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Pride Shelter, Africa’s only LGBTIQ+ shelter, addresses community concerns:
The queer Muslim-faith organisation that's taken over the running of the Pride Shelter, Africa's only LGBTIQ+ shelter, responds to community concerns.
Grow up! Homophobic AKA taunts Cassper Nyovest with “moffie” comment:
Amidst an embarrassingly juvenile Twitter spat with Cassper Nyovest, an out-of-control AKA has turned to homophobic slurs to call out his rival.
“You think you’re a man?” KZN lesbian women brutally beaten:
A young queer woman from KwaZulu-Natal has shared how she and a friend were mercilessly beaten and verbally abused for being lesbian.
Cape Town Pride accused of favouring DA over other parties:
The organisers of Cape Town Pride have denied that they have allowed the event to become a party political platform for the Democratic Alliance.
Rapport’s transphobia apology dubbed “weak” and “inadequate”:
Rapport has issued an apology for having recently published transphobic comments. Sadly, the declaration of regret is deeply underwhelming.
Pressure grows for eSwatini to legalise same-sex love:
As the eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) government argues that LGBTIQ people are "unnatural", a new petition is demanding that it decriminalise same-sex intimacy.
Pastor Bougardt spews anti-gay hate at Steven Anderson’s church (watch):
South Africa's most infamous homophobic pastor, Oscar Bougardt, has delivered a shocking hate-mongering sermon, filled with abusive anti-gay slurs, at Steven Anderson's church in Arizona.
Phuti Lekoloane, SA’s 1st gay male footballer, takes on homophobia in sport:
Phuti Lekoloane, South Africa's first openly gay male professional soccer player, has launched a desperately-needed new initiative to tackle homophobia in football.
Beloftebos homophobia row goes global as venue shuts down Facebook page:
The furore surrounding the Beloftebos wedding venue's refusal to allow same-sex couples shows no signs of abating and is now making international headlines.
Stanford wedding venue Beloftebos still won’t host same-sex weddings:
Beloftebos, in the Western Cape, continues to defy the law and constitution and has again humiliated another same-sex couple by refusing to host their wedding.