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Ruth Chigowe leaves behind a one-year-old daughter

While the international monkeypox outbreak has yet to reach South Africa, there are concerns that the disease is being used to stigmatise gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM).

For the first time, the rainbow flag has been flown on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.

Apparent divisions within the LGBTQI+ community came to the fore at a reception for the southern African Kopano gathering in Cape Town as some protested the City’s involvement with the event.

Parents and guardians are often unsure of how to broach the subject of sexuality, gender and queer identities with children, not least because this might in some way open the door to talk to them about sex. That’s a topic so notoriously uncomfortable that we still refer to this discussion as talking about “the birds and the bees”, despite being two decades into the 21st century.

The Pretoria-based OUT LGBT Well-being says it is alarmed at ongoing reports that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are falling prey to kidnappers and extortionists on dating and networking apps.

FEW (Forum for the Empowerment of Women) is holding a Queer Book Fair on Saturday 14 May at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.

Participants in the 2019 Kyiv Pride march in Ukraine (Pic: Kyiv Pride / Victor Vysochin / @arrideo.photography)

It’s not every day that we see a South African, queer, dystopian-sci-fi novel hitting bookstore shelves. The fact that it’s also a gripping, poignant and timely book is further cause for celebration.

After 12 years of operation, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, known by its patrons as Babylon – The Joburg Bar, remains one of the city’s most enduring and popular destinations for queer and LGBTQIA-friendly nightlife.

In his first visit to SA in more than two years, queer superstar Nakhane will be performing at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on the 21st of May 2022 for the I AM LIVE concert.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shanon Kannigan will be formally inducted as the new Mr Gay World South Africa at the upcoming Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival in association with ETC Zone Centurion and Men International.

Jonas Gahr Støre, the Prime Minister of Norway (Photo: NTB Kommunikasjon/Office of the Prime Minister)

Vogue Nights returned with its first ball of the year, confirming that it remains Johannesburg’s most spectacular queer event.

LGBTIQ+ microaggressions can take their toll

Jude Law (Dumbledore) and Mads Mikkelsen (Grindelwald) play former lovers in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

I recently found myself part of a group process developing a resource around addressing xenophobia and Afrophobia and looking at the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. This work has exposed me to young people on the continent and their ideas around addressing these issues.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is taking action against singer Steve Hofmeyr over his dangerous queerphobic hate speech.

MonD aka The Queer Superhero (All photos by @Remy Shoots)

Photos, paintings and sculptures by artist Zanele Muholi have been a hit in Paris

Activists have welcomed the sentencing of two Gauteng men to life in prison for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020.

LGBTQ+ groups are furious over reports that the UK government is planning to only ban conversion therapy for cisgender gay, lesbian and bi people and exclude those who are transgender.

The Western Cape beach town of Plettenberg Bay is hosting the inaugural Lovefest, with four days of queer entertainment.

Three days of public hearings about the controversial Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill kicked off on Tuesday.

When Ako* heard that an LGBTIQ community centre was going to open in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the first thing she did was get herself a date. And then matching outfits.

Pinky Shongwe had her life cut short in a suspected hate crime because of who she loved

Anthony Waldhausen, the outgoing director of Uthingo Network, and its new head, Brian Sibeko-Ngidi

Moshe Ndiki and Phelo Bala. (Twitter)

Jussie Smollett (Pic: Shutterstock.com)

Brittney Griner (Photo by Lorie Shaull)

A lesbian couple have succeeded in their legal bid to amend the Children’s Act so that they are both recognised as legal parents of their surrogate babies.

Phillip Lühl and his husband Guillermo Delgado outside the Namibia Supreme Court (Pic: Power Pad Girls / Twitter)

Contested Bodies explores themes of power, race, gender identity and masculinity

Queer men in Johannesburg are being warned about an increase in kidnapping and extortion incidents after the victims arranged to meet men through dating apps like Grindr.

Hundreds of revellers came out to celebrate Cape Town’s LGBTIQ+ community on Saturday (Photo: MambaOnline/Ramsey Lewis)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked fears about the safety of LGBTIQ people in the country, with the US warning of a human rights catastrophe.