Lgbti
FEW hopes to empower queer writers at book fair
Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) feels that LGBTQ characters and themes are often underrepresented in mainstream publishing and want to give queer...
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UK's Boris Johnson rejects transgender women in female sports events
Debate in Britain about transgender rights has become ever more acrimonious, and others in Johnson's government have said it should be left to sporting bodies to decide on who gets to compete.
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Gay marriage move a giant step for Switzerland
The country decriminalised homosexuality in 1942, but numerous local and regional police forces continued to keep 'gay registers', some into the early 1990s.
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Hong Kong court ruling overturns anti-LGBT housing policy
The case was a second victory for gay couple Henry Li and his deceased partner Edgar Ng against the city's government, after a 2020 ruling allowing same-sex couples equal rights to inheritance.
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Dept probes claims of discrimination against LGBTI+ pupils at DF Malan school
The pupils at DF Malan High School wanted to celebrate the start of International Pride Month during break time but were apparently threatened and intimidated.
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Idris Elba and Naomi Campbell slam Ghana over gay rights
Ghanaian security forces last month raided and shut down the office of an LGBT rights group in the capital Accra after politicians and religious leaders called for its closure.
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Bathabile Dlamini endorses new LGBTIQ desk after Nare Mphela's murder
As the ANC celebrated its 108th birthday in Kimberley last week, the organisation used the occasion to launch the new unit, which will focus on the rights of vulnerable groups South Africa.
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Iranti condemns deaths of three women
In a statement, the advocacy organisation said, “There are no words, only these stark reminders that the spectrum of the LGBTQI+ existence is marred, irrevocably, by loss…”
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Transgender councillor elected in Bangladesh first
Pinki Khatun was elected as vice chair of a town council in the country's west on Monday after beating her nearest rival by more than 4,000 votes, local police chief Mahbubul Alam said.
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Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern
Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo last Thursday said the government planned to re-introduce an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament within weeks to curb the spread of homosexuality in the east African nation.
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Ancestors guide LGBT+ SA healers to mend mental scars
Widely respected by South Africans as spiritual guides, healers and counsellors, gay sangomas like 23-year-old Maci are also challenging the idea that being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT+) is unAfrican.
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Pastor claims to have recording of school talk after being accused of homophobia
It's understood some parents and learners were upset by statements Evangelist Pickard Henn had allegedly made during a talk at De Kuilen High School on Friday and complained.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of controversial Saudi Arabia concert
US rapper Nicki Minaj said on Tuesday that she was pulling out of a planned concert in Saudi Arabia next week, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community.
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Prince William: I'd be absolutely fine if one of my children were gay
The 37-year-old royal has Princes George, five, and Louis, 14 months, and Princess Charlotte, four, with wife Duchess Catherine
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Australia seeks to bring more transgender people to sports
The move, which follows widespread consultations, details how sports organisations can create more welcoming environments.
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Sacked Folau expected to launch legal action this week - report
The devoutly Christian NSW Waratahs star had his contract terminated last month after a tribunal found him guilty of a 'high-level' breach of the governing body's code of conduct.
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Taiwan begins first legal gay marriage registrations
Two couples -- one male, one female -- were the first to arrive at a government office in downtown Taipei.
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Mormon church to allow children of LGBT couples to be baptised
The decision, announced on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website Thursday morning, reverses a 2015 policy that deemed same-sex couples to be apostates of the faith, which made their children ineligible for baptism.
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Deutsche Bank drops Brunei's Dorchester hotels over anti-gay law
'The new laws introduced by Brunei breach the most basic human rights, and we believe it is our duty as a firm to take action against them,' said Stuart Lewis, the bank's chief risk officer.
