Six Museum and GALA Queer Archive, will honour the life of queer icon, Kewpie, who passed away in 2012.

Cape Town Pride is planning to break the six-year-old world record for the most drag queens in a stage performance.

Festus Mbandeka, the Attorney General of Namibia, has described homosexuality as unacceptable and immoral in a bid to uphold the country’s discriminatory ban on same-sex sexuality.

The symbolic show of support for Cape Town Pride has been dubbed “disgraceful” by a religious group (Photo: Cape Town Pride/Facebook)

Kim Windvogel and journalist Romantha Botha are the hosts of Sex and Pleasure

Melino Carl, Botswana’s first trans model, is taking the runway by storm with her activism through fashion

Arquivo de Identidade Angolano and its members are committed to the economic empowerment and inclusion of the LGBTIQ+ community in Angola

It’s hoped that the Hate Crimes Bill will help stem attacks against vulnerable groups, including the LGBTIQ+ community

Event-driven PrEP is also known as PrEP On-Demand or PrEP 2+1+1.

Johannesburg Pride will host its annual Pride event on Saturday 29 October to celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community in South Africa and around the continent.

The horrific execution of 22-year-old gay medical student Hamed Sabouri by the Taliban in Afghanistan has highlighted the worsening plight of LGBTQ+ people in that country as the world stands by and watches.

José Lopez from Puerto Rico was crowned Mr Gay World 2022 at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town on Saturday night.

She’s vaxxed, she’s waxed, and she has more attitude than ever. Bianca Del Rio, everyone’s favourite “queen of mean” is returning to Cape Town and Johannesburg this October with her new comedy tour, Unsanitized.

The rainbow crossing in Pretoria may not be there for much longer (Pic: Malcolm De Klerk)

OUT LGBT Well-being and MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of violations of the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in South Africa. We also look at the status of cases making their way through the criminal justice system. Here is our summary for September 2022.

Thami Dish and Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri were among those who helped raise the rainbow flag in Johannesburg

There’s outrage after 34-year-old lesbian-identifying Tankiso Tawanyane was raped and murdered in Kimberley in a monstrous suspected hate crime.

The magical city of Lisbon will host EuroPride in 2025 (Photo: Deensel / Wikimedia)

The Pretoria-based OUT LGBT-Well Being is raising funds to ensure that Steve Hofmeyr faces the Equality Court and accounts for his dangerous anti-LGBTIQ+ rhetoric.

Delegates from around the world have started arriving in Cape Town as they prepare to compete for the coveted Mr Gay World 2022 title.

Life’s too short to spend it in the closet! It’s a phrase that’s often bandied about when talking about coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+).