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Tragic: Lukhanyo Jongqo was just 14 when he committed suicide after being bullied at school in the Eastern Cape

Teen suicides are a clarion call to protect queer children

Many South African schools are still sites of queerphobia, and slow cultural change means that activists may not be alive to see the changes they are fighting for

A poetic, resonant nightmare about LGBT rights and climate change

Alistair Mackay’s debut novel It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way is an important contribution to queer, developing-world cli-fi.

A 2016 study by the organisation found that 44% of LGBTI people surveyed said they had experienced discrimination in the previous two years, and 88% hadn’t reported these incidents.  (Reuters)

Hate speech and LGBTI rights: perspectives from the Jon Qwelane case

South Africa has an obligation to prohibit hate speech under international law, including against LGBTI persons. But now the Constitutional Court has to decide whether the hate…

Bias for academic qualifications over vocational training has led to an undersupply of skills in crucial areas such as equipping people to become artisans and entrepreneurs.

Covid-19 deepens the educational divide

With the closure of schools, learning has moved to online platforms across the world, but a UNESCO report said only 12% of households in the least-developed countries have…

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EDITORIAL: Nigerian law is the criminal, not gay people

Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent

MPs must kill the anti-gay Bill in Uganda (Photo Archive)

MPs must kill the anti-gay Bill in Uganda

Proposed legislation imposes the death penalty for gay sex or ‘recruitment’. But love is not a crime

Sexually and gender-diverse people in rural South Africa are excluded from the systems intended to support their mental health. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

A very African queerness

Love Falls On Us by Robbie Corey-Boulet explores queer spaces across Africa

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Shining a light on lesbian experiences in Nigeria

Pamela Adie’s LGBTQIA+ documentary ‘Under the Rainbow’, celebrates resilience and the pursuit of happiness and delivers its message as a love letter

Bloop: Israel Folau’s crowdfunding campaign attracted criticism, with Australian media noting that he was one of the best-paid players in the world and owns a multi-million dollar property portfolio. (Reuters/Henry Browne)

Folau ‘anti-gay’ crowdfunding campaign shut down

Folau, a purportedly devout Christian, was fired last month after a Rugby Australia tribunal found him guilty of "high-level" misconduct

While Pride Month is commemorated at different times across South Africa, the month of June carries particular significance as the original Pride Month in the Northern Hemisphere. File Photo

​Kenya high court will not repeal anti-LGBT law

The three-judge bench ruled that the laws do not in any way violate the rights of LGBT Kenyans

Binyavanga Wainaina passed away in Nairobi late on Tuesday 21 May after suffering a stroke.(Simon Maina/AFP/Getty)

Binyavanga Wainaina dies, aged 48

The Kenyan writer and activist died on Tuesday night after suffering a stroke

Bringing rule-breaking energy to the streets: João Simões started the Explode! arts collective to for body reclamation purposes. (David Harrison)
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Explosively queer in biased areas

Artist and curator Claudio Bueno revisits the misery of a homophobic district with new queer energy

Forward in faith: Mogamat Benjamin is a devout Muslim who believes others should accept him for who he is: a proud gay man. (David Harrison/M&G)

The Muslims who will not choose between their god and being gay

Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face

Alternatives: Founders Maurício Sacramento (left) and Wesley Miranda shaped the Batekoo movement from a single birthday party, when they planned to host ‘a black party, with black DJs’ in Salvador. (Felipe Gabriel)

Be your queer black self in Brazil

A monthly party sees crowds of up to 50 000 letting their hair down in São Paulo and other cities

Unfree: Gambia’s citizens need to accept lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by letting them to speak at the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission without fear. (Marco Longari/AFP)

No truth for Gambia’s queer people

Despite the demise of a dictator and a reparations process, no one will speak out

Making their voices heard: Mpho Buntse works for the ANC-aligned Embrace Diversity Political Movement. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Bid to queer SA’s political arena

There’s a move to equip LGBTIQ people with skills to become leaders and decision-makers

‘Gender-atypical children can be subject to negative attitudes from peers, family and teachers,’ writes Zanta Nkumane. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

The fear of the feminine is futile

The heterosexual community is not the only group responsible for gender suppression

Certain sections of the penal code impose a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations. (John McCann/M&G)

Ways to be a super queer ally

But in trying to be supportive, allies sometimes get it all wrong

The psychological bond between a cult leader or personality cult and the followers is strong.

Queer rights battle is a fight for the right to religious belief

The Dutch Reformed Church’s about-face on sexuality is in court for being doubly unconstitutional

Some gay men refuse to date bisexual men; we are rendered “strangers” in the LGBTI+ community (Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

No home for bisexual black men

When you love both sexes, rejection comes from both the straight and the LGBTI+ communities