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Study exposes inequality in gender-affirming care in South Africa, with long waits, limited access and urgent calls for health system reform. Troubling new UK data confirms that sexual minorities face ...

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Big Brother Mzansi has finally responded to the wave of criticism after transphobic slurs were made against transgender housemate Ilano Sky. The owner of Babylon Bar in Johannesburg opens up about the ...

One year since Imam Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down in cold blood in Gqeberha, South Africa. One year since a queer Muslim leader who built bridges between faith and identity was killed in an act ...

As South Africa debates its White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, the human stakes risk being lost in policy language. Sikhander Coopoo argues that for LGBTIQA+ refugees, ...

“Regardless of whether she was hurt or not, it’s not statements that I should ever say, ever. I am deeply sorry to have offended her in that way.” Things are not looking good for the housemates, ...

German amateur football referee Pascal Kaiser, who recently went viral for proposing to his boyfriend on a football field during a Bundesliga match, has been attacked. In late January, the 28-year-old ...

Primarily LGBT Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting (Rosebank). Wednesdays at 19h30, Parktown North Methodist Church Hall, 7th Avenue, Parktown North.

While sexual orientation is not specifically mentioned here, the principle remains the same – especially as sexual orientation is included later in the bill when it states that everyone must be ...