“Yaya you’re wrong and because I love you. I’ll let you have this one. As someone who still struggles with gender dysphoria myself. But one day what I am saying will make sense. Conversations like ...

An example of this is Lagos’s Ballroom events. It is one of these “good day to be queer” events that Johnson turned her lens to, and which ultimately led to the creation of a moving collection of ...

A man who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison for the brutal hate crime rape, kidnapping and stabbing of a lesbian woman in KwaZulu-Natal has seen his appeal backfire after his sentence was ...

The old scramble for Africa was about land, minerals, and control. The new scramble is cloaked in buzz phrases such as ‘promoting and protecting African family values’, ‘natural family’, and ...

The World Bank has reversed its suspension of loans to Uganda, which was implemented after the country passed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws two years ago. So what has changed? In August ...

Sengwayo is appalled that it took the suspect’s girlfriend so long to come forward. “This hurts and it’s sickening – over 100 days they were sleeping with her remains underneath their house.” Sengwayo ...

HOLAAfrica – the inclusive sex-positive hub – has just turned up the heat on the African queer erotica scene with its latest project, Kivuli & Nuru: The Afrodisiacs Collection. Launched by the dynamic ...

The dating app found that queer daters are moving away from fixed identity categories in favour of so-called “label-fluid dating.” The study also reveals growing “label fatigue” and a desire to define ...

The country is in shock following the brutal murder of 14-year-old Lukhona Fose in Gauteng, which authorities believe could be linked to her sexuality. A passer-by discovered Lukhona’s mutilated body ...

It struck me deeply, as it brought back memories of a time when people like me were marginalised, when we couldn’t even access basic rights or spaces that others took for granted. When people like me ...

Sound familiar? You might be part of what researchers are calling the “neuroqueer” community. Like we need yet another subculture! I know, I hear you. The Numbers Don’t Lie: ADHD Hits Different in Our ...

The US government continues its shameful erasure of LGBTQ+ history, following reports that the US Navy plans to rename a ship that honours LGBTQ+ rights icon Harvey Milk. According to Military.com, US ...