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South Africa

Global News

Added on: 03/12/2020

LGBTQ community unites to empower one another

03/11/2020

It is said that for years, the LGBT or LGBTQ community has been overlooked and discriminated against. Over the past weekend, the LGBTQ community came together to…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2020

South Africa opens continent’s first Queer Wellness Centre

03/10/2020

LGBT+ South Africans said the continent’s first Queer Wellness Centre, which opened on Tuesday, would spare gay and trans people the shame, rejection and confusion that they…

Global News

Added on: 03/10/2020

Africa’s policies hold key to LGBT rights on the continent: here’s how

03/09/2020

Questions of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression have continued to divide opinion across the globe. This is primarily driven by legal, cultural and religious beliefs…

Global News

Added on: 02/05/2020

Change to the Refugees Act moves South Africa much closer to Donald Trump’s America

02/04/2020

Since its inception, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa has protected South Africa from its government. A document heralded internationally as a model of democratic…

Global News

Added on: 01/21/2020

Lesbian couple left ‘overwhelmed with anger’ as South Africa venue declines their wedding

01/21/2020

A South African wedding venue is facing criticism after the Christian owners declined to host a lesbian couple’s wedding. Megan Watling, 25, and Sasha-Lee Heekes, 24, said…

Global News

Added on: 01/13/2020

AIDS, the Catholic Church and LGBT issues today

01/12/2020

In the series finale of ‘Plague,’ we look at what’s happening in the church in HIV and AIDS care today and then reflects on comments and questions…

Global News

Added on: 12/27/2019

How gender norms affect anti-LBGT prejudice around the world

12/27/2019

A study conducted in 20 countries across the globe has shown that prejudice and discrimination against the LGBT community remains deep-rooted. In order to determine the ways…

Global News

Added on: 11/07/2019

‘Stigma follows us’: Cape Town’s homeless, transgender women fight for recognition

11/06/2019

Beneath a bridge in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstock, a strung-together network of blankets serves as a refuge for a group of women fighting stigma on…

Global News

Added on: 10/29/2019

South Africa: Christians show pride in gay community

10/28/2019

The queer community at Joburg Pride on Saturday in Sandton were joined by an oddly unexpected group of individuals who have historically condemned their existence – Christians….

Global News

Added on: 09/11/2019

Remembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women

09/10/2019

The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…

Global News

Added on: 08/12/2019

Johannesburg holds city’s first black, queer ball

08/12/2019

LGBTQ people gathered in Johannesburg recently for the city’s first official black queer ball. Organizers say the event was to create a safe space for people in…

Global News

Added on: 07/29/2019

Man who raped lesbian to ‘fix her’ must serve out life sentence

07/25/2019

A convicted rapist from Petrusville, who believed in “corrective rape” for lesbians, has lost his appeal against the life sentence he is currently serving Zabathini Jonas, 34,…

Global News

Added on: 06/18/2019

Zanele Muholi captures powerful portraits of South Africa’s LGBT community

06/16/2019

Last week, Botswana’s High Court made history when it overturned colonial-era laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. The ruling, which came mere weeks after Kenya’s High Court ruled to uphold its…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2019

Edmonton students walk out of school to protest UCP education policies

05/01/2019

Chanting, “We have voices” and clutching signs reading “GSAs save kids,” more than 100 students walked out of Victoria School of the Arts Friday morning to protest…

Global News

Added on: 05/01/2019

South Africa to host Mr Gay World 2019 pageant after China pulled out

04/30/2019

All roads will lead to Cape Town, South Africa for the 2019 edition of Mr Gay World pageant where 24 finalists will compete for this year’s crown….

Global News

Added on: 03/28/2019

Zambian fleeing from arrest for Homosexuality denied Refugee Asylum in South Africa

03/28/2019

A young gay man who left a well-paid government job and fled from Zambia because of his sexual orientation has been denied refugee status by the South…

Global News

Added on: 03/12/2019

Dutch Reformed Church forced to allow same-sex marriage

03/08/2019

A South African court has overturned a decision by the Dutch Reformed Church not to recognise same-sex unions. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria scrapped the church’s…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2019

On International Women’s Day: End daily ‘corrective rapes’

03/08/2019

Today is International Women’s Day #IWD2019: We celebrate and stand in solidarity with all women, noting their tenacity and fortitude, especially those who courageously survive violence and…

Global News

Added on: 02/11/2019

As Angola decriminalizes homosexuality, where does the African continent stand?

02/10/2019

Angola has done away with criminalizing homosexuality, removing a notorious “vices against nature” provision in its penal code. Other African nations still punish people for same-sex relationships. The…

Global News

Added on: 02/06/2019

‘Space to coexist’: Inside South Africa’s LGBT-friendly Mosque

02/05/2019

Neatly laid out and facing Mecca, it is the colourful prayer mats arranged in a rainbow pattern that offer the first clue that the Masjid Ul-Umam mosque…

Global News

Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

Global News

Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…

Global News

Added on: 01/03/2019

The Cape Town Schools Learning from Trangsgender Students

01/02/2019

As an increasing number of young South Africans reveal that their gender identities differ from their sex at birth, schools are learning about the challenges these students…

Global News

Added on: 11/30/2018

LGBT+ groups welcome same-sex marriage amendment to bill

11/29/2018

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-plus (LGBT+) advocacy groups have welcomed the adoption of the Civil Union Amendment Bill that will compel marriage officers at Home Affairs to…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2018

South Africa Needs to Oppose Tanzania’s anti-Gay Crackdown

11/15/2018

Tanzania’s anti-gay crackdown has run into opposition far and wide, but not yet from South Africa, although equal rights for its LGBT citizens are enshrined in the…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

ORAM – Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration

Today’s global refugee crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Millions fleeing persecution or armed conflict are seeking safety in refugee facilities as…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Astraea Foundation

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice is a multi-gendered, multi-racial, multi-identity organization that prioritizes and supports the leadership of women, transgender people, youth, and people of color….